Powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology, the T-Mobile Dash has a soft-touch exterior and full QWERTY keyboard. Ideal for consumers who want to have their email, contacts and calendar, the Dash is a sleek device they can comfortably use with one hand. The T-Mobile Dash provides quick and convenient access to personal and business email, instant messaging and text messaging, as well a great phone experience with speakerphone and Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree use. It also includes a 1.3-megapixel camera for capturing those important moments and Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for music and video on-the-go.
T-Mobile Dash Features
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 platform with Microsoft Direct Push Technology: receive emails in real-time and conveniently access the calendar and address book
Thin, soft-touch design with full QWERTY keyboard
Access to personal and business email as well as calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile
Use personal and business email with accounts from Microsoft Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo Mail Plus, Comcast, EarthLink, and many more
Support for personal email and all four major instant messaging providers: AOL, Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ
Access to high-speed data connections with quad-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE and (with a separate add-on plan) Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to play audio and video files from the Internet, email or transferred from a PC
A 1.3-megapixel camera for capturing still images and video
Ability to make use of microSD expandable memory, purchased separately
T-Mobile Dash User Reviews
1. Posted by PolarBare22
Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:14 pm
Finally, a phone that does everything that I want it to. Long have I heard my co-workers brag about their "wonderful" Cingulair and Verizon phones, especially since the Samsung BlackJack and Motorola Q became available. Now I can butt into their bragging sessions and spout off a bit of boasting of my own with the swagger of a cat who just ate the canary. Rather than stew in silence like I had grown accustomed to, I now proudly unsheathe my new toy to the ooohhs and aahhs of my one time tormentors. I had long wanted to dump my unlocked SLVR but needed a compelling reason to do so. The SLVR is a good phone but is practically useless on a T-Mobile Network save for the making and recieving calls and the occasional wap browsing. I needed a compromise between a Windows Mobile Device and a phone that I could piggyback off my laptop for some impromptu internet access. A wireless/mobile internet card was overkill and my current SLVR just did not play nice with my laptop. But once I heard about the DASH and did my homework it was clearly one of many sane options since I am rather happy with T-mobile. It appears to be poised to compete directly with the Q and the BlackJack as all three share similar if not identical feature sets. The most surprising element of the DASH is its size. It is a LOT smaller than it looks on the internet and fits snuggly in the palm of my hand. I remember looking for it in the T-mobile store and passed over it twice because I expected something much larger especially having seen Pocket PC phones from HP and earlier Windows Mobile phones. Needless to say I was shocked when I actually saw how small it really was. These days improved portability is always a plus so you got no complaints out of me. After a somewhat lengthy interrogation of the staff I walked away with a shiny new DASH on my hip. I was able to set up my email accounts in minutes and surf the web without any problem. The screen is either beautifully simple or simply beautiful depending on where your proclivities lie. Having used the Dell Axim x50v and looking at its VGA resolution screen for the better part of three years, this is no small feat. The voice quality is actually better than my SLVR and the battery life is phenominal with Three full days of regular use before I needed to recharge. An extra battery is cheap at about $30US should you opt for one. My only gripes were the rather measly included carrying case that I felt did not secure the device as well as it should and the interface for the Windows mobile Smart phones. A crafty pick pocket may be able to swipe an unsuspecting users DASH in a crowded subway train because the carrying case is only secured by a magnet. In all honesty, a crafty pick pocket will probably relieve you of a lot more than a cell phone so my gripe is probably FOS. As for the interface, it took some getting used to beacuse I was so used to the regular Pocket PC interface that uses a stylus. Again its probably another baseless gripe that has more to do with my own personal quirks than anything else. Unless you are used to James Bond caliber gadgets the DASH should almost certainly please anyone interested. It offers the same functionality as its competitors with its main drawback being T-Mobile's slower Data network. This is somewhat mitigated as it is the only one of the three mentioned that features Wi-Fi connectivity (though I am sure this will shorten the battery life quite a bit). It is a solid product all round and I don't see myself parting with mine any time soon...at least not willingly.
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2. Posted by BuffaloBill
Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:22 pm
I upgraded to this phone from the T629. I was in the market for a QWERTY phone and i'm glad i picked this up over the tmobile Wing.
the phone is a little more than i need but at 150 after rebates and being one of the 3-4 phones with a QWERTY keyboard for tmobile i went with this.
Pros-
-the build is great, love the rubber and metal construction is very comfortable in the hand
-pretty good screen
-keyboard is pretty good
-everything about this phone just is good.
-sound is great, ring and message tones are very loud when set to loudest setting and i love it.
-call volume is good when you can get the volume touch bar to work and raise the volume. although if not holding the phone properly against your ear the sound doesnt get to you, you have to hold it over the hole in your ear and since its a small speaker it can be difficult to get it.
-nice calendar feature, and i love the Profiles, in which i can change sound and alert settings with an easy press of a few buttons.
-easy custom ring tones and custom and custom message tones.
-buttons feel very solid
-QWERTY keyboard is nice, but takes some time getting used to. (the wing's keyboard is better but the phone is more expensive and i wanted to stay away from the slide feature)
-battery life is good. rated better than my T629
-windows media player works a lot better than the mp3 player on the t629 that couldnt handle anything over 192kbps. but the dash handles vbrs and 192+ just fine.
Cons-
-have to sometimes position the phone weirdly during calls to get the speaker to your ear so you can hear it properly
-keyboard takes a bit of getting used to.
-wifi i havent a found a place that i could actually connect to, but i havent really fiddled with this feature yet.
-the side volume control, is terrible. TERRIBLE.i turned it on long enough to get the volume to the loudest setting and then turned off that feature. i dont even know how its supposed to work, do i tap it? or do i run my finger up it like i'm actually scrolling? i dont know.
-2nd day of use i had to reset my phone because of a little glitch, where wile viewing pictures or trying to connect to a wifi network, after about 5 seconds the screen would dim, and about 3-4 seconds later it would go back to my home screen. but using the "clear storage" feature fixed that.
-another problem is that the phone does not close out applications, so thus programs stay open, taking up your memory, and using up battery life. i dont know if there is some sort of third party program to close things out when you go to the home page.
otherwise really good phone and i'm glad i picked it up. if you need a qwerty phone with a bunch of other stuff i'd go with the dash.
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3. Posted by paul76
Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:45 pm
This phone is chuck full of features. I have it set up to sync with my Microsoft Outlook WebMail as well as my AOL account and it's excellent in retreving my messages in a timely fashion. I love the size it's roughly only 1/2 inch thick and about the size of a deck of cards makes this SmartPhone my choice for ease of use and to carry around. Thank you T-mobile for coming out with something this small.
Of course there is a downfall. If you have huge hands and fingers, don't consider this phone, you will not love the keyboard. The keys are a bit too small and close together therefore if it wasnt for the autospell feature my emails would resemble a 2 year olds grammer. Other than that I think this smartphone is a winner, I give it a B+.
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