Prime Notebook Computer Review

The T-Mobile SDA is a PDA with reach features including quad-band GSM/EDGE, WiFi and a QVGA screen. It is a product of High Tech Computer of Taiwan. It’s also known as HTC Tornado. The keypad and buttons are comfortable to use and press. Except the top row of keys below the screen, which include the left & right softkeys, back, and home buttons that so small and more difficult to press. Under the battery, there are the phone’s miniSD slot on center and SIM card holder on right. The SDA build quality is excellent and comfortable.

The SDA specs :

Display : 240 x 320 transmissive/reflective LCD
Memory : 64 MB flash; 64 MB RAM
Processor : 195 MHz TI OMAP850 processor
Operating System : Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphones
Communication : Bluetooth 1.2; IrDA; 802.11b WiFi; Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Class 10)
Audio : 2.5mm headphone/headset jack; internal speaker & microphone
Expansion : Internal MiniSD slot
Docking : Mini USB port
Battery : 1150 milliamp-hour replaceable Li-Ion battery
Size : 4.53″ x 1.82″ x 0.69″
Weight : 3.74 ounces
Camera : 1.3 Megapixel

The SDA display is dazzlingly bright that annoying if using it in low light. On the bright viewing the screen in daylight all the much easier. The SDA memory is seriously deficient. The system claims 16 MB of storage is available, but in the default configuration the user only gets about 11 of that. so it’s need a MiniSD memory card. The 195 MHz TI processor in common use is very solid clip. But when running to amny applications will bog it down. The processor manages to be both fast and energy efficient. The Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition operates more like a phone, with a lot of numeric keypad shortcuts that aren’t required to operate it.

The SDA has a built-in Hi-Fi that makes it stand out but it isn’t a big advantage. The Wi-Fi implementation to be distinctly substandard. The configuration applet allows you only to select between Work and Internet profiles for a given network. There’s no option for manually configuring IP address, routers and DNS servers. The only real application of the SDA’s Wi-Fi is Voice-over-IP. Use of the phone as a modem over Bluetooth is fully supported.

The SDA comes with a set of cheap earbuds that include an attached microphone to use as a headset. The SDA is rated for miniSD cards up to 1 GB, but should be able to handle a 2 GB card without difficulty. The SDA offering only a USB cable and mini-USB charger.The upside of using a mini-USB plug for docking and charging is that any mini-USB cable will also serve as a sync-and-charge cable.

The SDA battery life is about eight hours of continuous talk time that’s must be enough. On continuous Wi-Fi use the SDA only gets around four hours but it’s automatically puts the Wi-Fi into a sleep mode when not actively connecting.

The size og the SDA is small and light. It’s really not much bigger than an ordinary phone, and weighs just 4 ounces. The Camera is very marginal. It’s not a good quality but better than some of the integrated cameras that find in handhelds and cell phones. The photos taken from this camera are more shadowy and lacking in detail than they would be in better light.

The SDA have a surprising array of features. Maybe it’s have difficult input and almost no storage memory. But it’s lightweight and have a great Quad-band GSM/EDGE. It do a fine job and still provides PIM and computing capabilities. For users looking for light PIM and a solid high end phone, it is a better choice.