I bought my son a Shadow for x-mas. Very nice device.
He's 17 and doesn't do email or internet that much away from home. Big text messaging person. He's had unlimited texts for a couple of years now. We did not select a data plan, so he's limited to surfing via the wi-fi at home. He'll be going off to college next year and his university has 90% wi-fi covereage all across campus. I'll probably upgrade him in August though as I think his use of email is going to rise significantly at school.
He's pretty stoked about it, coming from a Razor. Big upgrade. He sync'd it when he got it and it grabbed all his contacts from Outlook Express. He's having to manage his resources somewhat in order to keep the battery life reasonable, but that's an issue with any smartphone I've played with.
Construction is quite solid. The slider part is flawless feeling. Back has the rubberized coating. Nice touch. Camera is reasonable, but not earth-shaking. I don't buy a phone because of the camera.
I'm so impressed with it that I'm probably going to upgrade to a shadow from my Blackberry 8700g. I have a hard time reading the small letters on the blackberry keyboard. The Shadow has the two letters per key function that my son says is excellent with the XT9 software. But, more importantly for my 46 year old eyes, I can read the font size on those keys easily. I used to have a 7100 BB that had the same layout on the keypad. Never had an issue with it.
The screen is big and easy to see. Normal fonts are pretty good for my eyes. There is a large font selection that is actually too large. I wish there was a way to select some point in between.
The t-mobile/microsoft interface is pretty nice. We do the My faves here at our house and it really does keep my bill low since most of us only talk to the same 5 folks over and over.
Phone is relatively small. I was out today checking out the ATT Tilt and the Veriszon/Samsung I760. Both phones were really nice. Were either offered by TMO, I'd probably get one of them. I just don't really want to switch carriers. I've had a lot of positive experience with TMO. I wish they'd get a blockbuster pocket pc phone. The Wing doesn't feel right in my hands for some reason. The Blackberry curve is nice, but I have the same issues reading the keys on the keyboard. too small and I end up mis-typing a lot.
I'm holding out some hope that TMO announces a killer WM phone by end of January. If not, I'll get the Shadow.
He's 17 and doesn't do email or internet that much away from home. Big text messaging person. He's had unlimited texts for a couple of years now. We did not select a data plan, so he's limited to surfing via the wi-fi at home. He'll be going off to college next year and his university has 90% wi-fi covereage all across campus. I'll probably upgrade him in August though as I think his use of email is going to rise significantly at school.
He's pretty stoked about it, coming from a Razor. Big upgrade. He sync'd it when he got it and it grabbed all his contacts from Outlook Express. He's having to manage his resources somewhat in order to keep the battery life reasonable, but that's an issue with any smartphone I've played with.
Construction is quite solid. The slider part is flawless feeling. Back has the rubberized coating. Nice touch. Camera is reasonable, but not earth-shaking. I don't buy a phone because of the camera.
I'm so impressed with it that I'm probably going to upgrade to a shadow from my Blackberry 8700g. I have a hard time reading the small letters on the blackberry keyboard. The Shadow has the two letters per key function that my son says is excellent with the XT9 software. But, more importantly for my 46 year old eyes, I can read the font size on those keys easily. I used to have a 7100 BB that had the same layout on the keypad. Never had an issue with it.
The screen is big and easy to see. Normal fonts are pretty good for my eyes. There is a large font selection that is actually too large. I wish there was a way to select some point in between.
The t-mobile/microsoft interface is pretty nice. We do the My faves here at our house and it really does keep my bill low since most of us only talk to the same 5 folks over and over.
Phone is relatively small. I was out today checking out the ATT Tilt and the Veriszon/Samsung I760. Both phones were really nice. Were either offered by TMO, I'd probably get one of them. I just don't really want to switch carriers. I've had a lot of positive experience with TMO. I wish they'd get a blockbuster pocket pc phone. The Wing doesn't feel right in my hands for some reason. The Blackberry curve is nice, but I have the same issues reading the keys on the keyboard. too small and I end up mis-typing a lot.
I'm holding out some hope that TMO announces a killer WM phone by end of January. If not, I'll get the Shadow.
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