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I have been saving my money up for an iPhone, but I find this review of the T-Mobile MDA from digitalthom.com very interesting.

• digitalthom.com » T-Mobile MDA so far so good

I like his comments on the “plasticy” keyboard:

“Slide out keyboard. This is a pretty cool feature, however some options aren’t accessible when using the keyboard. I still have to use the stylus to get to some features. But the trade off is having a fuller size keyboard when I am typing email, texting or editing office documents.”

I am excited that the Smartphone industry is really picking up. Personally, I’ve found that the “plasticy” keyboard on my Treo is VERY useable. I’m wondering if Steve Jobs might have made a mistake. How can a virtual keyboard compete with the tactile response of the buttons on a keyboard? I guess we’ll have to see.