The Behold II will keep customers organized and entertained with access to built-in Google mobile services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Google Talk as well as thousands of applications and games available for download from Android Market. The Wi-Fi-enabled Behold II also supports personal email and corporate email with Exchange ActiveSync, as well as instant messaging, and text, picture and video messaging. Additional features include a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, five shooting modes and video capabilities, visual voicemail which allows customers to listen to voicemails in order of preference, MP3 player, up to 16GB of external memory, assisted GPS and Bluetooth 2.1.

[via engadgetmobile]

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T-Mobile has also launched a new application within the Market called AppPack, which highlights a sampling of noteworthy applications to help customers further personalize their myTouch 3G and manage their T-Mobile accounts. At launch, AppPack includes the following applications that are free:

• Sherpa, created by Geodelic, Sherpa learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
• imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
• WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
• Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
• FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your myTouch.
• Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
• Three T-Mobile applications will also be featured: T-Mobile My Account; T-Mobile Visual Voicemail; and T-Mobile Mobile Backup.

[via gizmodo]

The Samsung Comeback, available in pearl white plum or frost silver cherry, is a stylish messaging phone with a unique side-flip that reveals its full QWERTY keyboard. The Comeback takes messaging to the extreme with access to E-mail and text, picture, video and instant messaging. A built-in 2-megapixel camera with digital zoom and T-Mobile’s 3G network allows users to send pictures or upload images to their favorite social networking sites. The Comeback also features a MP3 player and support for up to 16 GB of expandable memory.

Similar to the Samsung Gravity that launched last year, the Samsung Gravity 2 also features a horizontal, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and boasts a thinner, sleeker design. The Gravity 2 offers a pair of fun color options – berry mauve and metallic pumpkin, multiple messaging capabilities, a 2-megapixel camera and camcorder, a built-in MP3 player and expandable memory up to 16GB.

The Samsung Comeback are currently available at T-Mobile, the Gravity 2 will be available in August.

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/samsung-mobile-announces-samsung-comeback-and-gravity2-for-t-mobile-usa-226431/feed 2 http://www.slashphone.com/t-mobile-start-accepting-mytouch-3g-pre-order-096292 http://www.slashphone.com/t-mobile-start-accepting-mytouch-3g-pre-order-096292#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:35:26 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=6292 T-Mobile USA announced today the beginning of its special pre-sale program for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Android smartphone. Existing customers who order the device during the pre-sale period from July 8–28 can qualify for myTouch 3G delivery before the national retail launch. T-Mobile today announced national retail availability of the device will begin on Aug. 5.

T-Mobile customers have the opportunity to pre-order myTouch, in limited quantities, beginning today at http://www.T-MobilemyTouch.com. myTouch will be available nationwide at T-Mobile retail stores and online beginning August 5 for $199.99 with a two-year agreement.

Also called HTC Magic, the myTouch 3G is the second Android smartphone from HTC. The latest HTC Hero might not be available for T-Mobile subscribers, according to T-Mobile’s CTO Cole Brodman.

[via Android Community]

]]> http://www.slashphone.com/t-mobile-dash-3g-hands-on-video-on-phonemag-016237/feed 0 http://www.slashphone.com/t-mobile-usa-unveils-the-t-mobile-mytouch-3g-aka-htc-magic-226141 http://www.slashphone.com/t-mobile-usa-unveils-the-t-mobile-mytouch-3g-aka-htc-magic-226141#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:13:53 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=6141 T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, which has been sold in other countries as HTC Magic with a full touch-screen display and virtual keyboard. T-Mobile myTouch 3G also comes preinstalled with Sherpa application, featuring GENIE (Geodelic ENgine for Interest Evaluation) learning engine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences. Through behavior and user feedback, the application learns a person’s likes and dislikes, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions.

Designed by HTC, myTouch features a 3.2-inch HVGA touch-screen display and virtual keyboard, which orients automatically from portrait to landscape mode in most applications. It also features a 3.2-megapixel camera, a music player with a pre-installed 4GB microSD memory card, and enhanced video capabilities to make it easy for users to record and share pictures and videos, whether via e-mail, MMS or one-click upload to sites such as YouTube and Picasa. The device’s powerful mobile Web experience is supported by fast data speeds via Wi-Fi and T-Mobile’s 3G network.

myTouch will be available to pre-order for current T-Mobile customers starting July 8 for $199.99 with a two-year agreement; additional product features and details will be available at that time. Devices sold through pre-sale will begin shipping in late July, and national retail availability for myTouch is planned for early August.

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Key features of the Samsung SGH-t349 include:

• 1.3-megapixel Camera
• MP3 Player: supports MP3, AAC, AAC+
• Stereo Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
• MicroSD Card Slot – up to 4GB
• Personal organizer (alarm, calendar, calculator, notes, world time, converter, timer, stopwatch)
• EDGE & GPRS Class: 10; 850/1800/1900 MHz
• Dimensions: 4.49″ x 1.97″ x 0.53″; 3.2 ounces
• Display: 2.2″, 176 x 220 Pixels, 262K TFT Color
• Standard Lithium Ion Battery: up to 7 hours talk time; up to 300 hours standby time

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