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Verizon SMT5800 Cell Phone Review
 The SMT5800 looks like a typical Windows Mobile candybar phone at first glance, but it hides a slide-out keyboard for those who love to text or email. In all other respects the SMT5800 will bring all the good, and bad, that you would expect from Windows Mobile Standard, which is the non-touchscreen version. We liked the phone's looks and durability, and if professional good looks were everything the SMT5800 would be ahead of the game. Unfortunately a very limited battery life should cause anyone looking at this device some pause.
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by Mark Brezinski
March 17, 2008
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T-Mobile Shadow Cell Phone Review
 The T-Mobile Shadow is the latest smart phone from T-Mobile. Running the non-touchscreen version of Windows Mobile the Shadow is an attractive device with a custom home screen that makes accessing various functions easier than on most Windows Mobile devices. The Shadow has a large 2.4 inch display and a slide out SureType keyboard similar to that found on the BlackBerry Pearl. It also sports a rotating D-Pad for easily scrolling through lists. Windows Mobile Standard is a fairly powerful operating system but has a couple of annoying limitations that aren't found on the Professional version of Windows Mobile like the inability to create new office documents. The Shadow is available for $149.99 from T-Mobile with a two-year contract.
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by Alfredo Padilla
November 21, 2007
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HTC Touch Cell Phone Review
 The HTC Touch is a touch screen Windows Mobile Professional device that's positioned to compete with the iPhone. We found the TouchFLO interface, which is designed to improve the experience of using the touch screen, succeeds strongly in some areas (like the new album software) but fails in other areas, like text entry. The Touch is definitely a small and attractive device, but its reliance on the touch screen, which just isn't up to the standard set by the iPhone, is its Achilles heel. The Touch has some solid multimedia support for video and music playback, and Windows Mobile Professional does its typical solid job, but heavy e-mail or SMS users will find the on-screen text entry systems to be frustrating. We also weren't happy with the Touch's battery performance, which was subpar across the board. The Touch is definitely a cool device, but we just don't think TouchFlo is ready to be the main interface for most users. This is probably why the successor to the Touch adds a slide-out keypad, and we wish Sprint had picked up that version.
Sprint is currently the exclusive carrier for the Touch in the U.S., although you can purchase unlocked GSM versions that work on T-Mobile and AT&T. Sprint is selling the Touch for $249.99 with a two-year contract or $499.99 without.
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by Alfredo Padilla
November 07, 2007
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AT&T Tilt Cell Phone Review
 The Tilt is a Windows Mobile 6 phone that bears a striking resemblance to HTC's last offering in the U.S., the Mogul. Like the Mogul, it has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that allows for some quick typing. It also features a 2.8-inch screen, which is larger than most, but not quite as large as the iPhone's display. Unlike the Mogul, however, the Tilt's screen can perform its namesake action by tilting upwards to a 45 degree angle. This means you can sit the device on a desk or airline tray table and use it like a laptop, as well as putting the device at a more comfortable angle for watching videos. This tilting does raise several issues, though: despite HTC's reassurance that it should survive a drop from a handheld height, the screen on our review unit broke after just a few days, leaving the screen to flip forward too far. The Tilt is offered by AT&T for $549.99 without a contract and $299.99 with a two-year contract after two $50 mail-in rebates.
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by Mark Brezinski
October 25, 2007
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HTC Mogul Cell Phone Review
 The HTC Mogul is a phone for the messaging, emailing, calling person-about-town; with its 2.8-inch screen and large slide out QWERTY keyboard, this new HTC device is a good pick for the user who sends a lot of text and email messages and prefers a real keyboard to type on. The successor to Sprint's very successful PPC-6700 Windows Mobile smart phones, the Mogul is built by HTC, as were phones from other carriers like the T-Mobile Wing, Verizon XV6700 and AT&T 8525. But unlike these, the Mogul is the first HTC phone sold in the United States to bear HTC's name, part of their new global branding strategy. Regardless of what the phone is called this form factor has been very successful in the US and the Mogul looks to continue that success.
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by Alfredo Padilla
July 23, 2007
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T-Mobile Wing Review
 The T-Mobile Wing is the successor to the discontinued T-Mobile MDA, bringing the slide out keyboard form factor back to T-Mobile's lineup. The Wing is based on HTC's Herald/Atlas reference design and brings several upgrades, including Windows Mobile 6 and a new slimmer form factor The Wing is compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves service, with a handy Today plugin that allows you to quickly dial your five faves. And the battery life of the Wing was outstanding: we measured the call tiem at an incredible 14 hours and 15 minutes. But this is hampered by the slow operation of the device; screens take seconds to be updated, and it is generally sluggish. This is a problem that makes us retiscent to recommend the Wing; while the design, battery life and call quality are great, the Wing is something of a pain to use.
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by Alfredo Padilla
June 05, 2007
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T-Mobile Dash Cell Phone Review
 The T-Mobile Dash is the latest in a new generation of slim, thin smart phones, following the lead of the Motorola Q. Sporting a slim design and full QWERTY keyboard with a landscape screen, the Dash is definitely targeting the messaging market. With it’s slim good looks it will appeal to chatty teenagers that want to be able to tap out there SMS messages quickly or prosumers looking for an all in one device. And it may also appeal to business users that want easy integration with Microsoft’s Exchange server, although the messaging services are nowhere near as comprehensive as a Blackberry device. But the Dash shines on other ways.
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by Alfredo Padilla
March 22, 2007
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