The T-Mobile myTouch 3G is being seen as T-Mobile and Google’s answer in the highly competitive smartphone market to the newly released Apple iPhone 3GS, the Palm Pre and the latest Blackberrys from Canada’s Research in Motion.<\/p>\n
Apple announced on Monday that it had sold more than one million iPhone 3GS in just three days.<\/p>\n
T-Mobile, the US operation of Deutsche Telekom and Google released their first phone, the T-Mobile G1, in October of last year.<\/p>\n
The G1 and the myTouch 3G are made by HTC of Taiwan and run on Google’s open-source Android software, which the California-based Internet search giant is hoping will be adopted as a platform by other mobile phone makers.<\/p>\n
T-Mobile said the myTouch 3G would feature a touch-screen display with a virtual keyboard and increased ability to personalise the phone through the use of applications available through the Android Market.<\/p>\n
T-Mobile said the myTouch features a 3.2-megapixel camera, a music player with a four-gigabyte microSD memory card, enhanced video capabilities as well as one-click upload capability to sites such as YouTube and Picasa.<\/p>\n
MyTouch also features one-touch access to other Google services such as Google Search by voice and Google Maps.<\/p>\n
T-Mobile said the myTouch will cost $199.99 with a two-year service agreement, the same price as the new iPhone and the Palm Pre. It will be available in US stores in early August.<\/p>\n