Hands-on with T-Mobile's revised Shadow

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 7th 2009 at 11:23PM

Windows Mobile Standard devices -- you know, those pre-touchscreen relics -- are getting to be tougher sales by the day. Touch is perceived as a "premium" experience (we're not entirely sold on that) and with boatloads of price pressure in that category, these little guys are liable to get squeezed clean out of the market. The new Shadow, even moreso than the original Shadow before it, definitely belies its Windows Mobile underpinnings with a funky shell that's fit for average consumers who just want a decent looking slider -- never mind a smartphone. The red-to-black gradient rear was totally bangin', but as is all too often the case these days, the glossy top was a brutal canvas for grease, fingerprints, and other unsavory stains that you probably don't want to press against your face. It's a tradeoff, we suppose.

Gallery: Hands-on with T-Mobile's revised Shadow

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

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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ZSX @ Jan 8th 2009 9:15AM

It looks sweet, but I still prefer the original stylings of the first Shadow (HTC Phoebus).

Americans had better not complain, but in this generation of Windows Mobile Standard devices, the U.K. only has the HTC Rose (S74x) while the U.S. has both the Rose and the new Shadow.

I actually prefer Windows Mobile's non touch screen OS. A pity that Vodafone never released the Vodafone 920 (HTC Kii) here in the U.K. I think it would have done well.

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Najakwa @ Jan 15th 2009 1:21PM

does it have a plastic screen like the last shadow. I broke two lcds on that thing. I am not hard on phones either. Going out on the interwebs shows that i am not the only one that had those problems with the original. Hopefully this one is better at connecting to WiFi too.