Comments on: Just to recap the Dash "2.0" http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/ Unofficial T-Mobile Blog, News, Videos, Articles and more Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: sLeepLess http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 sLeepLess Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:55:53 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1337 As a T-Mobile Employee and customer I am a Proud fan of the Dash to this very date. Compared to the Blackberry Curve (8320) most often, I find those 2 phones to be the top of the shelf phones for T-Mobile to-date. I believe the Behold was a disapointment, the blackberry flip and the sidekick 08 as well. The G1 (though disapointing too) meet all my expectations and surpassed them with very few let downs. I never had a battery problem with ANY of the G1's Ive sold or owned (ive owned 2 so far, tried the flip and the behold before going back to the G1). Never had a NEED to record videos. Havent been in a situation where I needed a flash neither. My own personal complaints are with the Keyboard (i just dont like how it feels) and the fact that for most places I have to keep my phone with the keyboard open to view horozontially (no digital keyboard?). Sadly, very sadly, I got rid of my Dash to move foward with the times. 1 Major thing I miss about the Dash was the "internet Sharing" (yet another thing the G1 doesnt have). Now, I mention all this because some folks here are surprised that the Dash is still selling (even when the shopper has the option of a G1). Id have to say that the Dash.....is better then the G1. I take better pictures with my Dash. My EDGE browsing on my Dash was FASTER then my 3G browsing on my G1 (when tested in New York). It was easier for me to set up a playlist with the music on my SD card on my Dash then on my G1. The keyboard feels and responds better. Even navigating through the phone features I found to be much more simplar on the Dash. Accessing my SD card was easier also. All I did with my G1 was download App's, which, went to the phone memory not my SD card. The G1 made me feel like having a SD card was useless. Nothing more then a external storage that is held on the device. Not to mention Internet Sharing. I used my Dash as a modem to get online with my laptop. Hell, I even took it a step further and got a Bluetooth adapter for my Laptop so I could use my Dash as a modem through Bluetooth (no wires running from PC to phone). Overall, I had a much better cellphone experience with the Dash then I did with the G1 or any phone before it. If you DONT HAVE to have a touchscreen phone and are not fully converted to Blackberry yet, but, you want a smartphone, the Dash could very well be the phone for you. Ok, that said. I think this "refresh" is a waste of money and time. I want a NEW DASH not a "refreshed dash". HTC, Get it together. If its true that this isnt anything more then a refresh, i wont get it and wont recommend it. Good Luck HTC, Im hopeful. If all else or nothing else, I hope the Wing II is a 2 and not a "refresh". Hopeful again... Currently waiting on a 8900, a HTC Shadow (2009) and the Wing II. Currently Playing on a Nokia 7510 & a Curve 8320 (to compare with the 8900 when I get it). Though Im not a fan of sidekicks, im glad T-Mobile offers them and continues to improve them. The 2009 looks really sexy. I like the "grown feeling" aproach. Sidekicks (to me and some of those around me) have become a teenagers two-way pager. As a T-Mobile Employee and customer I am a Proud fan of the Dash to this very date. Compared to the Blackberry Curve (8320) most often, I find those 2 phones to be the top of the shelf phones for T-Mobile to-date. I believe the Behold was a disapointment, the blackberry flip and the sidekick 08 as well. The G1 (though disapointing too) meet all my expectations and surpassed them with very few let downs. I never had a battery problem with ANY of the G1′s Ive sold or owned (ive owned 2 so far, tried the flip and the behold before going back to the G1). Never had a NEED to record videos. Havent been in a situation where I needed a flash neither. My own personal complaints are with the Keyboard (i just dont like how it feels) and the fact that for most places I have to keep my phone with the keyboard open to view horozontially (no digital keyboard?). Sadly, very sadly, I got rid of my Dash to move foward with the times. 1 Major thing I miss about the Dash was the “internet Sharing” (yet another thing the G1 doesnt have).

Now, I mention all this because some folks here are surprised that the Dash is still selling (even when the shopper has the option of a G1). Id have to say that the Dash…..is better then the G1. I take better pictures with my Dash. My EDGE browsing on my Dash was FASTER then my 3G browsing on my G1 (when tested in New York). It was easier for me to set up a playlist with the music on my SD card on my Dash then on my G1. The keyboard feels and responds better. Even navigating through the phone features I found to be much more simplar on the Dash. Accessing my SD card was easier also. All I did with my G1 was download App’s, which, went to the phone memory not my SD card. The G1 made me feel like having a SD card was useless. Nothing more then a external storage that is held on the device. Not to mention Internet Sharing. I used my Dash as a modem to get online with my laptop. Hell, I even took it a step further and got a Bluetooth adapter for my Laptop so I could use my Dash as a modem through Bluetooth (no wires running from PC to phone).

Overall, I had a much better cellphone experience with the Dash then I did with the G1 or any phone before it. If you DONT HAVE to have a touchscreen phone and are not fully converted to Blackberry yet, but, you want a smartphone, the Dash could very well be the phone for you.

Ok, that said. I think this “refresh” is a waste of money and time. I want a NEW DASH not a “refreshed dash”. HTC, Get it together. If its true that this isnt anything more then a refresh, i wont get it and wont recommend it. Good Luck HTC, Im hopeful. If all else or nothing else, I hope the Wing II is a 2 and not a “refresh”. Hopeful again…

Currently waiting on a 8900, a HTC Shadow (2009) and the Wing II.
Currently Playing on a Nokia 7510 & a Curve 8320 (to compare with the 8900 when I get it). Though Im not a fan of sidekicks, im glad T-Mobile offers them and continues to improve them. The 2009 looks really sexy. I like the “grown feeling” aproach. Sidekicks (to me and some of those around me) have become a teenagers two-way pager.

]]> By: Terri http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Terri Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:22:10 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1314 I am still waiting for the Storm. Any news on this is?? I am still waiting for the Storm. Any news on this is??

]]> By: Will http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Will Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:22:11 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1316 I don't get it. The 1.0 was a POS. I have one sitting in my drawer since new. It was the successor to another one that I had to send in after less than a month. Who can use these tiny keys? I feel sorry for anyone stuck on this handset. Why even offer it as an option when you now have 4 Blackberry platforms and every one of them STOMP the pathetic HTC Dash 1&2. What is it with T-Mo pushng HTC junk? I don’t get it. The 1.0 was a POS. I have one sitting in my drawer since new. It was the successor to another one that I had to send in after less than a month. Who can use these tiny keys? I feel sorry for anyone stuck on this handset. Why even offer it as an option when you now have 4 Blackberry platforms and every one of them STOMP the pathetic HTC Dash 1&2. What is it with T-Mo pushng HTC junk?

]]> By: Technology1 http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Technology1 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:55 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1315 If you are a current Dash owner, you would have to be a complete dummie to purchased this phone with not even one technical upgrade, only painted blue numbers. You can go over to Xda-Developers Excalibur forum and install Rick's new 6.1 Excalibur ROM on your current Dash, then you will have a Dash 2+ and more, it's also FREE. I retired my two Dashes for the Sprint HTC Touch Pro Raphael, I'm just loving this new TV OUT feature on the Sprint HTC Touch Pro. Truly the best move I ever made...!{LOL} If you are a current Dash owner, you would have to be a complete dummie to purchased this phone with not even one technical upgrade, only painted blue numbers. You can go over to Xda-Developers Excalibur forum and install Rick’s new 6.1 Excalibur ROM on your current Dash, then you will have a Dash 2+ and more, it’s also FREE. I retired my two Dashes for the Sprint HTC Touch Pro Raphael, I’m just loving this new TV OUT feature on the Sprint HTC Touch Pro. Truly the best move I ever made…!{LOL}

]]> By: phatman81 http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 phatman81 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:24:10 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1317 If at the least they gave the Dash 2.0 the same memory as the shadow, it would be a worthwhile update. I do love the phone and miss mine (gave it to a buddy), but i wouldn't want to buy the same exact device so many years later. If at the least they gave the Dash 2.0 the same memory as the shadow, it would be a worthwhile update. I do love the phone and miss mine (gave it to a buddy), but i wouldn’t want to buy the same exact device so many years later.

]]> By: Genesic http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Genesic Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:51:44 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1319 @ justinhub2003 : yes the MDA (which im still using 3 years later) WAS good stuff for its time, but this is 08, NOT 05! Tmobile needs to stop slacking.Maybe they assumed customers didnt want high end business/ win mo phones back then, but the market OBVIOUSLY speaks otherwise today. People want devices that do everything. Granted, WinMo isnt the most user friendly, but the skins that companies likeHTC & Samsung are layering over them make them mroe than useful for the average consumer and the more tech savvy ones can find a million ways to do what they want on them. If people are not buying very many windows mobile phones from Tmobile its becaus they DONT HAVE ANY worthwhile competitors in the WinMo dept. right now!! The WING!?! its 2 years old! The Dash & SHadow..!?! The same thing! I would have given my left lung to get ahold of the HTC TouchHD but they're not releasing it in the us. If TMO had sold the Samsung Behold running WinMo instead of proprietary wares like the OMNIA, I would have bought that one! But TMO has to deliberately screw us by not picking a true pda os. WHen i signed with Tmobile 5 years ago, THEY had al the hot phones, all the fun phones. I left AT&T because they're phones SUCKED. Now its the complete opposite. The least they could do is get the MDA/WING upgrade= TouchPRo ehich EVERY OTHER CARRIER is getting, but i doubt they're going to do that even!! Ive been off contract for almost a year now, trying to give TMO the chance to win me back by getting some good phones again. It doesnt look like thats going to happen. They where once my (& many of my friends) favorite provider, but now all they have going for them is customer service which is starting to urk me as well. Ive benn NOT RECIVEING dozens of text messages lately. I'll go entire weekends without getting them, only for them all to pile in to my inbox at one time, 4 days after tehy're sent. Much like DavidinJAX, im (-THISCLOSE-)to cutting them off and going to a competitor. @ justinhub2003 :
yes the MDA (which im still using 3 years later) WAS good stuff for its time, but this is 08, NOT 05! Tmobile needs to stop slacking.Maybe they assumed customers didnt want high end business/ win mo phones back then, but the market OBVIOUSLY speaks otherwise today. People want devices that do everything. Granted, WinMo isnt the most user friendly, but the skins that companies likeHTC & Samsung are layering over them make them mroe than useful for the average consumer and the more tech savvy ones can find a million ways to do what they want on them.
If people are not buying very many windows mobile phones from Tmobile its becaus they DONT HAVE ANY worthwhile competitors in the WinMo dept. right now!! The WING!?! its 2 years old! The Dash & SHadow..!?! The same thing! I would have given my left lung to get ahold of the HTC TouchHD but they’re not releasing it in the us. If TMO had sold the Samsung Behold running WinMo instead of proprietary wares like the OMNIA, I would have bought that one! But TMO has to deliberately screw us by not picking a true pda os. WHen i signed with Tmobile 5 years ago, THEY had al the hot phones, all the fun phones. I left AT&T because they’re phones SUCKED. Now its the complete opposite. The least they could do is get the MDA/WING upgrade= TouchPRo ehich EVERY OTHER CARRIER is getting, but i doubt they’re going to do that even!!
Ive been off contract for almost a year now, trying to give TMO the chance to win me back by getting some good phones again. It doesnt look like thats going to happen. They where once my (& many of my friends) favorite provider, but now all they have going for them is customer service which is starting to urk me as well. Ive benn NOT RECIVEING dozens of text messages lately. I’ll go entire weekends without getting them, only for them all to pile in to my inbox at one time, 4 days after tehy’re sent.
Much like DavidinJAX, im (-THISCLOSE-)to cutting them off and going to a competitor.

]]> By: Travis McCrea http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Travis McCrea Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:19:43 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1318 Definatly should sue t-mobile for using tmonews blue ;) Definatly should sue t-mobile for using tmonews blue ;)

]]> By: Pythagoras http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Pythagoras Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:31:12 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1322 You are frigging clueless- it's just a color change and minor upgrade. Have you seen T advertise this as a new phone? When? Where? You wouldn't even know about this unless you saw it online. Stop hating. You are frigging clueless- it’s just a color change and minor upgrade. Have you seen T advertise this as a new phone? When? Where?

You wouldn’t even know about this unless you saw it online.

Stop hating.

]]> By: robert http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 robert Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:49:07 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1335 They are just hoping that the loyal Dash 1 followeres will be stupid enough to fall for this antique. Sort of like the movies coming out with different versions of the same title. Sometimes the newer versions are better and sometimes they are crap, like this so called Dash 2 version. People are saying it has improvements to the memory and rom and there is no where that says that. They only thing that is proven without a doubt is the color had changed, nothing else, not even the name Dash 2. They are just hoping that the loyal Dash 1 followeres will be stupid enough to fall for this antique. Sort of like the movies coming out with different versions of the same title. Sometimes the newer versions are better and sometimes they are crap, like this so called Dash 2 version. People are saying it has improvements to the memory and rom and there is no where that says that. They only thing that is proven without a doubt is the color had changed, nothing else, not even the name Dash 2.

]]> By: xarph http://www.tmonews.com/2008/12/just-to-recap-the-dash-20/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 xarph Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:14:47 +0000 http://www.tmonews.com/?p=1241#comment-1334 Is this still going to have the fundamentally broken touch slider for volume? Is this still going to have the fundamentally broken touch slider for volume?

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