The SDA is equipped with a mini-SD card reader but is located behind the battery, so hot-swapping is not even a possibility.
The battery gives an adequate life with having to charge every other night after average usage.
The phone is internet capable with the built in Internet Explorer, but limited to edge dial-up speed, which is enough to check e-mail or check your myspace and sometimes stream internet radio stations. But not enough to watch videos without taking a few minutes to download. The slow internet speed is offset by the built in 802.11b WiFi.
Windows Media Player Mobile is my favorite mobile music playing interface of all that I have used. It is not the most straight forward, but the ability to enqueue a selection of songs, remove selections and play radio streams overwhelms the slightly unintuitive placement of certain functions.
The phone has built in bluetooth and was able to see every device I threw at it; from head-sets to virtual keyboards, it connected and mounted them all. The only thing I was never able to communicate with was a wireless printer, but that was no surprise.
The signal strength is sufficient for normal use, but is underwhelming when compared to an average Nokia.
The tri-band functionality does not technically leave it classified as a "world phone" but I had no problem using it in both the United States and Canada. Since the Phone is a T-Mobile branded phone in the U.S. it will alway use T-Mobile service here, but in Canada it automatically connects to Rogers Wireless, which ended up being very convenient.
The SDA has a built in camera which works adequately, but can not ever seem to properly focus. It does, however record videos rather well.
All in all a great smart phone if you don't mind waiting for the internet, or if you are looking for a media-enabled phone but want a little more control over your playlist.
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