Gizmodo: shadow

T-Mobile Shadow II Has MyFaves, HotSpot@Home, But Is It Still Made by HTC?

Jason Chen — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:50:00 EDT

The Original T-Mobile HTC Shadow was quite good for a Windows mobile phone because of its non-Windows-Mobile Windows Mobile UI. If this leaked picture really is the Shadow II, then T-Mobile is continuing on the same path of loading a proprietary UI on top of the standard WM facade. There's not much else we can tell from this, but we do see that it has MyFaves and HotSpot@Home compatibility. Is this still made by HTC? Probably, unless T-Mobile defected to i-Mate or something. If you're looking for a HotSpot@Home phone in the near future, you might want to wait to see how this one plays out. [Tmonews]

Sidekick Slide Super Sizemodo

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:17:13 EDT

First you get a taste of what the two sexy new Sidekicks, the LX and Slide, look like side by side. (Can someone please tell me why the logos are all oriented for "portrait" when there's never been a more "landscape" phone? I need an explanation.) That, my friends, is but the appetizer. Your main course is a smorgabord of Sizemodology, pitting the new little Sidekick Slide against the roughest, toughest "consumer" smartphones around: the T-Mobile HTC Shadow, Sprint's Palm Centro, the BlackBerry Curve, and of course the iPhone. You will find that deluxe second gallery after the jump.

Vid: T-Mobile HTC Shadow's 5-Way and Wheel UI

Brian Lam — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:53:00 EDT

The just-announced Shadow runs on Windows Mobile, but it's somewhat forgivable given the nice UI that HTC and TMO added this UI on top of the sludge. Scrolling the wheel navigates you through the submenu, while clicking up and down on the 5-way. There's media playback on the home page that supports music and album art (but no video). And photos are viewable from the top menu, too. I think this is one of the first WM devices I'd be able to live with. [More Shadow on Giz]

T-Mobile HTC Shadow Finally Emerges Looking Damn Good (Gallery)

Wilson Rothman — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:01:00 EDT

The long-rumored T-Mobile Shadow (aka Juno) officially launches now. It hits stores Wednesday for $200 with voice-plan or $150 with $20-per-month unlimited data plan. (Both require two year contracts.) With it, T-Mobile and HTC have done the impossible: they have made Windows Mobile look good. Great even.

Like other WM6 devices including Sprint's recently launched HTC Touch and Verizon's Motorola Q9m, it has an interface skin that shields the user from the immediate effects of the Windows Mobile UI. But unlike those other two, this one goes a little deeper, letting you do quite a bit without ever seeing Windows Mobile.

Best of all, it manages this feat of user-friendliness without a touchscreen, just a comfortable click wheel. I'm a fan of the beautiful 2.6" screen as well, and in this case the BB Pearl-style QWERTY keypad/numpad worked great combined with solid predictive typing software. Check out the physical attributes first:Let's face it, the star of this show is the UI, so have at it:While there's no way for me yet to call it a pure 100% victory for T-Mo and HTC—my previous Windows Mobile wounds run too deep for that—I am willing to say that there's a sea change, better interfaces are being designed for WM6, and this is without a doubt the best one we've seen yet. [T-Mobile]

T-Mobile HTC Shadow Sizemodo vs iPhone vs Palm Centro vs BB Curve vs Sprint HTC Touch

Wilson Rothman — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:59 EDT

See how T-Mobile's new smartyphone shapes up next to your current favorites in the gallery above. [T-Mobile]

T-Mobile Shadow Official Shots Show Two Suave Color Schemes

Haroon Malik — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:15:00 EDT

If you desperately wanted official shots of the T-Mobile Shadow, well, here they are. We have already given you the rundown on what the Windows Mobile smartphone will be toting, but to recap, the main goodies will be the two-letters-per-key SureType keyboard, 128MB on-board RAM and Wi-Fi connectivity. The pictures show two color schemes (jump for a second picture), including silver/charcoal and brown/black varieties. We might add we are particularly partial to the sultry chocolate color scheme, but then again we are particularly partial to anything chocolate. Mmm, chocolate. [Cellphone Signal]

T-Mobile HTC Shadow Spy Shots

Jason Chen — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:40:57 EDT

The HTC Juno, aka T-Mobile Shadow, looks like it's definitely going to T-Mobile. Like we said before, there's the two-letters-per-key SureType keyboard, plus new details like 128MB on-board RAM, 4GB microSD card support, Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth, myFaves 1.5, and a new top-level UI called "Top Screen". We're still not sure on the date of launch, but its size—compared to a BB Pearl—seems like it's quite small for an HTC Windows Mobile smartphone. Thanks tipster!

Earlier this month, it was rumored that the...

Adrian Covert — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:59:15 EDT

Earlier this month, it was rumored that the HTC Juno would be on its way to T-Mobile and today Boy Genius Report confirmed it. T-Mobile is ready to release the Juno, branded as the T-Mobile Shadow. More pics at BGR. [Boy Genius Report]

Shadow Monsters, Give Your Shadows Some Life

blongo3 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:27:34 EDT

Growing up I loved making shadow puppets, but regardless of how awesome I thought they were, no one could decipher my genius. Enter Shadow Monsters. This game (is it really considered a game?) takes your shadowy creations and digitally alters them onto a projection screen. It can even tell that you are trying to open and close your monsters "mouth" and will let out a big ol' burp. Classy. [Kotaku]

Pantech's Four New Concept Phones

Jason Chen — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:30:00 EDT

Like concept cars, you either love a concept phone or hate it. Pantech's four designs are probably have a win ratio of 2-1-1, which isn't too bad. The first is Incense, which is long and has no screen. Maybe it folds out? It looks like an incense holder had a drunken night with an iPod and its glossy surface and gave the result up for adoption.

More after the jump.

The Wavelength looks like some kind of sea creature with its wavy base and pod-like peripherals. We can't even venture a guess as to how this one works.

The Shadow has the design of a Motorola PEBL, but more glossy than matted. We're guessing the smaller Shadow is some kind of speakerphone?

The Bamboo looks like a standard ~~slider~~ swiveler with a thin-waist. It's more traditionally-designed than the first two units, so it and the Shadow are probably the most likely ones to get to market. – Jason Chen

Pantech reveals four concept phones [Smartfone]

Images courtesy Telecoms Korea