T-Mobile Dash now available in black, ninjas swoon

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jan 1st 2009 at 12:16PM

Alright, you've got to really love Dashes and really love the color black to make this investment, because it's now confirmed: the black Dash for T-Mobile is the same thing as the original, just with a little less raw aluminum involved. No 3G, no awesome camera, and at this point, we can't even tell if they've bumped it to WinMo 6.1 as rumored (though we'd certainly hope they did). It's available now for a penny shy of a Benjamin on contract after rebates.

[Thanks, aussiedog]

Update: Commenter NocNocNoc tells us that it's still running 6.0, which makes this model just that much more anticlimactic. Bummer.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE

Tags: black, dash, htc, t-mobile, windows mobile, windows mobile 6.1, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.1, winmo, wm6.1

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Stephan D. @ Jan 1st 2009 1:49PM

The black version still won't make me want to buy it.

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Seanross @ Jan 1st 2009 2:21PM

I'm sure the dash is a nice phone... but it's aesthetics were never for me

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oakie @ Jan 1st 2009 2:26PM

by not releasing a real smartphone in 2 years, i guess T-Mobile is really betting the farm on the iPhone nano.

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Eternal @ Jan 1st 2009 3:49PM

So basically T-mobile is like Nintendo now and is trying to offer the public recycled phones same phone new molding wow! im so excite NOT! never liked the dash and wont even budge for this crap now.

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7on @ Jan 1st 2009 6:14PM

Sweet! Still the same OMAP 201Mhz processor?

:/

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PeterF @ Jan 1st 2009 6:57PM

Wow why not release something a bit newer?

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NocNocNoc @ Jan 1st 2009 7:22PM

I've been reading this stuff all week, and I just had to comment...

We've had these in at our store for a week. It is *NOT* running WinMo 6.1; it's the same ole' 6.0 that's been on the Dash for well over a year now. The processor is the same. The internal memory is the same. The only real difference is that it's black (and the area where it was formerly silver is now rubberized, much like the rest), and the speaker-grill has been re-designed.

The only other difference, if you want to call it that, is that it comes preloaded with the latest software fixes available (the alarm bug, for example).

But seriously...if you have one on your wish-list, don't buy it if you really think it's got 6.1 on it. It doesn't. Really.

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JAG @ Jan 1st 2009 9:39PM

Tmobile is living in some alternate universe. This is the same company that's selling the Wing as their top WM device for $299 and a 2-year contract. The Touch and Touch Pro will probably be available as their top device sometime in 2011.