mda vario vs mda vario II

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Tim Morley - 30 Aug 2006 17:03 GMT

Has anyone found a direct comparison between these 2 devices, I am due an
upgrade now, but T-Mobile not playing nicely on the Vario II. Maybe I could
just get the vario; but dont want to be annoyed that I did not!

Anyone know the key differences etc?

Cheers in advance

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simonclark123@hotmail.com - 30 Aug 2006 18:20 GMT

Hi

There is no comparison between these two devices

Vario 2 is so much better

Not only does Vario 2 have 3g, it has HSDPA available now ie 4 x 3g
speed! I have an unlocked SPV M3100 (Vario 2 equivalent) running at 1
meg on T-Mobile Web'n'Walk.

Also,IMO the processor in the Vario 1 was seriously underpowered.

I had the SPV M600 for a short while (similar internally to Vario 1)
and sold it on after a couple of weeks, as it couldn't even cope with
scrolling down pdf documents.

Also the slide-out keyboard on the Vario 1 had a tendency to slide out
when you didn't want it to; build of Vario 2 is much better.

Just my (biased) opinion!

Regards

Simon Clark
Business Telecoms

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Tim Morley - 31 Aug 2006 06:55 GMT

> Hi
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> Simon Clark
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Is the M600 not like the MDA Vario COMPACT 2 rather than the vario ???

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David Hearn - 31 Aug 2006 10:00 GMT

>> Hi
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> Is the M600 not like the MDA Vario COMPACT 2 rather than the vario ???

For all intents and purposes, internally the M600, Compact 2 and Vario
are very similar. I believe same CPU and memory etc. Hence his comment
about the ability to scroll PDF documents - this is a CPU bound
function, and therefore indicative of how the Vario would cope.

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simonclark123@hotmail.com - 31 Aug 2006 10:01 GMT

> > Hi
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> Is the M600 not like the MDA Vario COMPACT 2 rather than the vario ???

M600 has similar form factor to Compact 2
However M600 also has wifi like Vario 1
All 3 ie M600, Compact 2, Vario 1 are based on a 195mhz processor.

With the Vario 2, they've put a decent processor in it (400mhz) as well
as making it 3g *and* HSDPA capable.

Regards

Simon Clark
Business Telecoms

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