Not that the T-Mobile Shadow II is official yet but "The Boy Genius Report" received some further information of what the Shadow II will be most likely. According to these information, the Windows Mobile Standard smartphone will be called the "T-Mobile Shadow 2009" and is expected to be released on January 28th. Like its forerunner, the Shadow 2009 will also features the BlackBerry-like 20 keys SureType slide-out hardware keyboard and will still lack support for T-Mobile's 3G service. Other features are quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi (including T-Mobile U.S.'s @Home support), Bluetooth, a large 2.6" screen, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard as well as all the other Windows Mobile goodies you expect from a 2009 Windows Mobile smartphone.

No word yet about the price but it's expected that the HTC manufactured T-Mobile Shadow 2009 will be available in silver/white and black/red.

Cheers ~ Arne