It all starts with page 4 of the Antenna Specification which shows the 1700 mhz band.

I’ve been poring through the FCC documents and the results are inconclusive as to whether or not the Shadow 2 has 3G. An inside source tells me that it does NOT have 3G but the documents show that it is clearly capable of 3G. Check out the conlusion at the end of the article. Any Electrical Engineers out there your input is welcomed.

Page 246 of the 3rd part of the uploaded User Manual from T-Mobile also clearly shows the 1700 mhz band.

Page 8 of the SAR Test Rpt for EX3DV4 SN3552s shows testing in the 1700 mhz band.

Pages 7 and 9 of the AR Test Rpt for D1900V2 SN5d056 show the test range from 1600 to 2100 mhz

The dates on the FCC documents show April of 2008. What I am assuming happened was the Shadow 2 was spec’d to be capable of the new 3G network but the ROM wasn’t written for it as T-Mobile might have been behind on the roll out (they were). With the rumor date release in August looming and the 3G network rolling out T-Mobile might have pushed HTC and Google to release the G1 as it was closer to 3G capability than the Shadow 2. So we have the G1 shining on the market, releasing the Shadow 2 in the…shadow…of the G1 would have been a bad marketing move so the date was pushed past the holidays for the Shadow 2.

The antenna in the Shadow 2 is clearly capable of using the 1700 mhz band. Rumors and inside sources say it doesn’t have 3G. But most of the testing documentation shows that the 1700 mhz band was directly tested. It is likely it will come out without 3G, however it is plausible that a firmware/ROM update could be released to enable the 1700 mhz band in Windows Mobile. If that doesn’t happen it is possible that the hackers in the community can come up with a hacked firmware/ROM that enables the 3G capabilities.

Conclusion: It will eventually have 3G.




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