The Raphael Exists (MDA Vario IV)

[mjt2810]

Found here at mobilephone helpdesk:

http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/en/specs.php?id=2522

And a photo in the wild so to speak ...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/htc-raphael-to-show-up-in-europe-as-t-mobile-mda-vario-iv-specs/

M.

[Dark Fire]

OK, it exists, but does it have TouchFLO 3D?

[someone1234]

Its essentially the same phone, and its real name is probably 'diamond touch pro' so i'm sure it does.

eeeeww those round corners

[rorydaredkign]

pics show it has pink touchflo 3d i think
ie tmob touchflo 3d

[imranbashir_uk]

LOL yes it does.

You were the last person I ever expected to be posting in this thread as a self confessed keyboard hater!

^ Sorry couldn't help myself ...

[rorydaredkign]

LOL yes it does.

You were the last person I ever expected to be posting in this thread as a self confessed keyboard hater!

^ Sorry could help myself ...

lol, i can feel a force 5 hurricaine coming

[imranbashir_uk]

lol, i can feel a force 5 hurricaine coming

LOL.

I tried to resist, honest but ...

[Dark Fire]

It's a good job that I'm better at resisting, for all of our sakes.

Does anyone have specifics on the release date, other than the ambiguity of 'Q2 2008'?

[rorydaredkign]

well july is q3, so before the mda diamond is released? its q3 id say... september maybe?

[Dark Fire]

www.gsmhelpdesk.nl says Q2. Maybe they're planning a simultaneous release?

[imranbashir_uk]

AFAIK, both devices will be avilable at the same time.

[sub69]

T-Mobile press release said end of summer, so I'm guessing September. At which point, my Diamond will be handed to the wife, and I'll have a keyboard and 8Gb+ of storage back again...

[rorydaredkign]

lool
me too
but mine will be handed to ebay/ some random girl i might find over summer who knows wht wm means

[Dark Fire]

lool
me too
but mine will be handed to ebay/ some random girl i might find over summer who knows wht wm means

Haha...I'm betting on the first. (I'm not saying you won't find such a girl).
BTW, I may develop a habit of attacking your Raphael with my Touch Diamond.

[rorydaredkign]

12 hours on, and specs are more solid now. reports suggest 256 ram and 512 rom!!! i may well not get a diamond and get this. Paul from modaco says july on tmob, so before that sim free... if some better release date estimates come, and theyre around july, ill get one. if none come, il get myself a diamond...
edit: http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/en/read.php?id=2918 at the bottom of the vario iv section, just before the specification link: end of summer...
diamond it is :)
Rory

[Dark Fire]

There's no need to get excited over so much ROM...
You're making my poor Touch look so old (128MB ROM, 64MB RAM)... :(

[rorydaredkign]

because it is. it was underpowered, and released with half the ram and rom of devices released before it, and then devices fom htc released a month later. thats why i got an elfin not an elf

[Dark Fire]

because it is. it was underpowered, and released with half the ram and rom of devices released before it, and then devices fom htc released a month later. thats why i got an elfin not an elf

Shutup. Have you ever had a first-hand HTC device?

[rorydaredkign]

and it starts? how many times have u flashed a rom? is your touch even cid unlocked? do you know what cid is?
ive had 4 htc devices and 5 ppcs in total, and all have been flashed with custom roms.
so end of argument.
im letting u use my ebay to buy your diamond so...

[Dark Fire]

and it starts? how many times have u flashed a rom? is your touch even cid unlocked? do you know what cid is?
ive had 4 htc devices and 5 ppcs in total, and all have been flashed with custom roms.
so end of argument.
im letting u use my ebay to buy your diamond so...

lol
I got you the latest information from INKINO. Have you edited the registry to get more out of the built-in software? Have you edited the original TouchFLO animations? You use the easy methods to improve your device, by letting others do the work or by simply ripping stuff out of ROMs.

[sub69]

Will the pair of you please just get a room!

[imranbashir_uk]

Will the pair of you please just get a room!

LOL was thinking the same thing!

Personal battles should continue over PM...

[Dark Fire]

LOL was thinking the same thing!

Personal battles should continue over PM...

Actually, they normally take place on WLM and spill over onto here occasionally.

[kalkoen]

It's a good job that I'm better at resisting, for all of our sakes.

Does anyone have specifics on the release date, other than the ambiguity of 'Q2 2008'?

The Dutch site gsmhelpdesk had a preview of the MDA Vario IV.
At the end the article hints to an Oktober release.

Fingers crossed

http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/read.php?id=2919&ch=1