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T-Mobile Dash 3G Hands On Video on PhoneMag

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:37:13 +0000

Need an affordable smartphone with QWERTY keyboard? PhoneMag has done a hands on video with initial impression on the new T-Mobile Dash 3G, which is also called HTC Snap in other regions. Compare to the Dash 3G’s predecessor, the Dash 3G has a trackball at the middle instead of the 4-way navigation keys. Check out the hands on video here or proceed to PhoneMag for the initial impression. A full review will be posted on the site soon.

T-Mobile USA Announces Dash 3G (HTC Snap)

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:38:20 +0000

T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of its newest 3G-enabled smartphone, the T-Mobile Dash 3G. Also called HTC Snap in other regions, the T-Mobile Dash 3G is available in a glossy-black finish with red accents, features a full-QWERTY keyboard, built in WiFi, GPS and trackball for navigation. Powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU, the smartphone also comes with a 2 megapixel camera, 256MB ROM, 192MB RAM, Bluetooth and a 2.4-inch display screen (320 x 240 pixels). A microSDHC card slot is available for more storage space. The company will start offer the smartphone in July.

[via engadgetmobile]

Rumor: T-Mobile New Devices Roadmap for Q2-Q3 this year

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:03:37 +0000

A roadmap of new T-Mobile USA mobile devices for Q2 and Q3 this year has been leaked this week with the SideKick 2009 and HTC smartphones on the list. The SideKick 2009, also known as SideKick Blade, has a 3.2 megapixel camera, pre-installed social networking softwares, 3.2-inch WVGA screen and microSD card slot. It will be released on May 13th according to the leaked roadmap.

The Sony Ericsson CS8 might not be a 8 megapixel cybershot phone with Android OS though. The CS8 is most likely comes with a QVGA (240 x 320) display screen only according to a device profile xml found on Sony Ericsson site recently.

Check out the full T-Mbile USA release roadmap below:

“Blade” (Sidekick 2009) – May 13

HTC Maple/Snap – July 1st (contrary to earlier speculation, this seems to confirm a T-Mobile variant)

HTC Rhodium/Wing II – July 22nd (also known as the Touch Pro 2)

HTC Sapphire/Magic – TBD (aka G2)

Sony Ericsson “CS8″ – June 24th (8mp camera? Is this the Android device they’ve been talking about?)

Nokia 1661 (prepaid) – April 29th (a week later than previously mentioned)

Samsung T349 (prepaid) – May 6th

Samsung T239 (prepaid) – May 13th

Samsung T559 – July 15th

Samsung T469 – July 15th (just a simple two-tone gray, apparently)

Samsung T749 – July 22nd (2 colors for this one: red/orange and two-tone gray)

Samsung T659 – August 19th

[via slashgear]