MyTouch 3G Slide - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC and is sold exclusively by T-Mobile USA. HTC's name for the device during development was "Espresso". The myTouch 3G Slide was unveiled by T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an American mobile-network operator, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, that provides wireless voice, messaging and data services in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. market with 33.73...

on May 4, 2010, pre-orders began May 23, 2010 and the device went on sale June 2, 2010.

Software

The myTouch 3G Slide was released running Android 2.1. It was announced that the device will be upgradable to version 2.2 ("FroYo"), which will include WiFi sharing and WiFi calls, as well as other features. In early April of 2011, HTC released the Android OS 2.2.1 ("FroYo") update file. This update was made in a downloadable client for Windows users only. This new update will include optimizations and native support for the new Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player

The Adobe Flash Player is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other...

10.1. However, the full player will only be available on processors of ARMv7 design and newer. Other new features include myModes, a profile-management feature that can also integrate with location and time info. The device also runs a customized version of HTC Sense

HTC Sense

HTC Sense is a graphical user interface developed by HTC Corporation for mobile devices running Android, Brew and Windows Mobile.Based on the TouchFLO 3D design, HTC has referred to HTC Sense as both a user interface in itself and also as a user experience layer on top of TouchFLO 3D.Announced June...

called "HTC Sense: Expresso" created by T-Mobile.

Genius Button

"Genius" is a custom voice command and text-to-speech system powered by Dragon Dictation technologies. The button replaces, and is in the location of, the Search button previously on the myTouch 3G.

Hardware

The myTouch 3G Slide features a 3.4 inch, 320x480 pixel HVGA-resolution TFT

TFT

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capacitive multi-touch

Multi-touch

In computing, multi-touch refers to a touch sensing surface's ability to recognize the presence of two or more points of contact with the surface...

enabled LCD screen. The device is built around a 600 MHz Qualcomm

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

MSM7227 processor which incorporates a built-in GPU. Features include a new optical trackpad which replaces the physical trackball found on the older myTouch 3G

HTC Magic

The HTC Magic is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation. It is the second HTC device to run the Android software stack, after the HTC Dream. Vodafone unveiled the Magic on February 17, 2009 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

; a 5 megapixel low-light camera with LED flash; built-in GPS with A-GPS support; Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and AVRCP support; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g; a three-axis accelerometer

Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...

; proximity sensor; 3.5mm standard headphone jack; and a microSD slot, preloaded with a 8GB microSDHC card. Input is accomplished using a sliding physical 4-row QWERTY keyboard, or HTC Sense and Swype

Swype

Swype is an input method for touchscreens developed by Swype Inc. Swype was first commercially available on the Samsung Omnia II running Windows Mobile. In October, 2011, Swype Inc was acquired by Nuance Communications.- Design :...

varieties of virtual on-screen keyboards. Powering the device is one standard 1300mAh lithium ion battery.

Cellular Hardware

The T-Mobile model supports AWS

Advanced Wireless Services

AWS-1 or UMTS band IV, is a wireless telecommunications spectrum band used for mobile voice and data services, video, and messaging. AWS-1 is used in the United States and Canada...

(band IV) and IMT (band I), so it is compatible with the 3G networks of T-Mobile, Mobilicity

Mobilicity

Mobilicity is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider. Its name is a portmanteau of the words "mobility" and "simplicity".-History:...

and Wind Mobile

Wind Mobile

Wind Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider operated by Globalive Communications Corporation. The company initially launched mobile data and voice services in Toronto on December 16, 2009 and two days later in Calgary...

, and some carriers in Europe and Asia. A "world" version has not yet been announced.

Availability

The smartphone went on sale on June 2, 2010 in the colors White, Red, and Black. Pre-orders began on May 23, 2010 in the United States through T-Mobile's website and various other retail stores. The phone had a minor release date on June 2 but an official release date was set to June 16, 2010. The myTouch retails at $179 in T-Mobile brick and mortar or online store with a new/extended contract. The phone is also available at $89 through some distributors with a new/extended contract.

External links

Official myTouch Slide HomePage