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    "title": "T-Mobile Dash 3G: Continuing Impressions",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2009/08/11/t-mobile-dash-3g-continuing-impressions/",
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    "dateModified": "2022-05-10",
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    "description": "I've now had my T-Mobile Dash 3G for nearly a month, and I can say that it is a very useful little mobile computing platform for someone who doesn't need…",
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# T-Mobile Dash 3G: Continuing Impressions

![image](https://performancezen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/maple-sm.jpg)

I've now had my T-Mobile Dash 3G for nearly a month, and I can say that it is a very useful little mobile computing platform for someone who doesn't need all the power of an iPhone (and who doesn't what to pay the AT&T tax on mobile computing). After a month of use and thought, I thought it was time to update [my first impressions](https://performancezen.com/2009/07/17/t-mobile-dash-3g-first-impressions/).

### The Good

### The Bad

### The Ugly

As a smartphone, it is a good starter phone.

However, I am having some pretty large pangs of envy and regret about the [myTouch](http://www.t-mobilemytouch.com/), with full knowledge that the Android OS is not yet ready for the modern office environment, i.e. no ability to Active Sync. If Android gets Active Sync capabilities anytime soon, I will truly regret my decision to go with the Dash 3G.

### Ratings:

**OS: 4/10** - Still Windows. Can we hack Android with Active Sync onto this platform?

**Apps: 4/10** - Complex menus. Lack of an App Store location or interesting/goofy utilities. Lacking Google apps (Google Sync and an independent GMail app).

**Hardware: 7/10** - No light for the camera, keyboard a little small for Jolly Green Giant Hands, proprietary HTC plugs for headsets and power

**Call Quality: 8.5/10** - Some fade out in quality when switching from 3G to EDGE

**Data Quality: 5/10** - Mostly because I paid for 3G and I'm getting EDGE/GPRS in the Boston 'burbs. T-Mobile's slow roll of their 3G infrastructure shows