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T-Mobile MDA / Cingular 8125 / Sprint PPC-6700 / Verizon XV6700 / QTek 9100
Same difference:

Microsoft Windows Mobile™ 5.0
Wireless Sync
MiniSD Card expansion slot
Connect with Bluetooth (using certain profiles)*
Side-Out QWERTY Keyboard
1.3 Megapixel Camera/Camcorder
Windows Media Player 10
Speakerphone

It's time for a decent alternative to the Sidekick and Treo!

But getting it working is an entirely different matter..

got the phones from letstalk and had problems from the get-go. the phones kept trying to register on the network but never did.
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I'm working on more comments to this:

basically, the reception IS poor with this phone. Funny, as of now, in the apartment, it's basically a micro computer sans phone. It really should first and foremost be a phone!

With Sprint and Nextel, no problems. When you try to locate a network, Cingular keeps popping up - I wonder....

With Cingular's horribly expensive and confusing plans, there's little reason to go there EXCEPT that there's some reception here.

After having spent more than 4 hours on the phone with T-Mobile and actually driving down to a local store (more on this later), it was determined that there was nothing wrong with the provisioning from the number portability standpoint or the sim card/chip.

The problem is with the horrid reception with this phone.

Don't get me wrong, while I like all the gadgetry of the MDA, the fact that there's no well-defined resolution to this problem irks me. There was a thread at Howard Forums that talks about modifying the internal antenna to get better reception perhaps on a single band of the four, but this would void the warranty.

While tempting, another option must be something firmware-based. There must be a way to boost the signal somehow. I'd imagine that those overseas with less airwave restrictions probably have less problems. After all, I've only heard these reception problem complaints from people here in the US.

The Blackberry 8700g is an interesting alternative, but it's quite limited in functionality and hackability. Sure, if you only need a phone (even the reception of these is called into question on T-Mobile's network) with solid email function, the crackberry may be the ticket.

But, wi-fi, a camera (it's not great, but it sure beats a VGA camera on most US camera phones), touch screen, full QWERTY keyboard and more, it's feature-rich.

Bottom line: if you get great reception with the phone, keep it. Otherwise, think hard during the next 14/30 days as to returning the device for another one - perhaps just a plain old cellphone with an external antenna.