The FCC already promised us that the dark ages of Sony Ericsson on T-Mobile USA were about to come to an end, and now, it looks like we might know exactly when that’s going to go down. TmoNews appears to have nabbed T-Mobile’s standard-issue internal data sheet for the upcoming TM506 flip, promising a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, and myFaves support for a September 3 launch in your choice of “emerald green” with black trim or “chrome” with a little touch of amber and black. Strangely, zero mention is made of the phone’s support for AWS 3G, continuing T-Mo’s bizarre tradition of concealing the capability in every single 3G phone it’s launched thus far. Unless you plan on going straight to LTE, guys, it’s time to start tooting your horn a bit now that the network’s lighting up.

• General

2G Network GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100
Announced 2008, August
Status Available. Released 2008, September

• Size

Dimensions 95 x 48 x 17 mm
Weight 96 g

• Display

Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inches
- Secondary external monochrome display, 36 x 128 pixels
- Wallpapers, screensavers

• Ringtones

Type Polyphonic, MP3, AAC
Customization Composer, download, order now
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Card slot Memory Stick Micro (M2)
- 35 MB shared memory

• Data

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes

• Features

Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront)
Games Yes + downloadable, order now
Colors Chrome with Amber, Emerald
Camera 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, video
- Built-in GPS with aGPS function
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA player
- MPEG4 player
- FM radio with RDS
- T9
- Organiser
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree

• Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion

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