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| T-Mobile Wing myFaves Smartphone (T-Mobile) | 
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| Brand: T-Mobile Branded
Category: Wireless
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $0.01
You Save: $499.98 (100%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 17
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: Wing
UPC: 610214614360
EAN: 0610214614360
ASIN: B000QTWT7W
Release Date: May 15, 2007
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
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| Features:
| • | Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system | | • | Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology built-in for a wire free experience | | • | Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile (e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes) & Windows Media Player Mobile (music and video files) | | • | 2.0 megapixel camera, Video camera and Windows Media Player | | • | Includes: Battery, Charger, Stereo Hands-free Headset, USB Cable and User's Guide |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The successor to the popular MDA Smartphone, the T-Mobile Wing quad-band phone has a surprise waiting up its sleeve: just slide the top of the phone sideways to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. It's especially handy with the inclusion of the new Windows Mobile 6 operating system, which enables you to view and edit Word and Excel documents as well as provides instant message capabilities via Windows Live Messenger. (See more details about Windows Mobile 6 below.) The included Outlook Mobile software offers up-to-date e-mail, calendar and contact information. If you use the T-Mobile Wing in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server, you can get instant e-mail from your work account as well as enhanced security features that let you clear data from a device if it is stolen or require high-security passwords to access information. 
The T-Mobile slides open sideways to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, and the screen reorients itself depending on how you hold the phone. | 
Click the image to view a larger version of the keyboard. | Key features at a glance: - Slide-out screen exposing full QWERTY keypad
- Soft-touch exterior with deep blue color
- Wi-Fi and EDGE-enabled high-speed Internet access
- Full HTML Web browsing
- Support for Microsoft Office Mobile enables document viewing and editing
- Windows Live for Windows Mobile including Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Live Search, and Windows Live Spaces
- Direct Push e-mail available with Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and later; Windows Live Hotmail also supports push mail
- Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recorder
- Bluetooth connectivity
- 2.0 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
- Video capture and playback music and video player
- Micro SD memory card slot
The T-Mobile Wing has a sleek profile that measures just 17mm (0.7 inches) thick, and it weighs a svelte 6 ounces (with battery loaded). The 2.8-inch color touchscreen transreflective TFT screen automatically orients itself depending on how you hold the phone (i.e., from portrait to landscape and back again). It displays 65,000 colors and has a 320 x 240-pixel resolution. You can scroll through onscreen functions with a pen or finger, or you can use the function buttons placed on the front of the phone. In addition to supporting GSM/GPRS and EDGE, the Wing also features Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), which enables you to use open wireless networks (as well as T-Mobile's more than 8,000 HotSpot locations) to access the Internet as well as access all four major instant messaging providers--AOL, Yahoo!, Windows Live Messenger, and ICQ. With the Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, you can go hands-free with a headset or listen to music with wireless-enabled headphones. The phone offers 128 MB of ROM (which stores the Windows Mobile 6 operating system and applications) and 64 MB of RAM (which can be used to store user files). It's powered by a 1130 mAh lithium-ion polymer rechargeable battery, which offers between 150 and 200 hours of standby time and 3 to 5 hours of talk time. 
A small mirror next to the 2-megapixel lens on the back is handy for taking self portraits.. | The 2-megapixel autofocus camera (with 10x digitazl zoom) on the back of the Wing captures images up to 1600 x 1200 pixels (good enough for prints up to 8 x 10 inches), and it includes a small mirror to the left of the lens that's helpful for taking self portraits. You can make such camera adjustments as white balance and exposure metering, choose from several capture modes (such as sports for fast-moving action), or set a self-timer of either 2 or 10 seconds. After an image has been captured, you can edit it right within the Wing, with functions ranging from cropping to correcting color. Additionally, the Wing can capture video with or without audio (in MPEG-4 or H.263 format, the latter being best for sending via MMS). In addition to starting and stopping video capture at your leisure, you can also specifiy the length of a recording in terms of ime or file size. You can also play back audio and video files downloaded from the Internet or sent to you via email using the integrated Windows Media Player. Powered by Windows Mobile 6
Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars. |  
Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC. | Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file. With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations. - Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
- With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
- PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
- After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.
All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way. The HTC P4350 uses an 1130 mAh Polymer battery for its energy. This high capacity battery offers a standby time of 150 hours and a call time of 3 hours, according to the manufacturer.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 An excellent phone May 14, 2008
I upgraded from an older pocket pc phone (SX66) and I'm quite impressed with the Wing. Windows Mobile 6 is a giant improvement over what I was using - pocket PC 2003. You might consider dividing the gripes about this phone into two categories - tmobile gripes, and gripes about the phone and windows. I think the gripes about TMobile are pretty justified - coverage is spotty, and the cellular data speeds are slow. But hey, I've got a $30/month plan, and I don't really need cellular internet, I just use wifi spots when traveling. Also, to note is that you can easily unlock these phones and use them with other GSM carriers.
But I love these phones for music, windows office compatibility, videos, and wifi.
If you just look at the phone itself, it is a great device. The sliding keyboard is excellent, easy to use, and it doesn't feel cheap at all, I don't even know what some of the reviewers are talking about there... I think this is one of the sturdier devices I've handled. The Windows OS is much much better, and it's actually a lot more friendly in the context of a phone. You can dial speed dials one-handed, you can dial your contacts one-handed with a few more menus to go thru, and of course there is voice recognition. You can get an 8 GB microSD card now, so you can store tons of stuff. You've got the 2 megapixel camera, which is executed nicely, and you can take videos too. I haven't gotten to use the MS office apps yet, but I presume they are functional. Basically, I think the device itself is top-notch. All the complaints revolve around TMobile, or GSM networks in general. You'll have the same kinds of problems with iphones, etc. But you can use your phone in Europe. For what it's worth.
I really like the tactile feel of the Wing, it feels really nice. And it won't slip out of your hands, it's got a nice tacky feel.
 Bad Screen with Bad T-Mobile customer service May 13, 2008
I would give this phone a 4 stars if the screen is not defected OR if T-Mobile stands behind their warranty/product.
After about 3-4 weeks of use, the screen went blank. I took it to several local T-Mobile stores to try to get a new one. They all told me it's a manufacture defect but they cannot exchange it for me because I didn't buy directly from them.
I contacted customer service to do the exchange. They charged me $10 for shipping. Four weeks later, I found out that they charged me another 100$ claiming that there's physical damages. My phone was like brand new (3-4 weeks old) when I send it in and I never dropped it.
I talked to a customer service and then a supervisor and got nothing. I complained to the executive customer service and got nothing also. The guy at the executive customer service is extremely rude. The amazing part is that even I have pictures that I took before I send in the phone, those people refused to look at those pictures. Actually, a customer service at the store recommended me to take pictures in case they try to pull the physical damages trick. It seems that T-Mobile like to pull this trick to make extra money.
Now, I file a complaint w/ BBB.
Still Lacking April 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been through every carrier out there in the past 15 years and found them lacking. T-Mobile was the notable exception and I have been a loyal follower since switching 6 years ago. They have begun to slip a bit in the past year or so, but they are still better than anyone else to my knowledge.
I purchased the T-Mobile MDA two years ago and was very pleased during that time. It gave out two years and two days after purchasing. (The repair cost of the motherboard will be about $230.) I was forced to buy a phone on the spot and bought the wing as the likely successor to the MDA. It uses a newer version of the Microsoft Mobile software that has several minor upgrades. It also has a better camera and movie feature. Unfortunately the drawbacks will drive you crazy:
1. The amount of memory that comes with the phone is minimal and there is no way to upgrade. Worse, the memory must be manually unloaded from the phone. Example: You close the camera or other application and then must go to the the memory allocation program and instruct it to unload. The new mobile software makes it easier to unload from the main screen but this is very frustrating.
2. The screen does not adequately lock. I wear my phone in a hip holster. If anyone should call the screen turns on and could be autoanswered. T-mobiles recomendation was that I manually depress the screen lock each time I want to use the phone - once to start and once when I am done. As this is a rather small text button on the screen, I am forced to either grow nails or keep reaching for the stylus. This is large annoyance to anyone that uses the phone.
3. The back case is not adequately locked and frequently comes off while the phone is in your hand. I fear this will be the cause of an eventual drop.
4. The last problem may be specific to my phone. I kept missing calls despite being in close proximity to the phone in quiet areas. Something was malfunctioning with the volume controls. The phone is equipped with volume up and down button on the side. If you hold the "down" button long enough it will lower until it no longer rings or vibrates. I would reset the volume manually to maximum and minutes or seconds later it would lower to non-existant without being touched. T-mobile did respond and is sending a new phone priority mail at their expense.
5. Despite having finished my phone contract, I was forced to pay an extra $100 because T-mobile offers its best prices only to new customers. As a loyal customer I only got a $50 rebate. This is a calculated business decision on T-mobiles part.
For the $400 I was asked to pay, I now wish that I would have purchased a Blackberry. This phone is trying to be too much and comes up short.
 the great wing April 8, 2008
well i had this phone ever since they introduced it from tmobile for $400...it was a lot of money for what you got...but i love the touch screen...but it was slow...and sometimes to click on something you didnt mean to click on...and then you gotta wait till that loads to exit it...its lined out just like a computer which i love...but the office and word mobile is hard to understand..and i tried to put my aim screen name on it...and it never worked...so i just gave up....the price of internet for it was outragious so i canceled that...but when i had it...i was in love with it...each page came out just like a regular computer page...hard to understand out to use it first...but you get used to it after awhile...i love this phone...but when you first drop it...the lcd screen breaks...so i hadda replace that...and that cost me $90 and plus my dad fixing it...made all the movements horrible...and i put insurance on the phone on my phone number...but stupid tmobile said it was on my moms phone plan...and that was a mistake...i told them put it on the 0742 but they put it on the 0739...and they couldnt do anything about it...even though it was all their fault!!...and my mom has a free phone from tmobile and i have the most expensive so why would they think to put it on the crappy one??? they are just money grabbers...and wasted all of those months i hadda pay insurance for a crappy phone i didnt even use...and yet my mom never paid me back...so yea...this phone is great...but i still dont think it is worth the money...never drop it...it gets scratches, dings, and breaks very easily...so be careful if you are going to get this phone...i wish it came in different colors..but this is a nice settled color i guess...bye
Poor quality for the price! March 30, 2008
I purchased this phone through T-Mobile in August. At first I was eager, since it listed all the features I was looking for in a phone. But as soon as I put my hands on it, I was disappointed at the level of performance. Picture quality was awful, I couldn't use the music player or connect the phone to my computer, and too slow. I took it to T-Mobile, they tweeked it a bit, but problems kept on coming back. My computer and laptop are both Mac, and for some odd reason it refused to connect. Some pros were: Battery life was good, Office applications were bonus, though since it was not connecting to my computer I didn't see the point of trying to use it if I can't transfer it. E-mail service was good, and you can add 3-4 email addresses and works well. Still after paying $375 for this phone I was less than impressed, so I returned it.
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