Hardware Specs

• Measuring 4.4 inches tall, 2.5 inches wide and 0.5 inches think and weighing 4.6 oz., the Dash was able to maintain a compact footprint relative to its competitors. The device's 2.4-inch screen displayed 65,536 colors at a resolution of 240-by-320 pixels. The phone contained 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of flash memory, with a microSD card slot for user expansion. T-Mobile rated the device at 3.5 hours of talk time, an estimate that proved conservative as tech review site CNET editors were able to coax around 11 hours of talk time from the device's lithium ion battery.
  
  

Operating System

• At the time of the Dash's release there were two versions of Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5, one for larger Pocket PC devices and the other for smartphones. Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone Edition lacked some of the more high-end features of the Pocket PC edition, like full Office Mobile implementation and touchscreen support. T-Mobile released the Dash with Microsoft's user interface mostly intact, with only light carrier-specific changes like the implementation of the company's MyFaves program. The Dash was later upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1.
  
  

Multimedia

• The Dash supported music and video playback through Microsoft's Windows Media Player Mobile 10 software allowing AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, MPEG-4 and WMV playback. A single mono speaker handled speakerphone duties and audio playback, though the device did have an input for wired headphones. The phone's 1.3-megapixel camera was able to shoot both stills and video, though CNET editor's were disappointed by the camera's relatively low quality results and difficult operation.
  
  

Connectivity

• The Dash's Wi-Fi and EDGE data and connectivity capabilities placed it near the front of the pack upon time time of its release. Bluetooth 2.0 support was on board, though the device lacked a GPS receiver. Push email capability and Exchange Server syncing using Outlook Mobile were featured, allowing real-time message delivery to a host of popular email clients. The Dash ran Microsoft's Internet Explorer Mobile for web browsing using the device's EDGE 2G data connection. Instant messaging apps supported all the most popular messaging clients, allowing messaging using the phone's data connection rather than SMS.