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Even Microsoft haters are enchanted by HTC Magician - the tiny Pocket PC phone March 08, 2005 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. British online tabloid The Register has just published a very positive review of HTC Magician (in i-mate JAM incarnation, but it is known also as MDA Compact, etc, etc).  This review is very positive. Why? Nobody else will tell you the whole story but here is the answer: This review is very positive because The Register has affiliate relationship with another British company - Expansys - and since Expansys lately invested bigger money in advertisements of i-mate JAM in British (paper!) press, Expansys needs to sell maximum number i-mate JAM devices. Well, whatever the motivations, we are happy that even anti-Microsoft tabloids are admitting that some of phones powered by Microsoft software are brilliant. And HTC Magican truly is brilliant: Magician would make for a rather good standalone PDA, but with tri-band GSM/GPRS, infrared and Bluetooth in there too, plus SMS, MMS, email and instant messaging, it's almost as functional as a communications gadget can get. I'd happily sacrifice an integrated Wi-Fi adaptor to keep Magician the size it is. Since its SD slot can handle IO devices, I can easily slide in SanDisk's 802.11 card if I need to connect to a WLAN. To read this review click here. Please note: in some countries HTC Magician Pocket PC phone is cheaper than Motorola MPx220 smartphone, for example: 400 Euro for MDA Compact (Magician branded by T-Mobile) and 430 euro for Motorola MPx220. Yes, we have reached a point in Windows Mobile history, when some Pocket PC phones are cheaper than Microsoft smartphones!  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 11 Comments ]
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