Today T-Mobile announced its newest Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone, the Shadow. The HTC Shadow is a slider with a SureType keypad and quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. T-Mobile and Microsoft developed a user interface overlay that users can use to access most of the phone's features without diving into Windows Mobile. The D-pad doubles as a scroll wheel to navigate through the menus. It also has stereo Bluetooth and a 2 Megapixel camera, expandable storage with the microSD slot up to 4 GB, and Wi-Fi, but not Hot Spot @ Home. It is compatible with MyFaves, and goes on sale October 31st for $150 with two-year contract. T-Mobile has also recently reduced its unlimited data plan pricing from $30 per month to $20. This is the first phone in a "planned franchise of phones" under the Shadow brand exclusive to T-Mobile.

Reducing the price of the data plan was a good move for T-Mobile. Their target age group for the phone is from 18-30, this age group is normally just getting their careers started and don't have the extra cash to burn each month. I've seen the phone itself, and I have to say that its really not that impressive. The phone itself is just a basic slider with Windows Mobile 6.0 which has had many issues. The scroll wheel to navigate through the menu actually spun the wrong direction. I'd scroll left, and it would move right!