Android Phones
T-Mobile to offer myTouch 3G Slide beginning June 2
May 20, 2010 | by Chris Smith
HTC, T-Mobile
And if you haven’t had enough juicy Android news today, it looks like yet another Android is making it’s way to your local T-Mobile store. The myTouch 3G Slide will be available on June 2 and can be had for $179.99 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) with a two-year contract.
The myTouch slide will host a 3.4″ capacitive touch screen, 5MP camera, optical trackpad, a custom UI on top of Android 2.1 (not Sense UI even though it’s HTC) with music app, my faves, etc., comes in 3 different colors: red, white, or black, and features a “Genius” button which uses Dragon Dictation for translation. The phone looks a little chunky, but the keyboard does look completely usable as the buttons look quite clicky. Most are speculating that the myTouch 3G Slide with contain an older Qualcomm processor, so don’t think you are going to be getting something revolutionary here. Check out Androinica’s initial post here.
All-in-all the phone does look rather sleek, and with those cheaper T-Mo plans the myTouch could end up saving you a little green in the long run. The problem is that there are a lot of new Android devices in the pipeline and most of them trump this thing hard. The $179.99 price tag seems a little steep for “last year’s Android phone. So, pick up the myTouch now or wait what will end up being a couple of months for double the phone?
I have been holding out on an android phone because I want it all.
Currently have a samsung behold, was looking at the g1 but the size and lack of a flash stopped me.
With a 5mp Camera w/flash, std earphone jack, real keyboard, etc., this phone seems to have just about everything on my wish list except the snapdragon processor.
Would love some feedback from all of you who have myTouch Slide already, incl. battery life, processor speed (good enough?),glitches, speaker volume, signal strength, likes dislikes. Can you watch shows on it via hulu or other websites? GPS with voice nav (how is it?), my question was also posted on http://www.mytouchslideforum.com
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
Mytouch slide dominates in its ability to keep me entertained and its actually quite smooth. Only bad thing about it is battery life and lack of flash. Flash is getting better though. We now have a skyfire browser which allows us to watch most flash video. Sadly unable to skip through the videos. Adobe flash will come soon. Be patient
i really want this phone.
im still looking into it.
is it worth the almost
200 dollars?