T-Mobile Shadow update
We just got a little update for all you out there waiting on the upcoming T-Mobile Shadow. Here’s what we heard…The T-Mobile Shadow is actually going to be a brand, just like how T-Mobile has the Sidekick brand. There will be a Shadow II, possibly even LEs. The device is marketed to twenty-somethings who might have outgrown the Sidekick, but still want to stay connected and in touch. It’s called "The Official Phone of Fun." The actual launch for it will take place on October 31st, and it should retail for $149 after a $50 mail-in rebate after a two-year agreement. Awesome pricing! T-Mobile has been in a tizzy lately with new data plans, so why should this be any different? They’re on track to launch a $9.99 unlimited email plan, just like the BlackBerry, but for the Shadow. We heard the plan will actually launch about a week before the device does. On the tech side: Windows Mobile 6 Standard with an "exclusive" interface that takes advantage of the scroll wheel / d-pad, Wi-Fi, yet no UMA support, a 2 megapixel camera with no flash, and a spring-assisted slider like the T-Mobile Wing. Inside the device, we’re looking at a TI OMAP 850 201MHz processor, 128MB RAM, 256MB Flash, a 240×320 screen, and a 20-key keypad that uses predictive text. Colors we reported we also on track, with Brown and Sage Green gracing the color spectrum here. We were told the Sage Green looks a little feminine, so watch those colors when you’re picking up your brand new T-Mobile Shadow, fellas.
DO NOT BUY IT ~ This phone has very poor in radio portion, call drop issue~
What do you mean it is a brick. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is small and light with sliding keyboard. I probably bought one of the first one sold on Halloween. I love this phone. It does everything any phone or smartphonebetter, and it is very easy to use. You just have to get use to the keyboard. It is idential to Blackberry Pearl. The smartphone looks and feel wonderful. Love this smartphone.
hey guys… i just got the phone today. i went from a sidekick to this new shadow thing. so far its been great. kind of complicated compared to the sidekick. but i am debating… should i go back and just get the blackberry…. or should i keep this one??? WHICH ONE IS BETTER??? SHADOW OR BLACKBERRY. please someone help me out i have 14 days to exchange
got the phone on friday last week I love this phone, internet is very fast much better then the dash the sure type is very easy to use although some words can be a bit of a pain very light weight screen is very amazing really clear and bright the new UI is the best part of all the most important features can be pulled up from the home screen battery life could be a little bit better but otherwise is not that bad it is a very good phone with alot of features I would recommend this phone over the wing the guts of the phones are pretty much the same as the wing except for the touch screen and full qwert keyboard they use the same TI proccesor the shadow is a better built phone why pay extra call quality was very good as well as reception this is the best phone in my opinion t-mobile has that gives you this much, what are you waiting for get one .
when is the shadow 2 being released and what is the difference?
I got the phone, a couple of days ago and i love it, the wifi is a great.–
—you have wifi, blue tooth, beam data transfer, listening to music and browsing the internet, WHILE TALKING , whats so bad about that ??
– ALSO, the keyboard knows which letter you are trying to type automattically so you dont have to press a key more than 1 time to get the correct letter.
–it also support SDHC cards, i use a 4gb sd hc card, but it works with even HIGHER MEMORY CARDS,
most of the people trash talking have never used the phone.
the phone, is LIGHT, its small, it plays VIDEO/Music, contacts sync with t-mobile.com automatically, the battery does SUCK, but thats the only real downside.
if it had a 400mhz processor, the battery would die twice as fast 20 min or so
T-Mobile worked closely with HTC to develop this phone and the designers really liked the SureType from the Blackberry Pearl. The keypad layout was actually licensed from Blackberry so that there wouldn’t be any issues down the road! Smart