Not bad of an unsubsidized price. But seriously? We have a clearer image now. The seller’s located in Seattle, Washington, which leads me to wonder by what shady methods did they get a hold of this thing? Congrats to the buyer. I kind of like the Red and wonder what other variants will be available. If you are the buyer, give us a buzz.
From the item description it says Push To Talk, this is news to me and T-Mobile doesn’t offer that service so perhaps this is an early prototype with a non locked down version of Windows Mobile. The image also shows the phone without a network/SIM card. Perhaps the seller knows about the tracking ability of carriers for individual ’special’ devices. Stay tuned…
Thanks to Muamer at benzinsider.com for the tip!
June 7th, 2008 at 5:58 am
I’m really happy that they kept the keypad!
June 7th, 2008 at 9:05 am
what! looks just a bit more rounder than the current shadow! im not liking the whole red thing, reminds me of the blast…
oh well guess its the diamond now?
June 7th, 2008 at 11:15 am
not liking this at all it looks ugly the one we have now looks alot better. i don think thats an actual shadow 2 it most be a knock off of the original shadow by some other company
June 7th, 2008 at 11:28 am
aint no way in hell am i buying that damn phone, 1st of all it is too high, 500 dollars??? oh hell no, what happen to the $149? 2nd of all it looks nothing like a shadow 2, it still look like the shadow but with a new color and a bit rounder(which doesnt amaze me) like someone said above, i dont think its the shadow 2, i think its a fake as well….i thought it was gonna look more different thyan the 1st shadow, i am not buying it unless i see it here in my local store and check it out, right now i’m staying with the 1st shadow
June 7th, 2008 at 11:49 am
btw the htc touch diamond looks way better than this, also the htc touch pro, this phone right here looks awful
June 7th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
SOmething bugs me about this one, where is the forward facing camera? The FCC filing has a forward facing comera…
June 7th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Not a big fan of the red either, like someone said, it looks too much like the Blast. It seems that they only changes the actual design by making it round.
I am guessing the seller is from Seattle, WA because HTC’s American HQ is located in Bellevue, WA 20 min away from Seattle and next to Microsoft in Redmond. I would bet that someone jacked that from their Office and sold it, hehehe
June 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
guys guys guys!
settle down! calm your horses.
it clearly states that its just a early prototype!
so no worries, yes the new HTC models look way better and more appealing. so thats not the shadow 2. its ok. lol
June 7th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
too round but i could live with it and needs to come in blue too and it better have the greatest battery on the face of the galaxiverse
June 7th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
oh yeah and i like the key pad and they need winmob 6.1 which im sure it does have
June 7th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
bull crap, all i need is the update for wm 6.1 on my shadow, 3g update, battery update, and i’ll be good without getting this new shadow 2
June 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
well……thats kinda ugly. The shadow really wasnt that good of a phone anyway and this one doesnt look any better. Just a rounded-edged shadow in a different color.
yup, im going to get the HTC Diamond rather then that….complete waste of time. Or maybe i will just keep on with my iphone and say screw them both. But this shadow 2 is just horrible. Its the exact same thing as the original shadow with a few extras. whoopty freakin doo another waste of my time
June 7th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
dacosta us your last name acosta jsst askin but as to da phone ill rather get da touch dual at bestbuy instead cuzz its not as expensive as the diamond and the rafael plus it has a 20 key querty keyboard so im gudd
June 7th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
im mean is ur last name acosta
June 7th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Well, I don’t know if this is real or not, but it seems to be. Heres the comparison:
Processor: Went up from from 201 MHz to 260 Mhz on the new Shadow “II”
RAM: Same, 128 MB
ROM: Same 256 MB
Resolution: Same, 240 x 320
Those are the only details the eBay user gives. But thats still a great improvement on processor. The Shadow needs that.
If the Shadow II does not have a touchscreen, I will be really mad, and also probably will not get it, unless there is better features or whatnot.
June 8th, 2008 at 2:50 am
hey no offense becuase i love this site and i only use this site for my shadow needs but i think that photo is a ripp off. i think someone just changed the screen or built a diffrent version of the shadow becuase if it was truely the shadow 2 wouldent it be running windows 6.1. thats just my opinion but i would imagine it would be running it.
June 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
How exactly do you know it doesn’t have WM 6.1?
If you click on buyer, when it says “Congratulations to the buyer”, it takes you to the page of the auction. In the info section, it says WM 6.1.
And if it didn’t, it is still beta, so it doesn’t really matter.
June 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am
i am gonna get either the htc diamond or htc touch pro
June 8th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
to the person above who said how do you know its not windows 6.1 you can tell because windows 6.1 has a entire new interface this picture shows its still using the old interface.
June 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Um.. wats da difference besides da 260MHz Processor. The fone is actually da samething, just dat diz 1 is running on WM 6.1 N its red, N more round around da edges.. okaayyy they could have done betta den dat… if u have a shadow already den ders no need to upgrade to this 1.. its no different or less ur fav color is red!
June 8th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
wack.
June 8th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Hmmm…I guess my next phone will not be a Shadow.
June 8th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
to mike:didnt nd4spd say that you could switch from neo and 6.1 interface on the 6.1 rom
June 9th, 2008 at 7:25 am
this phone is fugly FUCKIN UGLY! lol i don’t think this is the real shadow 2 at all!! if it is or nothin i dun think im gone buy it anyway..dun get me wrong the 1st shadow is a koo ass phone.. but i’m about to snatch up the touch! i’m wantin a touch screen
June 9th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
im pretty sure you probably could switch from 6.1 interface and the neo interface but why would they advertise the neo interface when wm 6.1 interface is so much better. to me it looks like someone made a homemade shadow lookalike there are alot of other phones with that kind of body. however if this is actully the shadow 2 and they upgraded nothing but the processor and a worse body then its predecessor then i dont want it. i was really hoping the touch diamond was going to take the place of the shadow 2.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
every1 get the diamond or touch pro
June 10th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
[...] Touch Screen, USB Interface, Video Recording, Video Streaming, Voice-Activated Dialing Read more at AllShadow.com and thanks for pic [...]
June 14th, 2008 at 9:55 am
my first name is dacosta
June 15th, 2008 at 1:11 am
[...] Shadow II: What you’ve heard is true, and we’ve confirmed this with at least two highly reliable sources. The Shadow II is a refresh of the existing Shadow, which will add Windows Mobile 6.1, UMA (for using HotSpot@Home), a faster processor (260MHz versus 201MHz), bigger battery, and redesigned design (with the same SureType keyboard). No 3G. We’re 90% sure on these details. It’s likely to sell for $150-$250 with a new contract. [...]
June 17th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
So the big question is WHEN will Shadow II be available?
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
[...] a sec, are we abandoning the Shadow? No, not even close. In fact, with the Shadow II just around the corner, and more and more themes/hacks/mods coming out for the original Shadow, we [...]
June 25th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I found this one, and i think this may be the next shadow 2!! im not sure! copy this link and paste it on your browser!
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cellphones.ca/news/upload/t-mobile%2520htc%2520shadow%25202.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post003052/&h=471&w=299&sz=62&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=87cB9WHZFpmEAM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtmobile%2Bshadow%2B2%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG