T-Mobile Expands Line of Android-Powered myTouch 3G Smartphones

By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributor

Today, T-Mobile USA, Inc. has updated its exclusive line of Android-powered T-Mobile (News - Alert) myTouch 3G smartphones with launch of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide.

This new device will be available in market in June. The myTouch 3G Slide combines a roomy slide-out QWERTY keyboard with an incredibly crisp, high-performance touch screen powered by the latest Android (News - Alert) software. The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide is purpose-built for communication, with unique new features that help customers connect more easily, more quickly and more often to their closest family and friends.

Andrew Sherrard, vice president of product development, T-Mobile USA, said that the new myTouch 3G Slide is a smart and sleek phone that fits into user's pocket, budget and their family life.

The feature of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide are as follows:

• Faves Gallery - Faves Gallery presents up to 20 of your favorite people and the different ways to communicate with them - calls, texts, e-mail, instant messaging, social networking updates - in a dedicated application accessible through a soft button and an easy-to-use widget complete with photos, contact information and one-touch ability to respond.
• myModes: myModes helps you draw the line between work and home by creating different themes with home screen apps, widgets and wallpapers to empower people in the different roles they play each day.
• Genius Button: With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers. The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance (News - Alert) Communications is an easy-to-access button on the front of the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide allowing the use of voice commands to control the phone and it's features including making calls, composing and sending texts and e-mails

Powered by the Android 2.1 software, the myTouch 3G Slide offers a rich mobile Web experience and access to thousands of applications on Android Market from games to location-based social networks to on-the-go shopping and more.

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