T-Mobile Dash Cell Phone Review - Conclusion
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Alfredo Padilla Published on March 22, 2007 Comment on this |
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Who’s It For
Business user
With Windows Mobile, integration with Exchange Server and excellent messaging capabilities the Dash is a good choice for a business user that wants more functionality than a Blackberry can offer.
Budget callers
The Dash may be a good choice for someone looking for a smart phone but who doesn’t want to shell out $400+ dollars. Still, at $199.99 it’s not cheap, and those who don’t want to spend much period can find a free or nearly free handset from their carrier.
Chatty teenager
The Dash can be a good choice for a chatty teenager that loves SMS messaging. It’s not a bad looking handset and teenagers may be attracted to the small and slim design when compared to other smart phones. If all you care about though is getting the sexiest handset on the market, the Dash is probably not for you.
Media maven
The T-Mobile Dash makes a good choice for media mavens who want to carry around their music and video. With solid battery life, a large screen for watching video and the ability to add up to 2GB of storage via MicroSD the Dash can definitely be your mobile media center for short trops. Add in easy synchronization with Windows Media Player and you can quickly move the media you want onto the device.
Conclusion
The T-Mobile Dash sits in the same spot on the market as the Motorola Q; it's a smart phone sporting solid functionality with a fully QWERTY keyboard, large screen and a slim design. And the Dash had the edge on the Q in many ways; it has superior battery life to the Q and is slimmer, and in many ways, better looking.
But the Dash is slower at accessing the internet: it is limited to Edge speeds (a maximum of 230kbps), while the Q uses the much faster EVDO standard (which can peak at up to 2.4mbps). While it is debatable if you'll notice the difference that much while browsing the web, the Q will be significantly faster downloading files or working with streaming media.
We also didn’t like the limitations imposed by Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition when compared to Pocket PC devices like the Treo 750. You can address most of these limitations with third party software, but this would be an additional investment. Still, at $199.99 the price is right when compared to more fully feature smart phones and the Dash fulfills its core roles as a solid messaging and multimedia device very well.
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