T-Mobile Shadow makes official appearance
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.
Bonnie Cha is a senior editor for CNET, covering smartphones and GPS. When she's not testing the latest gadgets, you can find her chasing after her crazy lab or surfing in the chilly waters of Northern California. E-mail Bonnie.
and tmobile is with the times
touch screens: g1
samsung behold
samsung memoir (coming soon)
qwerty: sidekicks
samsung gravity
G1= Big, Ugly, expensive and a test vehicle for Android
Behold = Poor mans' iPhone, NO Wi-Fi
Memoir= Never even heard of
Point I'm trying to make is that T-Mobile like Metro PCS, lacks really, really good phones...no offense.
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by HershFam5
January 28, 2009 6:48 AM PST
- I have the old Shadow, and in comparing, the only difference I can tell is the rounded corners.
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(5 Comments)It already has Mobile 6, what's the big deal with the .1?
If I could find the specs, MAYBE, the speed is faster, but the ROM/RAM are the same, display and camera are the same and weight & size are the same, so what was so major that they stopped with the Shadow & made Shadow 2009?