T-Mobile Dash now available

Right on time, the hotly-anticipated T-Mobile Dash Windows Mobile-based smartphone is now up for grabs direct from T-Mo, retailing for the expected $199.99 after the usual contract signings, instant discounts, and mail-in rebates. If you been following it as closely as we have, you no doubt know the specs like your shoe size, but for those not quite up to speed, it boasts quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE capabilities, WiFi and Bluetooth, a 2.4-inch TFT, 1.3 megapixel camera, myFaves support, 128MB flash / 64MB SDRAM, and a microSD slot for expansion, all in a slim 4.2 ounce, QWERTY-riffic package. If you're still on the fence about it, you can always take another peek at our review of the device, or bust out the credit card and do your own hands-on -- just don't forget the unboxing pics in all the excitement.

[Thanks, Scott R.]

[Will @ Oct 25th 2006 3:54PM]

Why does HTC allow T-Mobile to take their name off their own phone?

[info @ Oct 25th 2006 4:00PM]

um, maybe T-Mobile paid them.

[mario @ Oct 25th 2006 4:03PM]

I was just at the mall in a t-mobile store and saw this fantastic piece of hardware. This is one fast phone, moving from menu to menu was lightning fast and the screen was crystal clear. This is one phone I will be purchasing in the near future.

[Nick @ Oct 25th 2006 4:13PM]

As much as I'd like to like this phone, its ugliness gets in the way. It looks like one of those business calculators from the 80s.

[Aaron @ Oct 25th 2006 4:30PM]

Picked mine up this morning. This being my first WM smartphone, I'm impressed and ticked off equally. Well, maybe more impressed.

Impressed with the build of the device, the speed, that gorgeous screen, the customizable home screen (XML editing!), and wifi/BT/EDGE all in that tiny package.

Ticked off with WM things like not being able to delete messages in the list view just by hitting delete.

Overall, it's a sweet phone. Glad I picked it up. I'll just be happier when apps like FlexMail are out of beta for it.

[Paul @ Oct 25th 2006 4:36PM]

Nick, just go take a look (and feel). This thing looks awful in pictures but honestly is sexy as heck in person. Yeah, I'd still probably have done away with that goofy soda can tab of a metallic face, but even with it, it looks good in person and the velvety grippy feel and ultra thinness is to die for. My ONLY issue with the phone is the use of Smartphone edition instead of full WinMo, but I think I can probably live with it. That, and perhaps the lack of HSDPA. Still, it is certainly worth a look. I'm debating a replacement of my aging Treo 650 and this is looking like a worthy choice (if only the 750 were availabe here, I'd have a real debate on my hands).

[Paul @ Oct 25th 2006 4:39PM]

Incidentally, anyone know if there's a Skype client in the works for this? I know VOIP won't work over GPRS, but it sure should over wi-fi. I saw in some far past posts some discussion of a non-VOIP version of skype available for the smartphones, but have heard nothing of a VOIP enabled version. Thanks!

[Steve @ Oct 25th 2006 5:22PM]

Damn nice looking phone, i got a sk3 and might be looking at this phone soon

[quahog_convo @ Oct 25th 2006 6:49PM]

Ordered mine this morning! Yay! :D

[staulkor @ Oct 25th 2006 8:05PM]

I picked mine up this afternoon. I have had a Treo 600, SDA, and now a Dash. In my book, the Dash is the best phone I have ever used.

Everything works perfectly. Nothing bad to say about the Dash, and hopefully, it will stay that way :)

[wraith808 @ Oct 25th 2006 8:10PM]

Because that's usually what happens when HTC sells a phone... you never see an HTC phone anywhere...

[nike meaker @ Oct 25th 2006 8:15PM]

Question: If someone wants this phone as an email device only, and slingplayer device, what is the best plan to do this? Will t-mobile allow data centric plans?

[T-Will @ Oct 25th 2006 9:02PM]

Just picked one up at lunch and LOVE it!

The only drawback was I had been a loyal customer since 2002 so I had a $39.99/1000 minute + free weekends plan and they wouldn't add the unlimited data on top of it. So I had to downgrade my voice plan to 600 minutes...luckily I usually don't even go above 400, but still sucks.

Thanks T-Mobile for treating your loyal customers so well... :rolleyes:

[Finished Law School @ Oct 26th 2006 12:13AM]

I picked mine up this morning...

[arthurmlee @ Oct 26th 2006 2:31AM]

yeah, like nike meaker, i'd like to know if browsing/chat is possible with this phone and the 5.99 t-zones.

[Kevin @ Oct 26th 2006 8:26AM]

Picked mine up yesterday at lunch as well. Wow what a thin little device! I love it. Coming from a treo to this is going to take a bit of getting used to as far as the OS, but one thing i'm already settled on is not having that huge clunker of a device in my pocket anymore...

[Justin @ Oct 26th 2006 12:01PM]

I have read several reviews that this phones performance is very sluggish. Thats the only thing thats keeping me from picking this up.

[David @ Oct 26th 2006 1:53PM]

staulkor:

What would make you buy this if you already have an SDA?

I have an SDA, and it seems to me that the only advantage of this phone is the wider screen and lack of the crappy/weak joystick, and full keyboard. Downside is: much wider than SDA.

The processing speed, connectivity, functionality and compatibilitiy are all similar, are they not?

My SDA's joystick is practically kaput, and you know how crucial that is to the phone.

Re: Skype -- there's a way to overclock the OMAP processor to allow Skype for PPC to be used even with the Dash's slow processor, BUT it will only allow you select already-stored numbers. No direct dialing is possible due to the lack of a touch-screen. Skype will not make a version for Smarphone 5.0 until the processors become >300MHz, or so I've read, as they claim that the 180/200MHz processors are insufficienly robust.

[Robert Wicks @ Dec 14th 2006 12:57PM]

Since I got this thread via search, I figured I'd mention that Skype for WM 2.2 beta has been released and is compatible with the Dash.
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/mobile/download_beta.html

[preeza @ Nov 8th 2006 1:28PM]

Does anybody know if the T-Mobile Dash threads its textx messages like the Treos?

[blaine vedros @ Feb 19th 2008 4:38AM]

Does this phone sync up with macs?