Verizon and AT&T are absent, and Sprint is laying low. But T-Mobile came out strong here at the Consumer Electronics Show tonight with five new phones across its entire range. Three even support Wi-Fi calling. Here's what T-Mobile just released, from low to high end:
The Motorola W233 Renew is a low-end phone made from recycled plastic water-cooler bottles. It's got green trim - because it's green, get it? - and pretty basic features, including Motorola's CrystalTalk noise reduction scheme. We have a full story about it up on PCMag.com.
The Samsung t119 is an extremely dull, inexpensive candybar phone which works with T-Mobile's prepaid Flexpay service. It's got MyFaves and a speakerphone, but it's pretty much for very basic talking and texting. It's also very light, at a mere 2.74 oz.
The Nokia 7510 "Supernova" is a midrange fashion-oriented flip phone that's already out in Europe. The 7510 has a 'disappearing' external screen and changeable brown, red and green faceplates. It has Wi-Fi, and works with T-Mobile's unlimited Wi-Fi caling service. The 7510 also has a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a memory card slot and MyFaves. If it works well, this will be a very popular midrange phone.
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 could be a huge seller. The 8900 combines the best feature of the Curve - its keyboard - with the BlackBerry Bold's spectacular high-res screen and fast processor. It's not 3G, but it has Wi-Fi, including T-Mobile's unlimited Wi-Fi calling. The specs on this thing blow the poor T-Mobile G1 out of the water. We have a full story up on PCMag.com.
Finally, T-Mobile rolled out a new version of their Shadow (shown at left), the popular, low-end Windows Mobile phone. The new Shadow has a sleeker, more rounded form than the original model. Manufacturer HTC has bumped the OS version up to Windows Mobile 6.1, pumped up the processor speed from 201 Mhz to 260 Mhz, and tacked on Wi-Fi calling capability. The phone keeps its unusual hybrid keyboard, which like the BlackBerry Pearl's makes texting easier without taking up the room of a full QWERTY keyboard. We have a full story up on PCMag.com.
All of these phones will be available in January and February; T-Mobile didn't announce any prices.
For PCMag's full CES coverage, go to http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,2235882,00.asp.
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