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Will T-Mobile have the Kaiser?

I've heard AT&T will on Sept 3rd or 26th.. but what about T-Mobile?

T-mobile in Germany have released a pdf showing the MDA varioIII. Beta testers have been using a Kaiser locked to T-mobile. So I think it is safe to assume it will be released on T-mobile, the question is when and with what level handset subsidy?

I was told by my local T-Mobile store that it is expected late Sept.

T-Mob UK will have the Vario III (Kaiser) late Sept @ £280 upgrade price according the lady I spoke to yesterday. I've not seen anything firm on T-Mob US.
Gordon

so what is the deal? is the USA one going to work with 3G? or are they using different freq/bands etc...
would i have to get it from tmobile? or could i get it say from ebay?
or maybe those from Germany on ebay

GordonTGopher said:
T-Mob UK will have the Vario III (Kaiser) late Sept @ £280 upgrade price according the lady I spoke to yesterday. I've not seen anything firm on T-Mob US.
Gordon
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Seems kinda expensive. I hope that price is for a 12 month contract renewal on T-Mobiles cheapest tariff.

chaps said:
Seems kinda expensive. I hope that price is for a 12 month contract renewal on T-Mobiles cheapest tariff.
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Good question - what tariff that price applies to, as it seems quite expensive? I've paid £80 last year for new MDA Vario II with Flext25+WnW price plan, so I expect to get Vario III as an upgrade later on January 2008 for not more than £100 with the same plan...

GordonTGopher said:
T-Mob UK will have the Vario III (Kaiser) late Sept @ £280 upgrade price according the lady I spoke to yesterday. I've not seen anything firm on T-Mob US.
Gordon
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Just spoke to T-Mobile UK about an upgrade, at first the girl a spoke to "had no information about the Vario III" once she realised that I knew a lot about it she then "found an email" with some information about it.
she was reluctant to give me information but i managed to get out of her that is was due out "early September", she said this could mean anything, and that the price in the email did say £280.
i Said that that was quite a lot and she said that from past experience the true price will be lower and once you take you tariff into consideration it should bring that down..... here's hoping!!!! :-D

TyTN II / T-Mobile
Today they officially announced the TyTN II for early October.

Ironic, really. The first network to confirm they're getting it (however unofficially, it's been "known" for a while now) are the last to release it.

Update I just received a few minutes ago from T-Mobile Germany:
HTC Kaiser aka MDA Vario III will be available END of October.

Yipee cant wait!
GordonTGopher said:
T-Mob UK will have the Vario III (Kaiser) late Sept @ £280 upgrade price according the lady I spoke to yesterday. I've not seen anything firm on T-Mob US.
Gordon
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Cant wait, cant wait!, Me upgrade is due around October, so fingers crossed they have it (minus delays), i might actually go for the Tytn II rather than the ameo. Ive had the mda vario, now on hermes and find the form factor excellent.
Please dont let me down, T-mobile uk!

I know, just read the press release, October!!! my Wizard has been playing up for months now and has finally died.
I've been waiting for the Kaiser for what seems like years, you cant beat T's web n' walk, but I'm seriously considering just buying the sim free HTC version and taking the £15 discount on my tariff for not taking a phone upgrade. also i don't like what T-Mobile have done with the styling.
any clues on what Vodkafone or Orange have done with there versions or are they being released as HTC branded?

nlhall said:
I've been waiting for the Kaiser for what seems like years, you cant beat T's web n' walk, but I'm seriously considering just buying the sim free HTC version and taking the £15 discount on my tariff for not taking a phone upgrade. also i don't like what T-Mobile have done with the styling.
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Is that £15 discount off the bill actually a real deal? Does it concern *every* customer who is not willing to take new phone, or just selected ones? Can someone confirm it?
If it's real and for everyone, I will seriously consider buying HTC-branded version and then take that discount on my renewal due January.

And me too. My T-mob 12-month contract (on Hermes) has finished last month.
£15 discount means a lot for a whole year.

When i check my online account it's just there under the upgrade and renewals section...
Just noticed though, it is £15 off for 12 months, but an 18 month contract, but still that £180 over the year, and if T-Mob are going to charge £280 for the Vario III if you buy the HTC version for around £500 there isn't that much difference e.g. £280+£180=£460 for the extra £40 i think i would prefer the unbranded HTC one.

Unbranded HTC vs T-Mobile
I would seriously you suggest you rethink that, T-mobile replaced my mda Vario II Twice, no questions asked, try getting that sort of service from HTC..thet repair it and that takes months...
Conclusion:Always buy from your carrier if you can, they have an ineterest in keeping you happy.
regards
michael

mikeycollins13 said:
I would seriously you suggest you rethink that, T-mobile replaced my mda Vario II Twice, no questions asked, try getting that sort of service from HTC..thet repair it and that takes months...
Conclusion:Always buy from your carrier if you can, they have an ineterest in keeping you happy.
regards
michael
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very good point, thanks for the advice.
I'm in down in London today on business and have just found a shop that has a demo Kaiser in store. just had a bit of a play with it.
Got really mixed emotions about it now, I've been waiting for it for months and once I had it in my hands it was like "hmm, its ok" didn't really get that wow factor I was expecting.
the funny thing is, a few weeks ago when i first held the Touch i did get that wow. so now I'm questioning my self, do i NEED the qwerty, or should i wait for the Touch II

nlhall said:
I'm in down in London today on business and have just found a shop that has a demo Kaiser in store. just had a bit of a play with it.
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Where is that shop, maybe I'll go there as well after work..?

Sunrise Digital Centre (Inkino) 48 Tottenham Court Road, http://www.inkino.co.uk/zen/index.php?main_page=contact_us&zenid=d729b37f9761412380b7aaad2240058d

L a u n c h D a t e

So when will it arrive? where?
Expansys Homepage predicts 18.th of June for Germany (http://www.expansys.de/p.aspx?i=165232)
In some other Forums I rad something about 9th. of June (Germany)

inkino in london have said 6th/7th june [today they said that in store]
im getting one

In the Netherlands most Webshops say they deliver the 6th or7th of june.

rorydaredkign said:
inkino in london have said 6th/7th june [today they said that in store]
im getting one
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Oi. That was my expedition to the store. Ah, well, I'm on the list of people they're going to contact when they have some. Hehe...One guy remembered that I purchased my Touch there a year ago...
INKINO do tend to get these devices first, in London

The websites shipping to uk are saying 6h june, 9th june or 19th june.
I suspect that friday 6th june and monday 9th june are the same, and maybe the sites that got stock from the first supply to the uk. That sounds consistent with the sites saying 6th/9th, as they have had stock first with previous devices. The 19th June sounds like stock from the second round of supply to the UK.
I've pre-ordered from htcdirect.co.uk for the 6th, because i saw it before incino and a friend has used them before. I would probably recommend using inkino first only because they are listed on the htc page as official sellers.

its already out!! im in Australia and already have mine

cool!
Does your show 192mb ram? And once and for all... did it come with TT7
Also can you confirm that u can record video in VGA at 25fps or above?
thanks

someone1234 said:
cool!
Does your show 192mb ram? And once and for all... did it come with TT7
Also can you confirm that u can record video in VGA at 25fps or above?
thanks
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TomTom 6, and yes it does show 192

cool!
how about recording video in VGA?
And of course the number 1 question.. how's the battery life?

someone1234 said:
cool!
how about recording video in VGA?
And of course the number 1 question.. how's the battery life?
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not sure about battery, its only been 12 hours, and have not used the camera yet... will be this arvo...

Where did you buy it from in Australia?

TMO GER
I'm really curious when the T-Mobile version will be launched? has anyone information? I will get the Diamond with a contract renewal, so I can't get the unbranded Version )-:

everyone keeps asking the same questions!
T-Mobile versions looks like it'll be out in July.

maxehret said:
So when will it arrive? where?
Expansys Homepage predicts 18.th of June for Germany (http://www.expansys.de/p.aspx?i=165232)
In some other Forums I rad something about 9th. of June (Germany)
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Pre-command arrives 15 June in Switzerland (well, I hope ther'll be no delay from HTC !!)

walshieau said:
TomTom 6, and yes it does show 192
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hello,
did u instal tomtom6 yourself or did it came with the pda?

Launch Date
maxehret said:
I'm really curious when the T-Mobile version will be launched? has anyone information? I will get the Diamond with a contract renewal, so I can't get the unbranded Version )-:
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T-Mobile will release the MDA Compact IV fully branded T-Mobile the first week in July. However I can see ther being some problems as always with T-Mobile and it will probably be middle to end of July early August.

Local shop here tells me it will be here in Spain next week... bring it on!!

looks like we will have the English version in Hong Kong early next week, namely 2/June

Hi, I'm In HK on a business trip next week (fortunatly) where would you recommend going to buy this phone?

Devicewire.com will have it on June 9th in UK
Hi,
Thank you for contacting devicewire.com
We will be the first site in the UK to offer the HTC Touch Diamond and the date has been provided directly by HTC.
We will be offering the 192MB version, but have not yet been given details on any accessories.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,
devicewire.com
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Subject: Question about HTC Touch Diamond availability
Hello,
I am very interested in purchasing HTC Touch Diamond once it is available. As a matter of fact I would pre-order it if you could answer me how certain you are that you will have them in stock on June 9th? I am asking this because most of the other retailer sites state that they will have it on June 19th.
Also I would like to know is it going to be a retail version with 192 MB and not 128 MB of RAM memory? Will you have that excellent HTC slip case available, also, since it is not included in the box?

HTC Diamond on 02

Hi, Really cant wait to upgrade my phone to the diamond (currently have the orbit) My contract is up for renewal now.
Does anyone have any idea of when 02 will release it? I havr rang them and they have no idea, but they did the same for the orbit 2, she said she had never heard of it and it was in the 02 shops a few days later.

Which country?
The german O2 homepage says June 2008.
TDO

As far as I'm aware, it's coming out in June. However, all of the O2 XDA Diamond news seems to be coming from Germany...

i would think all the UK operators will release at the same time - thoughts are currently around 1st July

ETA on O2?

has anyone got any information about when the Diamond will be released on O2?
This may have been answered else were but I could not find it.....
Thanks for any light you guys can shed on this.

Search on o2 site O2 Xda Diamond

Last week in July according to O2. XDA Mantel, then the Ignito with is the Touch Pro on the 12th August.

churchwa said:
Last week in July according to O2. XDA Mantel, then the Ignito with is the Touch Pro on the 12th August.
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sorry to bug do you have any sources for this info i.e. weblinks?
thanks

No July Launch for Ignito
O2 Staff member said:
A gentleman rang me up earlier today about it and unfortunately I haven't got any information on that.
We normally get information on new releases a month before they are launched and we dont have anything on that.
I suggest you call up in a few weeks time.
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This points to a August launch.... maybe they are trying to flog as many iPhones as they can.

bdangol said:
sorry to bug do you have any sources for this info i.e. weblinks?
thanks
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Just call O2 and if they say they have not go any info ask them to check their sheets. I did and she told me everything. She did not have any info other than name and date though.

Just spoke to o2 Staff accounts, the XDA Mantle due by the end of July is the HTC P6500 and the XDA Ignito is the Diamond (not pro) and due on the 12 august

As I suspected!
Thanks

dave O2 forum said:
Spoke with O2 yesterday
The Diamond is coming. It is due to be release Late august but in O2 terms he reckons this could be early september. This is apparently due to some un-named network (Orange) getting the rights to sell to consumers exclusivly
If you must have the phone the only place currently to get it is Orange but i would touch there network with a Barge pole
Cheers
Dave
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Oh dear. Things are not looking to good for an august release.......

I got my Diamond ( from O2 Germany ) on 5 of July.
I was one of the first to get it (Premium Custumer)
Ghostrider

i phoned o2 3 days ago to enquire, they said end of september, into october. They have phoned me 15 times now in two days, guess they think thats how to retain customers. Needless to say, I signed up with orange

I would have rather had the Diamond on O2 and the iPhone on Orange!!!

T-Mobile WM6.1 ROM - will it ever arrive?

Well, it looks like Vodaphone and O2 UK have WM6.1 updates out there, but none as yet from T-Mobile.
Anyone with insider info know if T-Mobile is going to release a WM6.1 ROM update?

About 5 hours after AT&T releases it.

I asked T-Mobile UK, and they said there is no date for this update, and no guarantee that the Vario III will get a w6.1 update.
Great.
Just Great.
Thanks a lot.

En_croute said:
I asked T-Mobile UK, and they said there is no date for this update, and no guarantee that the Vario III will get a w6.1 update.
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I asked 5 days after it was released (via email) and they didnt even know it had been released
Probably just the 1st line desk ... who probably dont know jack.
Great.
Just Great.
Thanks a lot.
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Yup, t-mobile support seems to be getting worse via the year
Give them a month or two and they'll announce the Vario IV
way before they announce the 6.1 rom

Why don't you user the original HTC rom? I use it since about 1 month and i have no problems!