| T-Mobile officially announced their next | | | | with an optical joy stick found below the screen. Also |
| Android-powered handset, the myTouch 3G Slide, a | | | | below the screen four buttons can be found which |
| Google Android 2.1 handset with a slide-out QWERTY | | | | include home, menu and back as well as the genious |
| keypad and a unique Genius button for voice-activated | | | | button. another feature on the phone is myModes that |
| functions. | | | | allows you to switch the theme of your smartphone |
| The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide appears to be an | | | | by location, time or manually allowing you to easily |
| incremental upgrade to the currently available | | | | switch out of business mode when needed. |
| myTouch 3G in the form of three hardware changes: | | | | The Genius Button activates software that is powered |
| the camera sensor is bumped up to 5 megapixels, the | | | | by Dragon Dictation. A green light flashes when a |
| old trackball is replaced by a new optical trackpad and | | | | message arrives. Information from social networks or |
| of course, there's that sliding hardware keyboard. But | | | | messaging services can be put in a single widget and |
| the software functionality of the myTouch 3G Slide | | | | put on the homescreen. Some of the features built in |
| makes clear that this upgrade is more than just | | | | to the 2.1 build of Android include a Faves Gallery that |
| incremental | | | | allows you to connect with 20 of your closest |
| Features of the myTouch 3G Slide include a slide-out | | | | contacts easily. |
| QWERTY keyboard as pictured above along with a | | | | The myTouch 3G Slide's radio is capable of |
| 3.4 inch HVGA touchscreen. The OS running on the | | | | theoretical 7.2 Mbps downloads and supports |
| Slide is Android 2.1 from Google [GOOG] bringing it up | | | | T-Mobile's 21 Mbps HSPA+ network — currently |
| to date (at least for now) in terms of versions running. | | | | implemented in Philadelphia, parts of Las Vegas, New |
| The phone it's self measures 4.55 x 2.37 x 0.6 inches | | | | York City, New Jersey, Long Island, and Washington, |
| and weighs 5.8 ounces. For connectivity it has wireless | | | | D.C. T-mobile my Touch Slide will be available in store |
| that connects up to 802.11 b/g networks. Cell wise it | | | | in June with 3 colors ; Red,White and Black. T-Mobile |
| can connect up to GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks along | | | | won't spill on pricing now, but I'd be kind of surprised if it |
| with 3G UMTS/HSPA bands I & IV. | | | | was more than $130, given the target audience and |
| Control wise the touchscreen is used primarily along | | | | specs. |