T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the new T-Mobile Dash Smartphone with voice calling, personal and business e-mail, and Wi-Fi. It uses Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology, for email capability similar to RIM’s popular Blackberry and Motorola’s Q.
The T-Mobile Dash also includes a speakerphone, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera and a Windows Media Player 10. It’s made by High Tech Computer (HTC) and available exclusively from T-Mobile.
“The T-Mobile Dash gives the freedom to choose how to communicate, whether it’s calling their loved ones, e-mailing with friends, or sharing presentations with a client from one of more than 7,200 T-Mobile HotSpot locations,” said Mike Selman, director, Marketing, T-Mobile USA.
The T-Mobile Dash also supports the Messaging and Security Feature Pack with Direct Push Technology out-of-the-box, providing instant e-mail and enhanced security features (that let you wipe a device if stolen or require high-security passwords to access information).
Key features of the T-Mobile Dash include:
- Personal and business e-mail with accounts from Microsoft Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo Mail Plus, Comcast, EarthLink, and many more
- Support for personal e-mail and all four major instant messaging providers: AOL, Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ(a)
- Access to high-speed data connections virtually anywhere — at home, at work, around town or abroad with quad-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE and (with a separate add-on plan) Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- A 1.3-megapixel camera for capturing still images and video
- Ability to make use of MicroSD expandable memory, purchased separately, to allow users to store a multitude of personal multimedia, including songs, photos and videos
- T-Mobile myFaves-enabled, so users can sign up for service that gives them unlimited nationwide calling to any five U.S. numbers (excluding toll-free and 900 numbers), with no domestic roaming or long-distance charges.
A 200-MHz TI OMAP 850 processor is said to perform on a par with T-Mobile’s SDA and MDA, although running processor-hogging apps such as Skype would likely require more than the 22MB of available memory for running programs. The video mode captures unremarkable 176-by-144, 10-frames-per-second videos.
The T-Mobile Dash will be available exclusively to T-Mobile customers beginning Oct. 25 at T-Mobile retail stores. The regular price for the T-Mobile Dash will be $349, but that drops to $199 with a two-year contract, or $249 with a one-year contract.
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