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T-Mobile Shadow revisited: not just a rumor anymore.
(Credit: T-Mobile)We've been hearing rumors about it for a couple of months now, but the T-Mobile Shadow (yep, just the Shadow, not Shadow II) had its officially coming out party on Tuesday night at CES 2009.
Taking over for the original T-Mobile Shadow, the updated version, which was manufactured by HTC, sports a fresh look with curved edges, a shinier face, and comes in two new color combinations: black with burgundy and white with mint. The other major additions are a faster processor (260MHz) and UMA support, so you can now make calls over Wi-Fi using T-Mobile's HotSpot service.
Aside from those differences, the T-Mobile Shadow is very much like its predecessor. The smartphone features a QVGA non-touch display and a slider design with a SureType-like keypad. Under the hood, it runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Edition and features integrated Bluetooth (stereo Bluetooth supported), Wi-Fi, a 2-megapixel camera, and a microSD expansion slot that supports up to 8GB cards.
Though T-Mobile did not announce an official availability date or pricing, the carrier did say it would be released in the coming weeks and we're guessing the pricing will be around the $149.99 range. In addition to the Shadow, T-Mobile also added the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 to its lineup earlier this week. Good to see some new smartphones at T-Mobile finally.
HTC S743
(Credit: HTC)While everyone might be buzzing about the T-Mobile G2 rumors, HTC is plugging on with its commitment to Windows Mobile devices and announced on Tuesday that it will release the HTC S743 smartphone for the U.S. market in Q1 2009.
A variant of the HTC S740, which has been available in Europe and Asia for a few months now, the S743 features a 12-button keypad on front and a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard for all those messaging fanatics. In its closed state, the S743 sports a compact design that takes its inspiration from the HTC Touch Diamond. Unlike the Touch series, however, the S743 has a more traditional Windows Mobile user interface rather than the HTC TouchFlo interface and has a 2.4-inch QVGA nontouch display.
As you might gather from the lack of a touch screen, the smartphone runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Edition with Microsoft Exchange support. The S743 also has integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a microSD expansion slot. The quad-band GSM handset supports the 850/1900MHz HSDPA bands, meaning you'll get the 3.5G speeds with an AT&T SIM but not a T-Mobile one, since T-Mobile's 3G network runs on the 1700/2100MHz bands.
The HTC S743 will be sold as an unlocked phone and not with a specific carrier. HTC didn't reveal details about pricing but said it would be available through a number of retailers, including Dell.com and CDW.com.
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