O2 xdaIIs versus T-Mobile MDAIII

[Guest nforsans]

Hi

Hope you can help.

I want to go for the Blue Angel device, in the UK it is sold under the xdaIIs and MDAIII brands by O2 and TMobile.

Since I understand the devices are the same on both networks, and since the deals each network offers are also similar in terms of prices and voice minutes available, is the experience any different on each network in terms of gprs browsing, network restrictions, sim locks, off-walled garden browsing, etc?

How can I choose between the two? What would you recommend me to do?

I've had a pocket pc for the past four years but I'm fed up of having to pair it with my orange phone each time I want to download emails, etc.

Thanks for your help.