T-Mobile Shadow Smartphone Now Available

The T-Mobile Shadow offers a fresh take on Windows Mobile smartphones, with a sleek slider design and interface. This new Smartphone strikes a unique balance of design and functionality so you can easily share life’s fun moments with those who matter most. It sports dimensions of 4 inches tall by 2 inches wide by 0.6 inch deep and 5.3 ounces, but the smartphone now sports curved edges, a shinier face, and a new paint job that gives it a fresh look. The Shadow has the typical 201MHz Texas Instruments OMAP processor with a better than average 256 megs of flash memory and 128 megs of RAM.
It runs Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition (the new name for the smartphone version of the OS, which lacks a touch screen and features more phone-like ergonomics). It features a bright portrait orientation QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi 802.11b/g, a 2 megapixel camera and slider that conceals the SureType keyboard, Spin navigation wheel and slide-out QWERTY-like keypad with predictive text for quick and easy messaging.
Like most high end feature phones, smartphones and PDA phones, the Shadow can double as your portable MP3 player. The customized home screen has basic controls to stop and start music playback, and for full control over playlists and library updates you’ll use Windows Media Player Mobile. While Media Player’s features can’t compete with the desktop version or a dedicated MP3 player, it does get the job done. The Shadow’s microSD card slot supports SDHC for high capacity cards.
For the young professionals who have outgrown their cell phone but aren’t quite ready for a business-centric device, the T-Mobile Shadow offers a nice compromise, as the entry-level smartphone brings the capabilities of a Windows Mobile smartphone into a fresh and affordable package.