Meh, T-Mobile announces two new phones

Following new cell phone releases can be tiresome at times, what with the fact that with a few exceptions, most new American phones have been available in other countries beforehand. It’s not a horrible thing, but it can sometimes make new cell phones releases just make you think “meh.” But, that doesn’t stop T-Mobile (or any other carrier) from releasing new phones that other have already seen before. T-Mobile has just announced the release of the new T-Mobile Shadow (formerly HTC Phoebus) and the Nokia 7510.

To start, the Nokia 7510 is pretty much a standard flip phone with a 2 megapixel camera, and three available interchangeable colored faceplates. The Shadow, however, is a smartphone that aims to make smartphones easier for the end user. It runs on a modified Windows Mobile 6.1 that aims to make accessing everything much easier by putting it all on a scroll menu on the left side of the screen. It looks fairly promising, even if it does run WinMo, and has only a 20 key QWERTY keyboard (similar to the BlackBerry Pearl keyboard).

Both phones certainly have their respective markets, from the any user who just wants a decent phone that works, and the busy person who wants a smartphone but might not be the greatest at working them. There are probably better phones out there, but with the Nokia 7510 at $50 with a two year contract, and the Shadow at $150 with a two year contract, there are certainly worse options.