Today T-Mobile has announced the launch of the new Shadow mobile phone from HTC. This is the first of a number of Shadow-branded phones that T-Mobile has planned for the future as devices that are “designed for people who have lives beyond work.”, according to Robert Dotson, president and CEO of T-Mobile USA. The device runs on an enhanced version of Windows Mobile 6 which hides a lot of the usually interface from Windows Mobile and replaces it with custom menus and navigation. According to T-Mobile the enhanced interface makes the Shadow more intuitive and easier to use.

Aside from this slider looking just plain good, it also features a spin navigation wheel, 2.6″ display (not a touchscreen), microSD memory expansion slot, a full QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, 2.0 megapixel camera with video capture, media player for music and video, Wi-Fi and EDGE high speed data. The Shadow also has an enhanced version of T-Mobiles myFaves where users can call, email, text, send a picture, send a video or send a voice note easily from the myFaves screen. It even has some instant messaging clients built in, including Windows Live Messenger, AOL IM, Yahoo Messenger and ICQ.

Sprint today rolled out across its cellular network the HTC Mogul. This new handset marks the first CDMA device in the U.S. with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition and will also be the Sprint mobile that will support EV-DO Rev. A via an upcoming software update.

The HTC Mogul, with its slide-out keyboard design, sports a large touch screen with a five-way navigation button. Sprint says this handset gets 20 percent more battery life than its predecessor the PPC-6700. It has 256MB of internal memory, expandable via a microSD memory card. Also built into the mobile is a thumbwheel for one-handed operation and a two-megapixel digital camera with camcorder capabilities.

As a Windows Mobile device, the HTC Mogul sports all the usual bells and whistles including media playback and support for Office operations. Beyond this you’ll also find wireless Internet support, Bluetooth, …