T-Mobile Wing Review - Connectivity
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Alfredo Padilla Published on June 05, 2007 Comment on this |
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Cellular Bands (8.0)
The T-Mobile Wing is a quad band (850/900/1800/1900) GSM Phone that will work on any GSM network world wide. This is an important feature for world travellers who may need to use the phone overseas. Our score for cellular bands is standardized based on the number of bands supported.
Data Support Score (3.0)
One place where the T-Mobile Wing falls behind similar phones like the AT&T 8525 is in its lack of 3G. Of course T-Mobile doesn't currently have a 3G network, so the quad band GPRS and EDGE support you get from the Wing is as good as any other T-Mobile phone. In areas where you get EDGE coverage, which is almost universal nowadays, you can get download speeds up to 230 kbps. Our score for data support is standardized based on the type of data and the bands supported.
Bluetooth (7.0)
The T-Mobile Dash includes Bluetooth 2.0, which allows it to manage multiple simultaneous bluetooth connections. We were easily able to pair the Wing with a test headset. The Dash supports the following Bluetooth profiles: service discover, network access point, AVRCP, A2DP, Active Sync, voice gateway, FTP and OBEX object push. This is a solid selection of profiles, although we miss the dial up networking profile. This profile has been replaced with the network access point profile, however this is not compatible with all bluetooth devices.
Wi-Fi (5.0)
The T-Mobile Wing support 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, allowing you to get fast internet access if you are in range of a Wi-Fi access point. The device will automatically discover access points and supports both WEP and WPA password protected networks. We very much appreciate having Wi-Fi on a mobile device, especially one that lacks high speed data access via 3G. It can be useful for browsing full web sites, downloading files (like podcasts) and using VOIP services like Skype.
Infrared (7.0)
The T-Mobile Wing supports short range data transfer via Infrared. Although not in much use on modern devices, it is often the only way to wirelessly transfer data to older devices that lack Bluetooth.
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