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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 7:46 pm
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T-mobile - why such a crap phone assortment?

Why does T-mobile have such a limited assortment of handhelds?

ATTWS with all it's problems has several times more, and carries some of the more advanced/recent devices...

They have just 10 handhelds (not counting their pda/combo devices) and most of them (like the V66 or the R225m) are well over 16 months old.

Is there a reason for this? Logistical costs? Stick with as few as possible to lower the costs? Lazy?

Amazing that such a "worldclass" carrier doesn't even carry the XDAII, the T630 or any decent Nokia...

If they don't watch out then the combo of Cingular/ATTWS will severly damage their marketshare and without any kind of faster wireless data on the horizon they will be in serious trouble in a few years IMHO.
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