Within two months of the launch of both the Palm Pre and the iPhone 3G S in the US, another smartphone is set to hit the streets to spice up the competition. Courtesy of T-Mobile, US customers will soon get a crack at a second Android phone, the MyTouch 3G.
Also known as the Google Ion and HTC Magic, the MyTouch3G ditches the physical keyboard of its predecessor (the T-Mobile G1), allowing it to sport a slimmer and lighter profile. It will come bundled with a bevy of Google services (e.g. Search By Voice, Maps with Street View, one-click uploads to YouTube and Picasa), along with offering plenty of personalization via the Sherpa app, which T-Mobile claims is "at the heart of myTouch". Sherpa is an app that bundles a recommendation engine along with behavior recognition, location-relevant suggestions and social discovery.
As we've noted in our previous coverage of the HTC Magic, the MyTouch3G will differ from other versions in the fact that it sports a 3.2 megapixel camera (compared to 2.0 megapixels for other versions). Specs of the device include a 3.2-inch haptics-enabled touchscreen display (320 x 480 resolution), a built-in GPS tuner, Wi-Fi, HSPA and a bundled 4GB SD card.
The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G will be available in three colors (white, black and merlot) to new customers beginning August. Current subscribers can pre-order it beginning July 8, with an earlier shipping date sometime in the same month. Price is $199.99 with a two-year contract agreement.
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