HTC Shadow Video Tour

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGg3NRrT9yU&feature=user' target='_blank'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGg3NRrT9yU&feature=user</a><br /><br /></div><p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rGg3NRrT9yU&amp;rel=1" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></p><p>The folks over at <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com">PhoneScoop</a>&nbsp;have posted this video of the HTC Shadow from T-Mobile. Personally, I think HTC is cranking these things out too fast. I wasn't impressed with this device. What are your thoughts?</p>

[chaznet]

Something in particular you don't like about it? I've been using it for a couple weeks and the Dash has become my spare. It's a great little device with a great display. The NEO interface is very nice to use and tweakable in ways just being found out ( http://www.modaco.com/category/320/HTC-Juno-Juno-MoDaCo-com/ ) It's a great phone for a tweaker, as well as a non-technical user. There are some design oversights though:

Scroll Wheel: Gets in the way more than it helps -- lots of accidental cursor movement. There's no way to shut it off, so unless someone figures out how to turn off the twirling function and make it a d-pad only, you have to deal with it.

Battery Life: Awful -- fine in standby or talking, but the minute you start using it with bluetooth, WiFi, or EDGE internet streaming, you're time becomes disappointingly limited. A second battery is a must-have for this device, and it should've shipped with one.

Screen Cover: A great screen, highly readable outdoors but covered with a low-grade, scratch-grabbing plastic which doubles as the phone's front surface. Should've been glass. I did find great screen cover for the Shadow: http://www.shieldzone.com/item_description/HTCJUSHS.html

Not perfect, but very nice...

[Jerry Raia]

Not so much that I didn't like it. It just didn't grab me is what I meant.

[chaznet]

How many days/weeks did you use it?