So the juicy part of this rumor has to be the fact that
T-Mobile could get a branded version of the lovely HTC
Snap (or rather the US-specific S522, which doesn't carry the Snap name), a belief based on a leaked ROM rife with references to the carrier's name and logo. Of course, seeing how T-Mobile was HTC's partner on the
Excalibur /
Dash, it makes a lot of sense that they'd want to carry on the portrait QWERTY tradition there with an updated model, which is precisely where the S522 fits into the puzzle. This is where it gets weird, though: the ROM apparently has wiped all references to Inner Circle, HTC's software tweak that lets you selectively filter out emails from anyone not on your whitelist. Why they'd want to get rid of it is unclear since it wouldn't seem to affect carrier revenue in any way, so we're holding out hope that it'll reappear by the time the device ships -- if this rumor even ends up checking out, that is.
[Via
pocketnow.com]
posted Apr 8th 2009 12:56AM
This device is of interest to me.
I manage our company's BES and exchange servers.
We're moving all of our ATT and VZW lines over to T-Mobile in June and I'd like to have a full featured QWERTY Winmo device for our users who don't want to use a BlackBerry.
I was worried I'd have to make due with the older Wing or Dash both which exclude 3G.
If this thing has 3G and UMA support, that would rock although excluding either or is not necessarily a deal breaker.
The big bubbly keys look very comfortable to use for long emails.
I too went sheep and got an iPhone when the 3G version launched, but after the haze cleared I was so much happier to go back to an awesome QWERTY BlackBerry (8900). For others like me in a corporate environment, adding new devices like this to T-Mobile's arsenal will suit us just fine.
Looks promising.
No Thanks.
They want to carry on the landscape QWERTY tradition, not the portrait QWERTY tradition.
It appears the device has no UMA support accourding to PhoneArena's profile of it.
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Snap-phone-pa_3614.html