T-mobile Dash

I managed to pick one of these babies up about 6 months ago and I wanted to write a little review on what my feelings are on the T-Mobile Dash Smartphone.

Well, to start out with, it’s about 100x better then my previous flip-phone, the Samsung t219. I hated that phone and everything about it. The speaker quality was horrible, the phone felt extremely cheap, it got the worst reception imaginable. Plus, within the first 3 days after I bought it the screen cracked while I had it in my pocket. Well, what can you expect from a cheap “Pay as You Go” phone?

So you must imagine when I purchased my T-Mobile Dash, I was quite impressed with it. It had the majority of features I was looking for in a phone. Not all the features work as great as I’d like, but they do work. Here’s a breakdown of the features, and what I like and dislike about them.

Wi-fi: The fact that it even has wi-fi is a plus. Also its fairly easy to get connected to a network. The downside for me is I HATE the browser it comes with. It’s restrictive. No flash or anything. I found that you can bypass this crappy browser by purchasing NetFront and using that. That’s an amazing browser in my opinion.

Bluetooth: Good, really no complaints with this. Very easy to setup my bluetooth headset. Fairly easy to connect to another phone with bluetooth and share files. Overall the feature seems to be pretty good. No complaints here.

Windows Mobile: I used to own a Toshiba PDA a while back that had Windows Mobile on it. I liked it. The thing I disliked about it is that the speed of the browser leaves something to be desired. The Dash seemed to have minimized the sluggishness the Windows Mobile O.S. used to have. The memory can be bogged down by just opening up apps. Even when you close them they don’t totally get removed from the system memory unless you clear it yourself. Very annoying at times, but I’ve gotten used to just clearing the memory every once in a while. Sometimes features act a little quirky with Windows Mobile, but that’s what we’ve come to expect with a Microsoft O.S.,  lol.

Camera: It’s alright, 1.3 Megapixels is pretty good quality for a phone. Better then the old phones that didn’t even come close to a megapixel. I wish it was a little bit better considering there are some phones that are now doubling the megapixels this phone has. It’s good but not great.

Battery: The battery life is very good. Its estimated talk time is 5 hrs, but I usually get quite a bit more then that. 6-7 hrs. talk time is about average for me.

An aspect I’m very impressed with is the sound quality. I’ve tried quite a few different PDA’s and smartphones that don’t even come close to the sound quality of this smartphone. The speaker phone is loud and crisp. The phone size isn’t a very big deal for me. It’s comparable to the size of a blackberry. Often people ask me if I have a blackberry, cuz they look very similar.

Overall I’m very impressed with my T-Mobile Dash. It’s got the features I want and the quality I want. I recommend it to really anyone interested in something more then your average flip-phone. The price isn’t too bad, especially if you get a contract with it. You can find one at Amazon for only $28 if you get a new service plan. Here’s a link to that.

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