Despite being a feature-rich, Windows Mobile 6-powered smartphone, the T-Mobile Shadow is designed to reduce the complexity often associated with many smartphones while maintaining all the powerful calling, messaging and picture sharing capabilities you expect. The Shadow's enhanced user-interface is based on the Windows Mobile 6 operating system, which enables you to view and edit Word and Excel documents as well as view emails in their original HTML format and enjoy quick access to contacts with the ability to search a call history and contacts database.
This slider phone offers a large, brightly colorful 2.6-inch LCD screen and spinning scroll wheel for easy navigatoin. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree communication and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion (up to 4 GB), built-in Wi-Fi networking, quad-band GSM connectivity with EDGE data services, and up to 5 hours of talk time. This copper version of the Shadow comes with an extra extended life battery for even more talk time; it also comes in sage (with no extended life battery).
The easy-to-use T-Mobile Shadow smartphone provides access to personal email and IM buddies, ability to edit Microsoft Office documents, and quick connection to your Fave 5.
T-Mobile Service The Shadow operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
It's compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Download cool new games, HiFi Ringers (real songs by today's hottest artists), MegaTones (instrumental versions of songs), and wallpapers quickly, as well as stay connected via the Web, instant messaging, and email.
With T-Mobile Contacts (formerly T-Mobile Address Book), you can store your phonebook on T-Mobile's network so even if you lose your phone, you don't lose your contacts. Contacts lets you import entries from Microsoft Outlook, .vcf files, or use .csv files to import from Yahoo!, Gmail, etc.; back up your phone's address book on our server with enhanced safety features; and store additional contacts on the server.
The Shadow also features a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, and MicroSD expansion.
Phone Features Teaming with manufacturer HTC, T-Mobile's Shadow offers an innovative design and simple user interface that strips out the complexity of traditional multi-function phones for a quick learning curve to all of this smartphone's communication and organization features. The 2.6-inch LCD screen has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and support for a 65K color depth. The phone's face has a scrolling navigator button--which you can spin for faster scrolling through applications and contacts--complemented by send/end, home, back, and two soft keys for navigation. It smoothly slides up to reveal the alpha-numeric keypad that uses Blackberry's SureType keyboard layout, which places two letters per key.
The phone has an internal 140 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 4 GB in size). The internal phonebook is only limited by the available memory, and it offers multiple fields for phone numbers, and email/IM addresses. A special myFaves feature is integrated into the shadow, where a lighted navigation wheel gets you to your Fave 5 quickly and easily, enabling you to call, text, email, or IM with a single touch. You can customize your Fave 5 witha photo and icons you create or purchase from T-Mobile, as well as choose a distinct ringtone for each Fave.
Access six email accounts--five personal and one work account--including Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail, Comcast, and AOL. Receive email the instant your computer does--no delay--and view attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint plus Adobe PDFs.
This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.
The 2-megapixel camera provides a range of five resolutions and four quality settings, and it features white balance and brightness settings, and several shooting modes. It will also capture video clips for as long as you have available memory.
The phone is compatible with text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messaging, as well as POP3 personal email accounts. It includes XT9 predictive text entry (the new version of the T9), with such features as a word prediction list and spelling correction that spots transposed letters and missed keys, as well as instant integration into all applications on the device.
Other features include:
Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for fast web surfing on home/corporate networks and hotspots (not compatible with T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home service)
Music playback: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV
Stay in synch with your Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks in Microsoft Outlook
Send and receive instant messages with Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, or ICQ
Reminder feature, so you never forget another friend's or family member's birthday or anniversary
An array of lights and sounds that differentiate one function from another, whether you're receiving an e-mail, picture message or calendar appointment notification
Speakerphone
Voice-activated dialing enables you to make a call with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP 850, 200 MHz
Memory: 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM (140 MB user accessible)
Vital Statistics The T-Mobile Shadow weighs 5.3 ounces and measures 2.1 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches. Its 920 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 144 hours (6 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
Powered by Windows Mobile 6 Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.
With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.
Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.
All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
Asthetically Pleasing, feature-rich phone from Tmobile with one large caveat!!:
I purchased this phone in October 2007. Since April 2008, it's been living it's box in the closet as a 'to do' project. Let's delve into the positive aspects -
It's a great looking phone- No one disputes this, the operating system seems to be well built , easy to manipulate, and I personally never had a problem with battery life. I used to charge it overnight, turn on the bluetooth when driving to work, and then use it all day at work for text, email, calendar, etc. Repeat the process driving... more info
Terrible! Agree with "blackprincess":
All I have to say is a big fat ditto to the list created by "blackprincess". This phone grabbed me solely because of its appearance, and sadly, the employees at T-Mobile had no advice, good OR bad, so I bought it anyway, like a FOOL. I have regretted it ever since. There is absolutely no logic in some of the organization and function in this phone. I find myself truly upset frequently when I try to use it for anything! Most importantly, this phone makes me LONG for the days when I had a free phone that made... more info
Casts a long dark shadow over the compitition ....:
I'm a little shocked that there aren't hundreds of positive reviews posted on Amazon for this phone seeing that I discovered a huge online community dedicated to nothing else but this phone. And when I say it's a 'huge community', it's no understatement. But I'll come back to this in a minute. First, I'm not a person who ever relied on a blackberry or a palm pilot, but I knew that I needed a better phone to handle my email concerns, periodic web surfs while on the road and basic hand-held quick... more info
Don't get this phone:
I got this phone on christmas as a gift and i was very happy with it for a while until it started giving me hell. I mean real hell! First, the first one i got for christmas started freezing up and anyone who called me will hear me but i couldn't hear them at all. The phone will work in different places and in some places, nothing! I complained to T-mobile and they went through the master resetting with me but to no avail. Finally, i returned it and they mailed me a new one. The new on was a piece of CRAP!... more info
