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Review summary: For instant access to email and a Qwerty keypad that sits up like a mini-laptop, T-Mobile's MDA Vario III could be the perfect business phone. With its new hard-hitting features including GPS and a satellite navigation device, plus the network's HSDPA ...

Pros: Tilting screen ; Qwerty keypad ; GPS ; Wi-Fi ; HSDPA

Cons: Lack of flash on the 3-megapixel camera

Verdict: HTC has once again produced a feature-packed Windows Mobile handset that delivers in almost every department. If you need instant access to email and prefer using a Qwerty keypad over a standard mobile phone one, the T-Mobile MDA Vario III might be ...

Review summary: Can HTC be crowned king of the smartphone world?

Verdict: The HTC TyTN II is a brick of a mobile phone that is as about as exciting as watching paint dry. However, with so much packed into the device you can't help think that for the geeky mobile worker open to the idea of anything that is Microsoft powered ...

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: If you're on Orange and want a smartphone then the TyTN II is the premier choice.

Verdict: Alas, the Orange version of the TyTN II isn't the cheapest smart phone in the world - if you want it on a tariff costing less than an eye-watering -55 per month you'll have to shell out at least -90. That's a lot for a slightly different paintjob - on ...

Review summary: One of the hottest PDAs around lately, the HTC TyTN II is one feature-loaded son-of-a-gun. It's got what it takes to quench your daily communication needs, and more: HSDPA/HSUPA, Wi-Fi, 2.8" touchscreen TFT display, hardware QWERTY keyboard...

Pros: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE ; Tri-band HSDPA/HSUPA 3.6 Mbps with video calls ; 400MHz Qualcomm processor ; 2.8" 65K color touchscreen TFT display with QVGA resolution ; Integrated Qualcomm GPS receiver with pre-bundled TomTom "taster" satnav software ; Wi ...

Cons: Hefty weight of 190 g ; Processor is not powerful enough ; No FM radio ; Out-of-the-way On/Off key ; TouchFLO cube is not available ; No full-featured satnav software prebundled

Verdict: The HTC Kaiser platform, which the HTC TyTN II is based on, is supposed to have several different flavors - one with no cameras whatsoever, another with only a primary camera and no video calling, and finally, the third one (which we are reviewing) ...

Review summary: However on the face of it, the big picture looks somewhat odd. While it is a milestone product for the company itself, on the other hand, it is already included into a line-up and employs the name of the original TyTN, popular with many WM-users.