T-Mobile Announces the Launch of myTouch 3G

MyTouch 3G is T-Mobile second Android phone that the company would be releasing in the USA. T-Mobile is touting the ways in which the myTouch 3G, and by extension the Android experience, can be personalized, noting that users can customize wallpapers, menus and icons.
The myTouch 3G is one of three other Android-based phones that are expected to hit the market in the near future. One of the phones, known as the HTC Magic, is already available in Spain and the United Kingdom.
The smartphone 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 that supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, OGG, and RM media files and comes pre-loaded with a 4 GB microSD card.
The phone will run on T-Mobile’s GSM-based Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) 3G network and on Wi-Fi networks. T-Mobile was the last major wireless carrier to launch its own 3G network, as the company only put its UMTS services online last May.
In addition to support for Google’s Gmail application, the myTouch 3G includes built-in Microsoft Exchange server support. Instant messaging support for Gtalk, AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo! messaging is also included, and there is even a voice dialing application and speakerphone for truly hands free phone calls.
T-Mobile said that the myTouch 3G will sell for $199.99 with a new two-year service contract, and that current T-Mobile customers will be able to pre-order it beginning July 8. Pre-ordered units will begin shipping in late July and the phone would go on sale nationally in early August.