T-Mobile Dash 3G now officially official, makes speedy arrival in July

Exactly as we heard, T-Mobile's managed to nab itself the Dash 3G, who while on the lam went by the pseudonyms Maple, S522, and even the Sprint-bound HTC Snap. The much prettier replacement to T-Mo's Dash is decked out with Windows Mobile 6.1, 802.11b/g WIFI, GPS, and red accents on its glossy black exterior. Not a dollar sign or price in sight, but without a doubt we'll be filling in that blank before its now-confirmed July release date.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 18th 2009 12:26AM]

LOL I mean I have a Palm Pre. Its amazing. The Iphone is a great phone and blackberry is very functional. Also I am not an Android Fan but people like it as well. Why is anyone buying a WM or sybian powered phone?

What I listed should be the only 4 types of phones being considered. Anything else being purchased is just because your company forced you to have it for security reasons or you are dumber than dirt.

[mpeters13 Posted Jun 18th 2009 12:29AM]

HOARK! That's the sound of me puking all over the screen. HTC should know better than this! Actually... they do.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 18th 2009 1:29AM]

My dad has the first gen dash and, wow, it is the slowest, buggiest piece of shit I have ever seen.

[Chefgon Posted Jun 18th 2009 11:15AM]

Tell him to head over to xda-developers and install a cooked 6.1 Rom on it. That phone becomes ridiculously awesome once you get some decent firmware on it. I got rid of mine for a G1 a while ago, but man did I love it while I had it.

[Darwin Posted Jun 18th 2009 3:09AM]

Decked out with WM 6.1? Ugh. I will never use that shit OS again.

[Darwin Posted Jun 18th 2009 3:11AM]

"T-Mobile 3G is like unicorns. Some people believe it exists, but few actually saw it."

That is some funny shit!!

So SloMo, I mean CrashMo, I mean WinMo, after all these years of development and god knows how much money, has succeeded in becoming the OS you put on your cheapest shittiest "smart" phone. Heck of a job Microsoft.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 18th 2009 9:24AM]

Ugly Fail?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2009 1:03AM]

I have been seeing ads and conversation all over the web for this new HTC Dash windows mobile phone. I am more into the high-end smartphones, but I can see where people that just want to text and email a lot how this would be very appealing to them.

[phillyguerrilla Posted Jul 21st 2009 8:58AM]

all you idiots licking the sweat off apple's proverbial balls, why dont you try not to compare the iphone to mobile devices not in the same category.

my iphone is better then a nokia 6010
sidekicks dont do what my iphone does
i can was clothes with my iphone while it ties my sneakers

shut the fuck up already and get some pussy, i know your iphone is

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 10:41PM]

I've been waiting for the following things to come together for about 5 years:

Cellphone + High-speed internet + Tethering + (because I've used them for 6 years) T-mobile...

The Dash 3G is simply the first phone in history to actually do these things... I'm not down with the wired USB / proxy server G1 hack... It's kludgy as heck... T-mobile actually blessed my use of tethering with the Dash, and though it's not as simple as it could be, all the carrier specific info has been pre-configured in the phone by T-mo! (Really, I was *shocked*)

Bonuses? Windows Mobile (Because it interfaces with all my business software and there are gagillions of apps for it), Bluetooth 2.0 (So the tethering is wireless, and I can get stuff in and out easily) AGPS (Because I get lost sometimes...), Expandable memory and replaceable battery ('Cuz duh), and IT'S NOT AN APPLE PRODUCT (Because Apple is a cult for rich, coddled fashion victims)

Since I don't leave the Northeast US particularly often, and when I do I go to Germany usually, the German owned GSM equipped, relatively cheap T-mobile is great for me. Because I have locked in old plans that don't exist any more, I get:

1000 anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, 500 txts and *unlimited data* and discounted international calling for a cool $70/month... Beat that Verizon...

I got my Dash 3G the moment it came out, and I'm happy with the look and feel of the phone, and the camera is even serviceable... I'm definitely not a WM6.1 fanboy, and I do feel that the interface, even with the HTC enhancements is pretty unintuitive, even for a guy like me that's been using Windows Mobile in a PDA since it was called CE, and the Pentium II was an innovative new product... However I can use Skype Mobile very easily, and update with my Exchange Server just as easily as my Gmail.

But here's an anecdote that makes me tingle just to share with you good people:

I hopped on an elevated subway in New Your City yesterday with my Dash 3G in my pocket and my (bluetooth enabled) netbook in my lap... I initiated my connection, and spent the 30 minute subway ride streaming MP3s from my home file server, while at the same time surfing the web, and at one point checking in to a client's server in New Jersey with Remote Desktop Client (which behaved responsively), and the connection only dropped out very briefly once, and recovered gracefully a second later... Occasional Speakeasy Speed Test checks with the New York City server confirmed a steady 900Kb/s down and 300Kb/s up throughout the journey, at speed, in a metal box...

I'm thrilled, truly thrilled...

One more caveat: The standard smartphone + 3G power consumption issues are definitely present in this phone. It's got a nice big battery, but a full day is a stretch if you do a lot of crazy tethered frolicking like in my example above... Luckily if you're tethered you could always mooch some power from your laptop...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 22nd 2009 3:21PM]

we_are_the_borg

Excellent report.
I appreciate your forthcoming statements about the battery/power problem being still ever-present.

I will be upgrading my 1st gen Dash to Dash 3G as soon as TMo drops the price to the $100 to $120 level on a 2 year upgrade. Until then I'll suffer with some of the few flaws that exist with the original Dash.
For me, my #1 function is listening to streaming internet radio connected to the car stereo aux 3.5 port via a homemade mini-USB to 3.5mm cable. I am waiting for the Y adapter so I can charge the phone as I listen to internet audio. Right now..I get about 30 minutes (if I'm lucky) before it powers down.

David in Naples