So the juicy part of this rumor has to be the fact that
T-Mobile could get a branded version of the lovely HTC
Snap (or rather the US-specific S522, which doesn't carry the Snap name), a belief based on a leaked ROM rife with references to the carrier's name and logo. Of course, seeing how T-Mobile was HTC's partner on the
Excalibur /
Dash, it makes a lot of sense that they'd want to carry on the portrait QWERTY tradition there with an updated model, which is precisely where the S522 fits into the puzzle. This is where it gets weird, though: the ROM apparently has wiped all references to Inner Circle, HTC's software tweak that lets you selectively filter out emails from anyone not on your whitelist. Why they'd want to get rid of it is unclear since it wouldn't seem to affect carrier revenue in any way, so we're holding out hope that it'll reappear by the time the device ships -- if this rumor even ends up checking out, that is.
[Via
pocketnow.com]
posted Apr 8th 2009 12:56AM
If the rumor is true, TMO will probably brand it as the successor to the dash. The dash was a good as smartphones got when it came out, but that was 4 years ago. such an upgrade is definitely due
Oh noes, I felt for that piece of spam, the irony.......
this phone is exactly why htc lost 30% in tv last quarter ,.
What the heck are they thinking!!
does it have manilla 2D?
Well the obvious answer to the 'inner circle' question is... so they can charge you $5/month for the feature and then send the ping that turns it on, on the phone itself.
what is the point of having engadget mobile if most of the posts you put over there are on regular engadget as well?
Big deal, just change the damn ROM.
am I the only one who absolutely loves this phone? ensure that it has a winmo 6.5 upgrade and we have a winner
Maybe they will just rebrand "Inner Circle" to have another name so as not to confuse the average American with the "MyFaves" feature, which happens to be advertised with the faves in a circle? Maybe they'll call it "MailScan" or something like that.
Inner Circle? I'm not following, is that MyFaves or am I missing something?
Windows mobile? NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There could be lost revenue in that one of T-mobile's Windows mobile plans offers unlimited internet but only 400 texts, picture messages, or EMAILS. If the blocking feature reduces the number of emails actually received on someone's phone, then that's lost revenue to T-Mobile.
This is going to be called the Dash 3G, I was the one that provided the leaked rom. It does not have inner circle, and will be called the Dash 3G