T-Mobile Shadow II (2) release date and pricing details
By Will Park on Friday, September 5th, 2008 at 12:55 PM PST In Devices, HTC, Rumors, T-Mobile, Windows Mobile
T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) had a consumer-hit on their hands with the consumer-friendly T-Mobile Shadow smartphone. Taking HTC’s wares and re-branding it as the T-Mobile Shadow was a good idea and it looks like T-Mobile is making good on their promise to continue on with the Shadow lineup of consumer-friendly smartphones.
The T-Mobile Shadow II (2) has been floating around of late, with various spy pics and details leaking out on to the various interwebs. It was only a matter of time before definitive pricing and availability information was released.
The T-Mobile Shadow II will apparently launch on T-Mobile (naturally) on October 15 with a $149.99 price tag (after rebate and new contract, of course). The release date falls nicely in line with our Q4 2008 launch expectations.
The T-Mobile Shadow successor is set to hit the scene with Windows Mobile 6.1 in tow, and should make quick work of web surfing or VoIP calling with integrated WiFi. The inclusion of WiFi also means the T-Mobile Shadow II will be getting down with the carrier’s T-Mobile HotSpot @Home UMA service for those times when you just don’t want to use wireless minutes to make a call from your home.
The T-Mobile Shadow II is, just like its predecessor, based on hardware from HTC. This time around, T-Mobile has taken the HTC Cleopatra and re-branded the handset as the T-Mobile Shadow II.
What’s not clear is whether or not the T-Mobile Shadow II will support T-Mobile’s nascent 3G network on the 1700Mhz AWS band. T-Mobile, for some reason, isn’t all that forthcoming about which of their new handsets will be compatible with the up-and-coming 1700Mhz 3G network. The carrier has previously failed to mention 3G compatibility on upcoming handsets like the Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) TM506 Bella, only to turn around later and admit that the handset was 1700Mhz 3G-compatible all along. So, the T-Mobile Shadow II will likely be a 3G T-Mobile handset, but we’ll stop short of declaring it so.
[Via: TmoNews]
“The inclusion of WiFi also means the T-Mobile Shadow II will be getting down with the carrier’s T-Mobile HotSpot @Home UMA service for those times when you just don’t want to use wireless minutes to make a call from your home….”
Inclusion of Wi-Fi does not mean the shadow II will support UMA. Take for example the Wing, Dash and Shadow; they all support Wi-Fi but none support UMA.
The AWS for T-Mobile (3G in the USA) phones use (2) different frequencies simultaneously when in 3G mode. The send to phone channel will always be 2100 MHz and the send to network channel will be 1700 MHz. Why is this important information you ask … because the current line up of 3G devices will not work on the T-Mobile USA network. That would include the Shadow II. The target audience for the Shadow are not technophiles. The Shadow II will have Wi-Fi, EDGE, & GPRS. It will be the first Windows Mobile phone with UMA or @home. Learn more at http://www.umatoday.com
is this realy out now? cuz i called tmobile and they aint noe wat the hell i was talkin bout
I’ve been waiting for this to be released and now its 2009 and still nothing!!! When will this come out?!?!
AWWWWW. SHYT IM GETTING IT!!! LOL
Help…..I feel really bad…I accidentaly washed my mans work pants WITH his tmobile shadow in the pocket…. I told him and he forgave me but now I really want to replace it ASAP…..he is an EMT and we have 2 kids so he really needs a phone ASAP…any ideas on how I can get one for a reasonable price???? FAST???? please help