T-Mobile SDA II review
A higher resolution screen, Windows Mobile 2003 SE and Opera-based surfing signify T-Mobile's successor to its SDA smartphone - the SDA II. Jørgen Sundgot takes it for a spin.
What do you do when you have a product that works reasonably well? Either go safe, or go wild. As good as T-Mobile's SDA smartphone was, it certainly had its drawbacks - and we're very pleased to see that its successor, the SDA II, corrects several of them. The fact that it adds some curious niggles of its own, though, is another matter entirely. Luckily, though, none of them are showstoppers - but enough with the teasing already. Let's take a look, shall we?
Still a tad clunky
At 108 x 47 x 20 mm and 100 g, the T-Mobile SDA II is nearly an exact match for its predecessor, the SDA, with regard to size. Retaining its colour scheme and somewhat bulky appearances, the smartphone's true claim to fame is its 65K colour QVGA display, which nearly doubles the resolution of its predecessor. Beaten to the punch only by the Orange SPV C550, it is a pleasure to behold in all of its crisp, 240 x 320 pixel glory, yet not the brightest and most high-res we've seen - an honour currently bestowed upon the Nokia N90 - but it'll give most any smartphone a run for its money.
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