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T-Mobile Shadow

Design: Slide • Carrier: T-Mobile • OS Supported: Windows Mobile • Battery Life Average (hh:mm): 10:00 • Price When Reviewed: $200
T-Mobile Shadow (Front)
T-Mobile Shadow (Front)
85.2 Very Good
Last updated
July 14, 2008
Test Center Reviewed by
Melissa J. Perenson
Pros
  • Well-designed screen gives easy access
  • Smooth jog wheel facilitates navigation
Cons
  • Audio quality on calls sounded tinny
  • Pricing:Inexpensive: $200 (7/10/2008)
  • Performance:Superior: 100
  • Features:Very Good: 80
  • Design:Very Good: 85
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing Inexpensive: $200

Inexpensive: $200

Performance Superior: 100

Superior: 100
PC World Tests
Battery Life Average (hh:mm) 10:00 
Battery Life Word Score Superior 

Features Very Good: 80

Very Good: 80
General
Dimensions (inches) 2.05 by .6 by 4.95 
Weight (oz.) 5.29 
Design Slide 
Antenna Internal 
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 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 Very Good: 85

Very Good: 85
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