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If you're still deciding between the MDA/8125 or the 8700g/8700c from either T-Mobile or Cingular respectively, this quick shootout may help you decide.

We are interested mostly from the standpoint of applications availabilty, web browsing (and associated apps such as instant messaging (IM) and all the features and functions that make the new generation of phones more like tiny PCs).

Each type of device has its own unique abilities whether it's the HTC Wizard platform, Palm Treo, Danger Hip-Top/"SideKick" or the Blackberry. In this article, we'll focus only on the MDA and 8700(x).

First things first, we have read many forum posts whereby people claim that all new phones come unlocked out-of-the-box. So let's see what happens when we put a T-Mobile sim in the Cingular 8700c..

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OK. Why are we putting this device on this site?

It IS a cool device, though lacking in some areas, still maintains its edge over the other handhelds in certain respects.

This is perhaps the fastest push email device on the market. However, not having Wi-Fi, digital camera (not even VGA!), no expandable memory slot, voice dialing are a few of its shortcomings.

Still, if you need email quickly and your thumb is up to the task, this is the device for you!

Having demo'd the Blackberry 8700g at the local T-Mobile store, the sales rep showed me Google Maps using GPS (oh yeah, the MDA doesn't have built-in GPS :( and this is perhaps the most compelling app aside from email on any of these devices!)

Keep watching RIM's developments... This should be interesting in the coming months.