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T-Mobile USA kicked off a pre-order program today for existing customers for its previously announced myTouch 3G device, the second HTC Android phone to be sold by the carrier. The effort appears geared to generate buzz for the forthcoming device as well as mollify T-Mobile customers hungry to upgrade to the latest Android gadget.
T-Mobile said existing customers who order the device during the pre-sale period--from July 8 to 28--can qualify for myTouch 3G delivery sometime before the national retail launch (though the carrier didn't say exactly when that early delivery would occur). T-Mobile said the "national retail availability" of the device will begin Aug. 5.
The myTouch 3G, which is essentially a rebranded HTC Magic, will sell for $199.99 with a two-year contract and features a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen display, no physical keyboard and a 3.2-megapixel camera. The myTouch 3G also has WiFi capabilities, video playback and a music player.
Interestingly, T-Mobile said it will launch a new application within Android Market called AppPack that the carrier said "will highlight a variety of noteworthy applications to help customers further personalize their myTouch 3G, manage their T-Mobile accounts and help make the most of their T-Mobile experience." Applications in the offering will include Sherpa, imeem mobile and Movies by Flixster, plus T-Mobile applications including myAccount, myFaves, HotSpot Locator and Visual Voicemail. The move appears to reflect T-Mobile's strategy to push its services through another vendor's application distribution system, a tactic that other wireless carriers have so far been reluctant to embrace, preferring instead to have their wares pre-installed on devices.
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Comments
Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2009 - 12:00am
Enough is enough with all these releases. No wonder the economy is going down the toilet. Allow the people to save some of their freaking money instead of flashing them down on gadgets..
Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2009 - 12:02am
Apple, HTC, Blackberry...
What happened to the good old days of payphones...
When we had to walk three miles in the snow to go to school...
Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2009 - 1:28pm
Saving some money? Flushing it down on gadgets?
Recent news supports that parking money - even bailout money - isn't helping anybody keep a job. If you advocate for the good of the individual and national economy, parking money, and doing anything with banks, are two ways to guarantee continued misery.
Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2009 - 8:18pm
I got a T-Mobile Wing (HTC) from a guy off of Craigslist who upgraded to the G1. (I'm a Mac, my phone is a PS) My Wing recently started freezing up on me every time I use it and I don't want to change phone
carriers. A friend of mine owns a Samsung HTC phone from another carrier and likes the customizable features on it which are similar to Android. I just pre-ordered the myTouch 3G today. Looking for more
myTouch 3G owners to join myTouch3GForum.com
Take care.
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