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>> Hi, I'm Ken Sherman, senior editor here at cnet.com.
Today we take our first look at the T-Mobile myTouch 3G.
This of course is the second Google Android phone out
with T-Mobile. Overall, not a whole lot different than
what we've seen with the magic or that Google Ion but
just to give a review, do have all touch-screen design,
so there is no keyboard here. Personally, I don't think
that's a big deal. Some people, that will be a deciding
point for them. But I think the virtual keyboard is
easy to use, is large enough, and you can hold it
horizontally. So I didn't think it was much of a
problem at all. Unlike the G1 which we found a little
boxy, a little angular, not too stylish, I do like the
design of this phone a lot. It is pretty thin, has a
little bit of a curbed lip down here. Really,
personally I think this is what the first Android phone
should have been, as far as design goes. Few controls
down here. It does have a track ball like the G1. This
is a little larger, though, so it's a little more
comfortable to use. Next to it you see a Menu key. You
can press that. That will call up a series of short
cuts right down on the bottom. Also, you have a Home
button. That of course will take you back to the home
screen. Design of the menus is very similar to what
we've seen before. You see a bunch of icons here on the
main screen. You get three main screens, just slide
your finger back and forth and go between each one. All
the icons are default, but you can add your own, you can
change them around. Up here see the Google search bar.
You can search via voice, if you like. Or you can just
tap that, and you will get the keyboard pop up. It's
important to note that in messaging you do get a
horizontal quarti keyboard. But in this Google search
you only get a vertical one. I don't know why they did
that, it's a little annoying, it's a little frustrating.
Seems like they could have done both. So obviously, if
you tip the phone you're not going to get that
horizontal keyboard. If you want to access the main
menu, you tap that aarrow right there. The main menu
pops up, you have a bunch of icons you can choose from,
all sorts of things from the music playing, for
accessing the Amazon MP3 store, for accessing the
camera, the Android market, of course you can go buy
those third party apps. Personal organizer, so
everything's readily available right here, serviceable,
and pretty easy to use. Of course the myTouch 3G is
compatible with T-Mobile's 3G service. It isn't
available in all areas, mostly urban areas, and it's
another compatible with AT&T's 3G. But it's pretty fast
from our experience when we've used it, browser quality
is great, and up load seems pretty quickly. Overall,
not a whole lot new as far as features go, but a
completely different design and a design that I like a
lot better. I am Ken Sherman, and this is the T-Mobile
myTouch 3G.
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