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T-Mobile Adds Functionality to HTC Shadow

Feb 6, 2008, 9:30 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Today T-Mobile offered a software update to the HTC Shadow Windows Mobile smartphone that adds some new features. The first is what T-Mobile is calling an audio postcard. It allows you to attach a vocal message to a picture message before sending it. It also updated the MyFaves menu, permitting easier text entry. Lastly, it added some multimedia features, including new ringtones and wallpapers.

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txguy07

Feb 7, 2008, 8:58 AM

Re-wording

Now I love T=mo, but unless someone convinces me otherwise, this seems to be a re-wording of a feature that we already have 🙄 🙄

maokh

I think its a good marketing attempt for an old pair of brown shoes. It also targets an older generation, a generation of which still uses things like US mail to send postcards.

jex

Feb 6, 2008, 10:56 PM

MMS?

"It allows you to attach a vocal message to a picture message before sending it" - isn't that the same thing as MMS? Cause I can do this with my plain jane handset 😳

maokh

Oh come on ... 🙄

"audio postcard" ? I could do this on my Sanyo 8100 in 2003. Oh boy. And nearly any other phone able to send an MMS. way to reinvent MMS/picture messaging.

Next thing you know, tmobile will bring to us "instant messa...
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xjittianx

yes, it is the same thing as MMS, but if you read the title you'd see that is says "adds functionality." They improved it so it is much easier to use.

T-Mobile has a lot of things in the works to drastically improve MMS.

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