Comments on: Will T-Mobile’s new smartphone Dash BlackBery Pearl Sales?

By: Murali Dhar Nayak

Murali Dhar Nayak — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:22:41 +0000

Sir
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With Regards
Muralidhar Nayak

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:50:43 +0000

I think the Dash will have a larger market than many of you project. The Pearl will loss some of its market share but how many business people use T-mobile? T-mobile being a consumer based company should convert quite a few of its sidekick customers to the Dash…and it’s already happening. The Dash is more powerful, plays MP3′s and videos, opens office attachments, and has free Internet. I find it interesting that no one mentioned the WIFI capabilities. Hot spots are literally everywhere. For light email users and web surfers the Dash is far cheaper than the pearl of sidekick. You don’t even need a data plan…just find a hot spot.

By: Rick Mahn

Rick Mahn — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:27:39 +0000

My $.02:

Albert, Windows Mobile in its Smartphone varient is quite easy to use for dialing, similar to many simpler phones, you can simply scroll down through your list of contacts. As for dialing numbers from the keyboard, its no different than on a QWERTY BB.

John, Robb is correct in that BB is more stable, WM does need to be rebooted occasionally, BB simply will not – it just works. Though I would not call WM “notoriously” unstable – it does have some quirks in that area.

Thought, yes the data plan on T-Mobile is $30/mo., but includes the full Internet plan that is required by the BB for email services, and also includes unlimited T-Mo WiFi hotspot access. This fits with the Dash device specs as it has built-in WiFi as well. As an aside, you can requst the BB data plan for $20 – its not limited just to the BBs that they sell.

Personally, I was surpised at the media hoopla around the Dash, T-Mobile has never really gotten this kind of attention on a device before. It almost approached the launch of the Moto Q on Verizon, which I would say is an inferior device.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:32:43 +0000

John Q,

Windows Mobile is notoriously unstable as compared to the BlackBerry OS which is viewed as the most stable OS out there. I wonder, however, how much that really matters as smartphones become the norm for consumers just as cameraphones have over the passed 3 or 4 years.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:22:57 +0000

I didn’t realize that the data plan is that expensive. I wonder if T-Mobile will offer a pay as you go option like they do with the SideKick? The Dash looks somthing that a younger crowd would be drawn to.

By: John Q Blackberry User

John Q Blackberry User — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:21:33 +0000

I missed the memo you all got; what is wrong with Windows-based phones? Not being a smart A, just trying to understand why you all think it is inferior to blackberry (or others?) interface/OS?

By: Thought

Thought — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:13:01 +0000

A few more points: with regards to the data plan, while this device won’t need a BB data plan, it still will need a data plan at extra cost to do email, web.
The data plan add-on w/T-Mo is actually more expensive than the BB BIS service: 29.99 vs 19.99.

So if a user wants to do email on this device, it will actually cost more than with the Pearl.

By: Thought

Thought — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:03:45 +0000

The Dash, I am sure, will have its fans, but I would think it to be more of a small niche market.

It may be a good device…and perhaps the best Windows Mobile device out there right now…but it’s still WM, and that cripples it.

Plus, it really doesn’t begin to match the Pearl in terms of style.

By: BB4Life

BB4Life — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:14:27 +0000

This can mean only one thing! Cingular must have exclusive rights to the 8800!!!!