T-Mobile extends leadership in mobile devices with exclusive new handsets

• T-Mobile MDA Compact V and T-Mobile MDA Vario V, with latest touchscreen and web'n'walk support, extend T-Mobile's range of mobile Internet devices

• LG GT 500 features high-end Internet and multimedia capabilities

• T-Mobile Vairy Touch makes touchscreen technology available to all

• Nokia 1662 brings exclusive design to prepaid range

T-Mobile today builds on its handset leadership position with the launch of four new devices; the T-Mobile MDA Compact V, T-Mobile MDA Vario V, T-Mobile Vairy Touch and Nokia 1662.

The T-Mobile MDA Compact V – designed exclusively for T-Mobile – is a feature rich touchscreen Internet device. Offering T-Mobile’s newest web’n’walk service, a large 3.2" WVGA display, high speed HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbit/s), Wi-Fi and GPS, the T-Mobile MDA Compact V is a highly desirable phone built for the mobile Internet age. The Compact V will first launch in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and UK by June 2009.

The T-Mobile MDA Vario V joins the T-Mobile MDA Compact V as another web’n’walk enabled phone, further strengthening T-Mobile's position as a leader in mobile Internet services. The device features a full QWERTY keyboard with kick-tail mechanism, a WVGA screen, GPS and HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbit/s). It will first launch in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and UK in June 2009.

Both the T-Mobile MDA Compact V and T-Mobile MDA Vario V use Micro-soft Windows Mobile 6.1 for improved mobile Internet browsing. T-Mobile and Microsoft look forward to continuing this strong partnership in 2009.

"When we first brought our MDA series to market seven years ago, we changed the mass market for data usage sustainably. We are now strengthening this leadership position with the launch of the T-Mobile MDA Vario V and the exclusive T-Mobile MDA Compact V. Both phones demonstrate our commitment to mobile data with high speed 3G connectivity and the latest T-Mobile web’n’walk service with widgets for fast access to your favourite Internet services," says Michael Hagspihl, Head of Terminal Management, T-Mobile International AG.

The new LG GT 500 is a fully-featured, slim touchscreen phone. It is per-fectly suited to the mobile Internet age, with high speed connectivity, a 5 MP camera with geo-tagging feature, full email support, and a glorious 3" screen. The LG GT 500 will be available exclusively on T-Mobile by June 2009.

The T-Mobile Vairy Touch and Nokia 1662 bring additional functionality to T-Mobile's prepaid range. The T-Mobile Vairy Touch, with elegant mini PDA design, touch screen and FM radio, is the first T-Mobile branded phone in the prepaid range, bringing affordable and stylish touch screen functionality to the market. The T-Mobile Vairy Touch will launch in Austria, Montenegro, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, and Macedonia in by March 2009.

The Nokia 1662 is a new prepaid handset available exclusively with T-Mobile. Launching in Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Nether-lands, Poland and the UK in April 2009, the Nokia 1662 is an affordable, elegantly designed, easy-to-use handset. Key features include an FM radio, flashlight and a long standby time (400 hours).

"T-Mobile continues to bring functionality and choice to customers of every type. From advanced Internet users who demand instant access to their social network at any time, to those that require the most advan-ced technology at an affordable price, T-Mobile meets everyone’s require-ments with our extensive and growing range of handsets," concludes Michael Hagspihl.

Summary of key phone features

MDA Compact V

• Exclusive to T-Mobile

• web'n'walk widgets

• WVGA display

• HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbits/s/HSUPA (up to 2 MBits/s)

• 5 MP camera

• WLAN

• GPS

MDA Vario V

• web'n'walk widgets

• WVGA display

• Full QWERTY keyboard

• HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbits/s/HSUPA (up to 2 MBits/s)

• GPS

LG GT 500

• Fully-equipped Internet phone

• Touchscreen

• 5 MP camera

• GPS

• Bluetooth, WLAN

• Full email support (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP and Push)

Vairy Touch

• First T-Mobile branded phone in affordable prepaid segment

• Touchscreen

• Bluetooth

• FM radio

Nokia 1662

• Affordable thin phone with T-Mobile exclusive design

• Phone book up to 500 entries

• FM radio

• Flashlight

• Long standby times (460 hours)