http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/ Engadget Comments for Hands-on with the HTC Hermes / T-Mobile MDA Vario II http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
j/k

Too bad Cingular's HSDPA is on a different frequency than the European carriers, import numbers would explode!]]>Mar 9th 2006 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/I may have to kill you.]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
Ignorance is bliss!]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
I'll pass on this one.]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
Can anyone confirm this?]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
Maybe the keyboard isn't pulled all the way out? Or is there a way to keep the display in portrait with the kayboard out (although I honestly cant think of a reason for that)?]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
I like the 8125 but it doesn't support HSDPA.]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
Heck, I think I'm sticking to my eariler post for the UMPC; put wireless service card in those baby and I'll buy one even if it's $2k USD!!!]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
I can cope with dropping down to mini-SD but there's no way I'll take a micro-SD device. Looks like I'll be going back to Nokia.

The E70 looks like a nice piece of kit.]]>Mar 9th 2006 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/t-mobile-mda-available/]]>Mar 9th 2006 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
$10 says it'll never make it officially to the USA.]]>Mar 9th 2006 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
Have them thought this through?]]>Mar 9th 2006 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
Processor too slow

QVGA - come on - time for VGA

Still too thick.
]]>Mar 9th 2006 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 9th 2006 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 10th 2006 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Mar 10th 2006 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/#28 BhaalSpawn... You should know that I am regarding you with a steely gaze of envy and bad thoughts!!
Yes, that burning sensation you feel is real... it is coming from across the pond!

Seriously though, this device would never be free for us Stateside... in fact it will probably be ridiculously expensive even after the rebates etc.
So yeah, we will be getting screwed.
]]>Mar 10th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
This mda thing has been out in other markets for ages-that's why they give them away over there. Anyway, shortcomings of the mda:
*screen is only 320x240. try viewing a webpage on that... or maybe wap is your thing?
*MicroSD. Need I say more about this?
*300MHZ Processor will always lag.
*Look at the size of the keyboard in relation to that guy's thumb. Not everybody has elven hands.
*If you think this device is bulky, consider this: the screen is exposed to the outside. So, if you're smart you'll get a case, which makes it that much bigger. My universal clamshells into itself, tablet-pc-style, so I don't need a case.]]>Mar 10th 2006 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Apr 25th 2006 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Apr 27th 2006 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Apr 27th 2006 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/May 2nd 2006 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/May 3rd 2006 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
So can anyone say for certain if/when the Vario II (Hermes) is coming to the UK?

Is it worth playing the waiting game? Or just going ahead with Vario I for the time being?
]]>May 4th 2006 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
And for those saying max size for MiniSD is 512Mb, I would have to disagree considering Im running a 2Gb miniSD in my XDA Mini S right now, and it was £32 off ebay, cheaper than most other cards of that size.

If you know what you are doing with the XDA Mini/Wizard then its not that slow, I get full screen video running perfectly on it, just use pocketdivxencoder and TCPMP to reencode your media to fit. Ive got a whole season of 24 sat on my phone now, was very useful for flights etc.]]>Jun 11th 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Jun 14th 2006 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Jul 21st 2006 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Jul 28th 2006 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Oct 20th 2006 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Oct 30th 2006 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/Apr 27th 2007 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/May 17th 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-the-htc-hermes-t-mobile-mda-vario-ii/
I got a WiFi-connection set up successfully, but I dunno how to access the LAN with the MDA:

1. How can I access the open drives on the LAN-computers ? Do I have to set up any more rights on the drives ?
2. Where do I see what the Username my Vario has ?
3. If I try to access open drives in LAN with the File-Explorer (by using directpath-function \\Computer\OpenDrive) it asks for a Username and Password. What do I have to type in there ?
4. How is it possible to browse the Network-Neighborhood like in a normal Windows ? To click to the desired drive on the LAN ? Without directpath-function...
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