I read this article on BGR today about a "color refresh" TMobile put out recently. Does anybody have one of the black Dash's ?!
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/12/22/t-mobile-dash-in-black-floating-around/
i've seen this story posted on engadget & pocketnow. interesting. i hope it's true & has 3g support ;-)
Well if you read the comments, people say it's JUST a color update and nothing more. It's still cool and I wouldn't mind owning one
Its just a color refresh. Nothing new except different color and slightly different color keyboard color. My local T-Mo has them, frankly they look like crap I was very disappointed.
Looks like my excalibur in a black silicone case
Seems to me the owners are going to be dealing with a lot more of this:
"Nice Blackberry!"
"Well actually..."
Freakin annoying.
I had one of those for a while now... nothing spectacular about it really...
lubs said:
Seems to me the owners are going to be dealing with a lot more of this:
"Nice Blackberry!"
"Well actually..."
Freakin annoying.
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Yeah i second that, my friend calls it a [email protected] all the time. Stupid iphone user lol
The first time I saw this on All Shadow i fell to my knees and wept at its beauty.
Haha that is funny, kind weird how many ppl ask if my dash is a blackberry...
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Haha that is funny, kind weird how many ppl ask if my dash is a blackberry...
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I always tell them blackberry's are for kids.. this is an adults phone
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Looks like my excalibur in a black silicone case
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LOL, same here it looks almost identical
I've had a chance to manhandle the fake demo phone we got at my T-mo store, and it's a pretty alright cosmetic change. I don't like my companies logo on my Dash, and have been contemplating scrubbing it off; but with the new Dash it doesn't work because of the rubber face, and that pink T REALLY sticks out on the black.
From what I've been told, and what we're expecting, it's going to be windows mobile 6.1. We should have the real phones unboxed soon (my manager won't let us TOUCH them until the original phones are gone ((one left!!)) so we can't see it).
SO if it is, we all should have an official windows mobile 6.1 rom from T-mobile soon, and hopefully it'll clean things up.
I would love for someone to debrand it after they dump it though. Just a thought.
Keep you guys posted!
stellarvelocity
Thanks for your info.
Interesting. I see that the dash is not on t-mobile.com right this moment...
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Interesting. I see that the dash is not on t-mobile.com right this moment...
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Hmm maybe that's a good thing
stellarvelocity said:
I've had a chance to manhandle the fake demo phone we got at my T-mo store, and it's a pretty alright cosmetic change. I don't like my companies logo on my Dash, and have been contemplating scrubbing it off; but with the new Dash it doesn't work because of the rubber face, and that pink T REALLY sticks out on the black.
From what I've been told, and what we're expecting, it's going to be windows mobile 6.1. We should have the real phones unboxed soon (my manager won't let us TOUCH them until the original phones are gone ((one left!!)) so we can't see it).
SO if it is, we all should have an official windows mobile 6.1 rom from T-mobile soon, and hopefully it'll clean things up.
I would love for someone to debrand it after they dump it though. Just a thought.
Keep you guys posted!
stellarvelocity
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That could be a great thing. Definitely need a dump
It looks like it is confirmed Windows Mobile 6.1:
http://thetechnicist.typepad.com/the_technicist/2008/12/tmobile-dash-black-hands-on.html
(as reported today by Engadget and The Technicist).
The biggest question now is if it comes with the sliding panel homepage. The screen shot printed on the fake phone, and these screens, still show the Windows Mobile Default Homescreen.
The other big thing I'm hoping you awesome modders can do is rip the UMA drivers out of the upcoming UMA Shadow II. If we can get an official Tmo 6.1 with hotspot calling I'd declare it a Happy New Year next month.
thetechnicist is claiming that the Dash is outdated, but we don't have 3g in my area yet, so the little bugger is still a piece of gold IMOP, especially over crackberrys as long as I get that UMA.
Hrm
So if this updated Dash has WinMo 6.1 would there be away to get a somewhat official rom to put on our original Dash(s)?
My fiance actually has one. It by default does not have the sliding panel home page. When she get's home I'll see if it's available on there at all. Looking at the frequencies on the box, 850, 900, 1800, 1900, I don't think it's 3G (1700 is what tmo is using?). From what I can tell it truely is unchanged hardware wise.
I didn't think it was 6.1 at all since it didn't have the instant messanger styled text messaging interface, or is that a different app baked into the 6.1 firmware I put on my Shadow? Anything else anyone wants me to look at? Any certainty if flashing it with any of the 6.1 firmwares will work?
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Phone is home, it is not 6.1.
What version of 6.0 is it running?
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I'll do this like a patient case workup:
Patient: My brother
Occupation: Medical Student
Previous Phone: Blackberry Curve 8300 with Data Plan (it was a refurb that died)
Age: 25
Data Usage: on a scale from 1-10, maybe a 3-4 emailing a little bit and some google searches
Network: ATT
Computer: iBook
Location: Philadelphia
Type of Phone Experience: a complete Monkey, my Jack Russell Terrier probably knows more about phones than my brother, lol but once he learns the basics he's alright
Requirements:
0. OS: whichever one can manage all the steps below easy, maybe RIM, S60, WM, iPhone, willing to pay up to $300-$400
1. Long battery life at least 10-12hrs
2. Qwerty keyboard
3. Email - a university email and a gmail account
4. SMS/MMS
5. MicroSd memory for pics and video
6. GPS or A-GPS with pedestrian view
7. Maybe Exchange support, his last sim card got corrupted and you know what happened
Icing on the cake
1. Facebook
2. MySpace
so what do you guys think, I'm thinking maybe a Nokia, maybe a Blackjack II, but I'd like to have your opinion, you guys are the best and one of most knowledgeable groups I know
Thanks in advance for chiming in.
maybe
have you looked into the G1 or the new touch screen blackberry? those both look pretty promising. the dash/excalibur is a good phone too. the iPhone doesnt' have micro sd support if i'm not mistaken but it would probably be most compatible with his computer.
Not wanting to sound like a pariah in this windowsmobile forum, I would suggest a Nokia E71, about to be launched in ATT. Simple and does all these needs, good camera, 3.2 MP, and decent sound.
I myself am a windowsmobile person, on ATT, with BJ2 6.1 ATT ROM, but I guess WM world might be a but too much with the tweaks needed, for ur monkey.
Plus skyscape now has come up with good support, so u can crack and have all those for him in there.
BTW fella, u a dr or med student by any chance, just curious, Am myself one, hence asking
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Not wanting to sound like a pariah in this windowsmobile forum, I would suggest a Nokia E71, about to be launched in ATT. Simple and does all these needs, good camera, 3.2 MP, and decent sound.
I myself am a windowsmobile person, on ATT, with BJ2 6.1 ATT ROM, but I guess WM world might be a but too much with the tweaks needed, for ur monkey.
Plus skyscape now has come up with good support, so u can crack and have all those for him in there.
BTW fella, u a dr or med student by any chance, just curious, Am myself one, hence asking
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Thanks, I was thinking the E71 myself(I like that phone myself) I'm actually a dentist, Skyscape, yep, I have all those apps .
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have you looked into the G1 or the new touch screen blackberry? those both look pretty promising. the dash/excalibur is a good phone too. the iPhone doesnt' have micro sd support if i'm not mistaken but it would probably be most compatible with his computer.
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Thanks, but you know the Dash has a not so good battery life unless you get the extended version.
I suggest the Blackberry Bold. He is already familiar with the OS and the Bold is a sweet piece of tech.
I would suggest either the dash or the G1, if you do decide to get the Dash get the extended battery as it will go a long way...
thanks guys, I appreciate all your suggestion, I just read the E71 will be released by ATT as the e71X, it looks pretty darn sweet, so will see, thanks
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I would suggest either the dash or the G1, if you do decide to get the Dash get the extended battery as it will go a long way...
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the G1 is to thick and my brother won't be able to figure how to reset a stuck or low memory dash when it gets all clogged, we all know what that means
HTC PRO
or wait till summer, new phones will be hitting the arena
Has anyone actually seen a Bold, how does it compare to a Dash
The new Samsung Behold phone coming out for Tmobile seems pretty promising... It has real web browsing and 3G...
I was actually messing around with it the other day and it is amazing... I think he will love it...
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Has anyone actually seen a Bold, how does it compare to a Dash
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You can not really compare a windows phone with a blackberry phone...
Yeah, I know what you mean, I was a staff writer for BerryReview.com and also own www.blackberrygtd.com but I have not posted in a while, ever since I made the switch to the so called "darkside" Windows Mobile lol, WM rocks though and it gets a lot of negative rap but the blackberry is a pretty tight platform in its own right.
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Yeah, I know what you mean, I was a staff writer for BerryReview.com and also own www.blackberrygtd.com but I have not posted in a while, ever since I made the switch to the so called "darkside" Windows Mobile lol, WM rocks though and it gets a lot of negative rap but the blackberry is a pretty tight platform in its own right.
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Yea it is a tight platform; however, I think that WM can do a lot more than the blackberry can.
I really think the Bold will be a good fit for him. From what you described, he doesnt seem to be the type to obsess over customization. That negates one of the main "advantages" of a WinMo phone over the Bold.
He will have a rock solid OS, a fast processor, gorgeous hi-res screen, good battery life, 3G and Wi-Fi and the Bold is more multimedia oriented than previous Blackberrys.
Since we saw a couple of weeks ago htc's '09 roadmap, I've been waiting to find more info on the HTC S511 'Cedar', and it looks they are finally here.
PDAdb.net just added the (incomplete) specs for the device.
Can't wait for it to be released, and I'm hoping that some local carrier gets it ASAP.
What are your thoughts?
There's no info yet on the battery or weight, whatsoever, but if the stock battery doesn't get me throught the day I won't mind changing for a high capacity one as long as its form factor is similar to the dash one.
Looks good, i hope its in black or atleast a black shell is availbe.
I really really wished they atleast added a 2.5mm audio output... itd be nice to be able to charge it while listening to music...
Any guesses on a price if tmobile gets it? if its in the 200-300 range.. im all over that
cool.. yeah a black shell will be great
no 3g though?
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no 3g though?
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it's there
so cool.. so nice. great improvments. UMTS1900
ah, cool. must've missed it. if it has 3g & comes to t-mobile by the end of this year, i'll probably get it. i bought an ipod touch recently & love it but realized i could not use a touch keyboard like that for emailing/messaging. it's so annoying.
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ah, cool. must've missed it. if it has 3g & comes to t-mobile by the end of this year, i'll probably get it. i bought an ipod touch recently & love it but realized i could not use a touch keyboard like that for emailing/messaging. it's so annoying.
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It has HSDPA faster than 3G
looks really nice!!
That site indicates the S620 has IR. Pretty sure that's incorrect.
The fuzzy image of the Cedar reminds me of the Palm Centro. Except the Centro of course has a touch screen.
Glad to see a replacement, but I have personally outgrown WindowsMobile Standard. It's almost time for me to move on to a touchscreen or a Blackberry.
damn I swapped my Dash for a G1....when this comes out I may have to cop it straight up just to have it.
dash 2
News floating on the net says different , HTC S511 Cedar isn't the new dash. The new HTC Maple/3G Excalibur is said to be the successor of the dash/excalibur.
Here's the report.http://www.gsmdome.com/htc/htc-wind...009-htc-touch-hd-follow-up-is-whitestone_3184
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News floating on the net says different , HTC S511 Cedar isn't the new dash. The new HTC Maple/3G Excalibur is said to be the successor of the dash/excalibur.
Here's the report.http://www.gsmdome.com/htc/htc-wind...009-htc-touch-hd-follow-up-is-whitestone_3184
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Had me confused on a post fancy someone starting a thread with the wrong info.....
The Maple from the other info we have is the Dash2....
stylez said:
Had me confused on a post fancy someone starting a thread with the wrong info.....
The Maple from the other info we have is the Dash2....
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My fault... Seeing the specs it looked like the straight replacement for the dash, but I should have noticed it's a S5xx series, and I suppose dash replacement will be S6xx, or something of the sorts.
Anyway, specs-wise looks good.
Cedar going to Sprint
According to Boy Genius
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/02/10/more-sprint-details-new-treo-pro-target-launch-rumor-2-instinct-mini-htc-cedar-and-more/
Some pictures of the HTC Maple:
http://translate.google.com/transla...-inner-circle.htm&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=
^^very nice thanks
Its to bad, the black MDA Mail S620/S621 2.0 MP Phone wasn't given 3G 7.8 mbps would been sweet but, the mail didnt come with wifi either crazy this S620/S621 is a sweet phone once you tweak it, gprs and edge is still not bad aslong as rogers here keeps it.
Im running on a Brandnew dec 08 microsoft rare edition HTC S621.
On Kavana 6.1 standard
mad! upgrades.
can't wait till this comes out, the anticipation. so it going to have 3g not HSDPA? i was playing with my friends iphone and i think it's still kind of slow it's 3g..i was thinking of getting myself an iphone but i will have 2 big bills because i can't cancel my t-mobile contract if this bs economy wasn't like this i would have it 1 for my hoes 1 for my bros
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Its to bad, the black MDA Mail S620/S621 2.0 MP Phone wasn't given 3G 7.8 mbps would been sweet but, the mail didnt come with wifi either crazy this S620/S621 is a sweet phone once you tweak it, gprs and edge is still not bad aslong as rogers here keeps it.
Im running on a Brandnew dec 08 microsoft rare edition HTC S621.
On Kavana 6.1 standard
mad! upgrades.
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Just wondering why you're talking about the mda mail on the dash replacement thread.
Looks like the much needed update to the Excalibur, and it's actually going to be picked up by a carrier (most likely AT&T due to the 3G spectrum). It boasts a lot of improved features, it almost seems impossible to fit all of that into a phone that size.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5192944/htc-snap-looks-like-beautiful-black-berry-bold
I personally like it, it retains the beauty of the original phone that just wasn't captured with the Cavalier (read: the Cavalier is ugly).
And WinMo 6.1 to boot!
Wasnt this branded as the HTC Maple? I saw this on BGR's website too. Looks nice, but only a 2MP camera.
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Looks like the much needed update to the Excalibur, and it's actually going to be picked up by a carrier (most likely AT&T due to the 3G spectrum). It boasts a lot of improved features, it almost seems impossible to fit all of that into a phone that size.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5192944/htc-snap-looks-like-beautiful-black-berry-bold
I personally like it, it retains the beauty of the original phone that just wasn't captured with the Cavalier (read: the Cavalier is ugly).
And WinMo 6.1 to boot!
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Yes, yes, this is old news, we have been talking about this phone for a while, it was called the HTC Maple, and I'm not surprised at them for changing the name. That doesn't mean it won't be called the Maple anymore, like the excalibur , dash , s620 , whatever they want to call it, depending on the carrier, will be the name it will have. But still old news. Just cause it has 3g doesn't mean ATT will be the only one to pick it up, everyone else is already running 3g(unless you're with a company that doesn't) TMO already with 3g and so is Sprint and Verizon.
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Wasnt this branded as the HTC Maple? I saw this on BGR's website too. Looks nice, but only a 2MP camera.
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It still a nice phone and a 2mp camera is not so bad.
Here are some more pics: http://mobilitysite.com/2009/04/hands-on-with-the-htc-snap/
Looks great, and can't wait to get my hands on it. I can see some potential problems brewing.... I manually lock my phone (hold the end call button), and looks like I wil be turning my phone off out of habit for awhile with the Snap.
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Yes, yes, this is old news, we have been talking about this phone for a while, it was called the HTC Maple, and I'm not surprised at them for changing the name. That doesn't mean it won't be called the Maple anymore, like the excalibur , dash , s620 , whatever they want to call it, depending on the carrier, will be the name it will have. But still old news. Just cause it has 3g doesn't mean ATT will be the only one to pick it up, everyone else is already running 3g(unless you're with a company that doesn't) TMO already with 3g and so is Sprint and Verizon.
It still a nice phone and a 2mp camera is not so bad.
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looks nice
It´s very nice!
Hope can upgrade my contract with this candy
There was a thread about this already like 2 months ago.
Now im gettin exiting cant wait for this gettin one for sure. heres another link to a hands on reveiw with more pics! http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/htc-snap-hands-on/
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Now im gettin exiting cant wait for this gettin one for sure. heres another link to a hands on reveiw with more pics! http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/htc-snap-hands-on/
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dis phone is sexy
im freakin pumped man i want one of thses so bad
how much will it cost?
Perhaps it's just me, but is this phone anything more than a Dash with 6.1, 3G and a roller? I read somewhere that HTC plans to offer this phone unlocked and retail. I'm guessing that within a couple months of release, this will fall under the "free phone with contract" category.
I see no reason to get locked into a contact for this phone. My current contract is up in a few days (which means I've had my Dash for 2 years!). I'm going to wait for WM7 or until my Dash goes tits up, as the Dash (with Ricky and Stylez Rose 6.1) serves my current needs just fine. Don't get me wrong, looks great, but not really worthy of "OMG I GOTTA GET THAT ASAP!".
I sort of agree.
The more I see it the more I dislike it, I think it looks too much like a blackberry for my taste, and that phone should only be coming out with wm 6.5, not 6.1. Is not really that much of an upgrade if it will have the same stuff that I have on my dash right now. Anyways the way I see it I'm pointing on a different direction, for me it will be either a HTC Tilt(Kaiser) or a HTC touch pro (Fuze) next.
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The more I see it the more I dislike it, I think it looks too much like a blackberry for my taste, and that phone should only be coming out with wm 6.5, not 6.1. Is not really that much of an upgrade if it will have the same stuff that I have on my dash right now. Anyways the way I see it I'm pointing on a different direction, for me it will be either a HTC Tilt(Kaiser) or a HTC touch pro (Fuze) next.
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roloracer,
I was waiting for people to see this as peeps are now, it's an SPV c550 that's bit hit by a steam roler and had a little joysticky thing or whatever you want to call it.
I watched the vidoe that was posted and ended up looking @ the sea and the sky, did see a bit about a phone, but guess what bit i remember now? You got it the sky & the sand sea
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roloracer,
I was waiting for people to see this as peeps are now, it's an SPV c550 that's bit hit by a steam roler and had a little joysticky thing or whatever you want to call it.
I watched the vidoe that was posted and ended up looking @ the sea and the sky, did see a bit about a phone, but guess what bit i remember now? You got it the sky & the sand sea
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That's funny that you say that If you look at an SPV c550 and imagine it being flatten up by a steam roler it would look like the maple , When I saw the video myself, found my eyes wondering around the room uncontrollably.
OP should make this a poll,
1. I want one
2. I stand patriotic
3. I think it looks like an spv c550 hit by a steam roller
All bases covered
any word on memory upgrades?
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It says to include 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM and a 528MHz Qualcomm 7225 Processor, that's what the're saying.
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It says to include 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM and a 528MHz Qualcomm 7225 Processor, that's what the're saying.
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And M$ are going to underclock it to 450MHz as they read XDA and have seen all the i overclocked and my phone wont boot messages
does anybody know or has anyone heard anything about the touch pro 2 on at&t? when i saw HTC's leaked '09 lineup, it said the barium was for at&t, and the barium looks like the TP2. i read on the at&t forum that the barium indeed is the TP2 for at&t. if this is true i really hope it doesnt look the way it did in the leak. i hope it looks just like the TP2 on the htc website. i mean cmon, the barium has a green keyboard! anyway, if anyone knows of any tips or has any info, please reply!
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does anybody know or has anyone heard anything about the touch pro 2 on at&t? when i saw HTC's leaked '09 lineup, it said the barium was for at&t, and the barium looks like the TP2. i read on the at&t forum that the barium indeed is the TP2 for at&t. if this is true i really hope it doesnt look the way it did in the leak. i hope it looks just like the TP2 on the htc website. i mean cmon, the barium has a green keyboard! anyway, if anyone knows of any tips or has any info, please reply!
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LOL sorry but dont worry I dought that it will have a green keybaord, but if it does... lol
but I think T-mobile messed up the design too but it seems more realistic, but like seriously why do they do tha?t HTC knows what they're doing you don't have to make the design worse to make the phone nique, but oh well I wich t-mobile didnt mess up the back, and also the front doesnt look NEARLY as good either, and in leaked pics they took off the crhome part on the side, like OMG THEY COMPLETELY RUINED THE FRAME but oh well, I guess its not that it looks bad its just that it looks ugly next to the original touch pro 2 but lol i still dont think the [email protected] version will have a green keyboard
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LOL sorry but dont worry I dought that it will have a green keybaord, but if it does... lol
but I think T-mobile messed up the design too but it seems more realistic, but like seriously why do they do tha?t HTC knows what they're doing you don't have to make the design worse to make the phone nique, but oh well I wich t-mobile didnt mess up the back, and also the front doesnt look NEARLY as good either, and in leaked pics they took off the crhome part on the side, like OMG THEY COMPLETELY RUINED THE FRAME but oh well, I guess its not that it looks bad its just that it looks ugly next to the original touch pro 2 but lol i still dont think the [email protected] version will have a green keyboard
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man I really hope it doesn't have a green keyboard. I looked at pics of other carriers too, including AT&T. it doesn't even look like the front facing camera is there anymore. and the back doesn't look anything like the HTC branded model. I like the whole grille thing! and the silver back with black front. if carriers wanna make the phones they release unique, they shouldn't change so much of the hardware and the appearance. like you said, HTC's phones are already well-designed. but the carriers mess them up.
and link278, you're lucky! tmobile is the first carrier to announce the TP2 (supposedly) I hope AT&T is next!! I need an upgrade
are u talking about this pic?
I hope they dont do that because this phone is supposed to be targeted towards enterprise (business) and making it green gives it a childish look. regardless, i'd still buy it.
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are u talking about this pic?
I hope they dont do that because this phone is supposed to be targeted towards enterprise (business) and making it green gives it a childish look. regardless, i'd still buy it.
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yep. that picture. yeah I agree I will still buy when it comes out (I already saved up enough money ). but they better not make it green. you reassured me I didn't really think about the business aspect of it.
I just wish I knew when exactly it would hit us AT&T users. I'm getting anxious
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and link278, you're lucky! tmobile is the first carrier to announce the TP2 (supposedly) I hope AT&T is next!! I need an upgrade
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thanks but look at these pic:
that d474rpr put up, like really t-mobile did mess up the back too
http://d474rpr.com/?p=120
adn they messed up the front too:
http://www.brighthand.com/assets/9982.jpg
and according to this the front and back wasnt enough they had to mess up the side too:
http://www.new-cell-phones.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/htc-tungsten-cell-phone-t-mobile.jpg
I loved the original design why do carriers have to mess up the designs?
but like fone_fanatic said I will still get it lol.
but if it had a green keybaord, (which I am pretty sure wont happen) I would stick with my tilt till something better looking came around cause that would look really stuiped and kinda ugly it doesnt make sence to have a black sleek phone and then this dull green keybaord i nthe middle of it, I really like the metallic black and silver, that's my favorite color combo but whatever its not that bad its just disapointing I guess I could live with it. (The t-mobile design not a green keyboard lol)
No US carrier has announced the TP2 except Sprint and they were just internal sheets. Now, someone who leaked a few release dates for T-Mobile seems to be right on par. The HTC maple (July 1) just entered the FCC and seems to match up with was has been expected. The TP2 has yet to show anything at the FCC except a European/Asian model. Why the FCC has stats on a foreign model phone, I don't know but whatever. It seems if July 22nd is the correct date... T-Mobile will be the first to release the TP2 (the first "first" in US carrier history, lol)
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thanks but look at these pic:
that d474rpr put up, like really t-mobile did mess up the back too
http://d474rpr.com/?p=120
adn they messed up the front too:
http://www.brighthand.com/assets/9982.jpg
and according to this the front and back wasnt enough they had to mess up the side too:
http://www.new-cell-phones.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/htc-tungsten-cell-phone-t-mobile.jpg
I loved the original design why do carriers have to mess up the designs?
but like fone_fanatic said I will still get it lol.
but if it had a green keybaord, (which I am pretty sure wont happen) I would stick with my tilt till something better looking came around cause that would look really stuiped and kinda ugly it doesnt make sence to have a black sleek phone and then this dull green keybaord i nthe middle of it, I really like the metallic black and silver, that's my favorite color combo but whatever its not that bad its just disapointing I guess I could live with it. (The t-mobile design not a green keyboard lol)
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What stood out to me on those pics at least was that the front facing camera is still there. However, that may just be a European T-Mobile thing. Still, I'm a little positive about it. That front facing camera could affect my next choice of carrier.
This is one of the reasons I am coming off T-Mobile and going to but the pro2 unbranded. They have to mess with everything and turn everything on your phone pink. I don't even like pink as a colour.
it's not only tmobile that messes around with phones' appearance. all carriers LOVE to make the phones unique, when HTC has already designed them well. I'm gonna buy the phone regardless; I just hope the keyboard isn't some wacked out color like green or pink or whatever.
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This is one of the reasons I am coming off T-Mobile and going to but the pro2 unbranded. They have to mess with everything and turn everything on your phone pink. I don't even like pink as a colour.
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lol t-mobile isnt making it pink its gonna be all black
poppinpengawen said:
it's not only tmobile that messes around with phones' appearance. all carriers LOVE to make the phones unique, when HTC has already designed them well. I'm gonna buy the phone regardless; I just hope the keyboard isn't some wacked out color like green or pink or whatever.
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I know I still want it too, I guess it still looks pretty nice, and alot better than a kaiser, but honestly, why do they have to make it unique by making it look worse? Like seriously HTC does know what they are doing why doesnt t-mobile just stick to giving people reception and puttign there name on the phone I dont mind T-mobile written on the phone but it looked so nice before, it had chrome on the sides, metalic black front and they ruined the buttons on hte fron too even thought its still metalic black, and also the back doesnt look nearly as good but oh well I should just be happy that it actually is coming to t-mobile but the original design made it the best looking phone that I have ever seen.
The TP2 is definitely in the cards for me as soon as it becomes available for AT&T. Has anyone seen a posted specualtion on that arrival date? I believe I read somewhere it could be as late as November for the TP2 from AT&T. If it is that long away... at least that gives me more time to save up some money. Because when it is launched for AT&T, and if it is green as the Barium pics show, that's enough to make me pay double the price to have HTC's unbranded clean looking version. If AT&T doesn't hack it up, then I'll be glad to purchase it through them.
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The TP2 is definitely in the cards for me as soon as it becomes available for AT&T. Has anyone seen a posted specualtion on that arrival date? I believe I read somewhere it could be as late as November for the TP2 from AT&T. If it is that long away... at least that gives me more time to save up some money. Because when it is launched for AT&T, and if it is green as the Barium pics show, that's enough to make me pay double the price to have HTC's unbranded clean looking version. If AT&T doesn't hack it up, then I'll be glad to purchase it through them.
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i haven't heard anything regarding a definite release date for the TP2 on AT&T. but i have heard rumors that it will come out around the same time of the year that the tilt came out, which is october/november. it's late, but as long as it comes out i'm fine with it. like you said, it'll give us time to save up money. this phone IS coming out for AT&T right? Tilt 2??
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are u talking about this pic?
I hope they dont do that because this phone is supposed to be targeted towards enterprise (business) and making it green gives it a childish look. regardless, i'd still buy it.
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More hippie/hacker than childish, but either way your point stands. I don't mind the back too much personally, but that keyboard is over the top. I'd prefer something a little more subtle.
poppinpengawen said:
man I really hope it doesn't have a green keyboard. I looked at pics of other carriers too, including AT&T. it doesn't even look like the front facing camera is there anymore. and the back doesn't look anything like the HTC branded model. I like the whole grille thing! and the silver back with black front. if carriers wanna make the phones they release unique, they shouldn't change so much of the hardware and the appearance. like you said, HTC's phones are already well-designed. but the carriers mess them up.
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The reason there is no front-facing camera on the TP2 is because no US carrier supports video calling.. yet
Are there any specs for the barium, yet? Like, does the screen tilt? tv-out?etc.?
i've been really curious about something: whats the deal with sim unlocked phones? if i buy a TP2 sim unlocked, i'd be able to use it with any carrier that has a sim card, correct? but my question is, would i be able to use the carriers bands with the phone? like, if i buy the TP2 and transfer my sim card from my tilt to the TP2, would i still get at&t's 3G network? i've never actually known the answer to this :/
It depends if the phone has the compatible frequencies. It usually will have the correct 3G frequencies if it's officially released in that country. Like the Kaiser has support for every frequency set you'd ever need, because it was released internationally, unlike the Touch HD, for example. I'm planning to buy my Touch Pro2 unlocked this time, so I don't have to put up with stupid AT&T. They always manage to ruin the devices in some way, whether it be the keyboard, the color, the Manilla 3D, or the bloatware, or some other travesty.
And, after rambling for a good paragraph or so, the short answer is yes, it should work on AT&T's 3G bands because it's being officially released in the US (confirmed by HTC on its twitter account).
Dave
Seems like the Dash is going to get fitted for 3G speed. How will they do that? Firmware update OTA? How will it affect Dash's with cooked ROMs?
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/05/04/t-mobile-dash-getting-much-needed-boost-to-3g.html
what will they think of next?
Wow! A firmware upgrade that will modify the radio electronics so that all of our Dash's will do 3G speeds! HTC must have embedded nanobots in our phones when they built them. Pretty cool!
In other news, send 99.95 to my PayPal website and I'll send an OTA upgrade to your male parts to enlarge them.
phil_white99 said:
Wow! A firmware upgrade that will modify the radio electronics so that all of our Dash's will do 3G speeds! HTC must have embedded nanobots in our phones when they built them. Pretty cool!
In other news, send 99.95 to my PayPal website and I'll send an OTA upgrade to your male parts to enlarge them.
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Bwahahahaha! That made my day man!
is it possible to get the older dashes to upgrade to 3g?
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is it possible to get the older dashes to upgrade to 3g?
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No one will know @ the mo it's just speculation anyway, but since it says kit then maybe? But i very much doubt that they are going to push out a new load of Dash's since the new HTC models are going to faze out olders a.p.u.
That doesn't make any sense after all this time, that they would want to make the dash even better, when they are planning to have all these new phones coming out. In my opinion that would make buyers buy a cheap $50 dollar Dash with 3g instead of a $300 to $400 dollar Snap or Rhodium, specially in this economy where everyone is trying to save money.
I think you guys are all misinterpreting the screen shot. I think T-Mobile was at one time referring to the Snap as the "Dash 3G"...that's all. No one's going to upgrade the Excalibur to 3G.
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I think you guys are all misinterpreting the screen shot. I think T-Mobile was at one time referring to the Snap as the "Dash 3G"...that's all. No one's going to upgrade the Excalibur to 3G.
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exactly why make a phone "better" when u can make a whole new one
Well why would T-Mo refer to it as the Dash in the screen shot and not "Snap"? Are they renaming "The Snap" to "Dash 3G" for T-Mo? I noticed further down they said "T-Mobile Dash Black" for the black ver of the orig phone, but isnt that phone 3G too? IDK, just thought the article was interesting and was sharing!
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Well why would T-Mo refer to it as the Dash in the screen shot and not "Snap"? Are they renaming "The Snap" to "Dash 3G" for T-Mo? I noticed further down they said "T-Mobile Dash Black" for the black ver of the orig phone, but isnt that phone 3G too? IDK, just thought the article was interesting and was sharing!
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No!
HTC Snap was the final release name. Before that it was called HTC Maple , Dash 3G , Excalibur 3G. And the Tmo Black Dash is not a 3g device.
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Well why would T-Mo refer to it as the Dash in the screen shot and not "Snap"? Are they renaming "The Snap" to "Dash 3G" for T-Mo? I noticed further down they said "T-Mobile Dash Black" for the black ver of the orig phone, but isnt that phone 3G too? IDK, just thought the article was interesting and was sharing!
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maybe its an old screenshot
kr33mo said:
Well why would T-Mo refer to it as the Dash in the screen shot and not "Snap"? Are they renaming "The Snap" to "Dash 3G" for T-Mo? I noticed further down they said "T-Mobile Dash Black" for the black ver of the orig phone, but isnt that phone 3G too? IDK, just thought the article was interesting and was sharing!
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Dude (or dudette) Its the HTC S522, Snap, Maple, MAPL100, 3G Dash or any one of the many other names it has been called during the development process. It is NOT our dear little T-Mobile Dash, it is a wholly new device that will most probably be released under T-Mobile as either the Dash II 3G or the Snap.
The Black Dash is nothing more then a face lift it has nothing new inside its little shell.
Since we have been talking about this new device for about 4 months now, I have to ask.. where have you been?
it's a kit!!
ok so i hear y'all scepticism, but umm while i kinna agree with it, why is it that every other device in the screenshot is referred to by their names only yet the one with the dash say "dash 3g kit" i dunno but that kinda sounds like it "could" sound like an upgrade. . .
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ok so i hear y'all scepticism, but umm while i kinna agree with it, why is it that every other device in the screenshot is referred to by their names only yet the one with the dash say "dash 3g kit" i dunno but that kinda sounds like it "could" sound like an upgrade. . .
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First, nice int3rwebz typz0rz wit miszpellzings.
Second, how would they upgrade a phone that does not have a 3g radio receiver to magically pick it up?
The Snap is HTC's new edition of the Excalibur (or rendition I suppose), so TMO could be calling it the Dash 3g, like they rebranded the Excalibur to the Dash.
Unless they plan on selling a external 3g antenna that plugs into the usb port, I doubt it, even though I doubt the whole idea of having an edge phone evolve to receive 3g.
On a funny-ish note:
Your Dash is trying to learn 3g, but it can only learn 4 moves. Should your dash forget a move to learn 3g? Dash forgot Windows Mobile and learned 3g
Win?
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On a funny-ish note:
Your Dash is trying to learn 3g, but it can only learn 4 moves. Should your dash forget a move to learn 3g? Dash forgot Windows Mobile and learned 3g
Win?
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So that's how the Dash will evolve into the Snap, but if you have it hold on to a pancake it evolve in to a Maple! lol
Ajrgonz said:
So that's how the Dash will evolve into the Snap, but if you have it hold on to a pancake it evolve in to a Maple! lol
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lmaooooooooo
Ajrgonz said:
So that's how the Dash will evolve into the Snap, but if you have it hold on to a pancake it evolve in to a Maple! lol
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Got me chuckle
The humble pancake getz a mention again "Where is Gix?"
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ok so i hear y'all scepticism, but umm while i kinna agree with it, why is it that every other device in the screenshot is referred to by their names only yet the one with the dash say "dash 3g kit" i dunno but that kinda sounds like it "could" sound like an upgrade. . .
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Ok, now I just think you are playing dumb.
1. All packaged devices from T-Mobile are called 'kits', its not that hard to figure out.
2. Did you not notice that the HTC G1 is also called a 'kit' as well as the Black Dash??
3. You cant upgrade our current HTC Dash's to 3G.. it is a hardware thing NOT a software thing. How many times do you need to be told this?
ok let clear things up, if you all read my comment properly you would have realized that i am also very skeptical about the "software update". i was simply making the observation that the way the system is referred to as a "kit" is different from how the other "htc kits" are referred to, jus an observation!!! jeese!!