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Windows Mobile Standard devices — you know, those pre-touchscreen relics — are getting to be tougher sales by the day. Touch is perceived as a “premium” experience (we’re not entirely sold on that) and with boatloads of price pressure in that category, these little guys are liable to get squeezed clean out of the market. The new Shadow, even more so than the original Shadow before it, definitely belies its Windows Mobile underpinnings with a funky shell that’s fit for average consumers who just want a decent looking slider — never mind a smartphone. The red-to-black gradient rear was totally bangin’, but as is all too often the case these days, the glossy top was a brutal canvas for grease, fingerprints, and other unsavory stains that you probably don’t want to press against your face. It’s a tradeoff, we suppose.

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Hands-on with T-Mobile’s revised Shadow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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3.5’s the magic number with Pharos’ new Windows Mobile-based offering: 3.5-inch display — wide VGA, no less — and 3.5G data. The Traveler 137 rolls deep with the best HTC has to offer (owing in no small part to their ODM partnership with Inventec, we figure) with 512MB of Flash, 256MB of RAM, AGPS, 7.2Mbps HSPA on T-Mobile USA (seriously!) and European bands, WiFi, 3-megapixel cam, and the kitchen sink thrown in for good measure. Kinda sounds like a keyboardless X1, doesn’t it? Look for it to hit retailers this quarter for a nickel under $600.

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Pharos rolls out Traveler 137, coming this quarter for $599.95 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If these fine specimens look familiar, well, they should — one’s already been announced (albeit on a different carrier) and the other two have been thoroughly scooped. Motorola’s CES haul includes the eco-tastic Renew W233, a simple candybar destined for T-Mobile that features a neutral carbon footprint and components made of recycled water bottles; the Tundra VA76r, a rugged 3G flip with push-to-talk that previously launched on Rogers and has its sights set on AT&T this time around for a January 13 release; and the headliner of the bunch, the SURF A3100. The WinMo 6.1-based SURF — alias A3000, alias Atila — features a full 2.8-inches of touchscreen adorned with a custom skin designed by Moto, 7.2Mbps triband HSDPA, a 3-megapixel autofocus cam, AGPS, and support for microSD cards up to a purely theoretical 32GB in size. Though the radio is fully equipped for North American action, no stateside launch is in the cards just yet; for now, you’ll find the SURF in Asian markets before the quarter’s out.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Motorola’s SURF A3100 headlines three-pack of new phones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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