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T-Mobile Shadow

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Pros
Well-designed screen gives easy access
Smooth jog wheel facilitates navigation
Cons
Audio quality on calls sounded tinny

Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $100 (10/15/2008)
Performance: Superior: 100
Features: Good: 77
Design: Good: 79

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $100

Performance

Superior: 100

PC World Tests
Battery Life Average (hh:mm)	10:00
Battery Life Word Score	Superior

Features

Good: 77

General
Dimensions (inches)	2.05 by .6 by 4.95
Weight (oz.)	5.29
Design	Slide
Antenna	Internal
Carrier	Carrier:T-Mobile
GPS	No

CPU/GPU/Battery
Battery Type	Lithium Polymer
Vendor-Stated Talk Time (hours:minutes)	Up to 5 Hours
Vendor-Stated Standby (hours:minutes)	160 Hours

Display
Number of Displays	One
Display Size (diagonal, in inches)	2.6
Display Type	Color
Display Resolution	320 by 240
Maximum Text Display (lines)	12
Backlighting	Yes

Cellular Technology (Voice and/or Data)
GSM 850	Yes
GSM 1800	Yes
GSM 1900	Yes
Other	GSM 900

Messaging Services
SMS	Yes
MMS	Yes
E-Mail	Yes
IM	Yes

Wireless Capabilities
Bluetooth	Yes
WiFi	Yes

PC Sync/Connectivity
Other	Mini-USB, audio jack

Expansion Card Support
MicroSD	Yes

Input Method/Devices
Keyboard	Yes
Five-Way Joystick/Thumb Wheel	Yes
Predictive Text Entry (T9)	Yes

Dedicated Controls
Music Playback	Yes
Volume Control	Yes
Camera Shutter	Yes

Operating system
OS Supported	OS:Windows Mobile

E-Mail Support
POP3	Yes
IMAP4	Yes
Other	AOL, Yahoo, Comcast, Exchange

Digital Audio Support
AAC	Yes
AAC Plus	Yes
WMA	Yes
MP3	Yes
Other	WAV, AMR-NB

Audio Features
Audio Inputs	No
Audio Outputs	HTC ExtUSB: 11-pin Mini-USB/audio jack in one
FM Radio	No

Imaging
Camera Resolution	2.0 megapixels
Flash	No
Digital Zoom	No
Streaming Video	No
Video Calling Conference	No

Other
Included Software	ActiveSync, MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player, Handango InHand, Live Search, Windows Live, Microsoft Office Mobile, Adobe Reader LE

Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support (hours)	24
Saturday Support (hours)	24
Sunday Support (hours)	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Design

Good: 79

T-Mobile Shadow PDA Phone Review

by Melissa J. Perenson

- At first glance the elegant Shadow doesn't look like a Windows Mobile smart phone. When you first power it up, you may be confused: After the Windows Mobile logo appears, the home screen that greets you looks absolutely nothing like Windows Mobile, save for the familiar Start icon in the lower-left corner. Its keypad consists of 20 keys (a la Research in Motion's design with the BlackBerry Pearl) hidden beneath the slide-up screen.

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