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I bought the phone as a replacement for my myTouch 3G that I had managed to drown in the sink. I like the myTouch for several reasons. It is very easy to use: The menu makes sense (at least to me) and the few hardware buttons and a very well balanced scroll button (not the Blackberry roller button nightmare) feel solid and give you great control over the phone. It also has the best connection of any phone I have had so far. I literally dropped 3 calls in a year. For comparison driving the same stretch to and from work I drop the call 5 times (every time i drive the stretch) with a Sprint Blackberry and 4 times with a TMobile Black berry. The latter is with the same SIM card I use for the MyTouch. My wife's Samsung behold II and Motorola Cliq also didn't compare in ease of use, reliability and connections. The main disadvantages of this phone are its hands free mode (speaker and headset). The microphone volume is very low so people have a very hard time to hear you. On speaker general environmental noise will be much loader for the other person than your voice while you will have great audio. However, using a Bluetooth headset (Plantronics) it is nearly possible to hear the caller no matter what line they are calling from. Not sure if this is an issue of this particular headset or of the phone's bluetooth mode. Second issue: processor speed. Depending on the apps you run it can get very sluggish. I used to run RoadSync for my company email and gave up as emails would take minutes (no exaggeration) to open. Running Touchdown this has become much better but I still would not consider it a fast phone. Same with other apps, an iPhone or the Samsung Behold II (an presumably most newer Android phones) will be faster for the same apps. Lastly, battery life is so so. Obviously depending on apps you run and the phone calls you make but using it for company and private email, some minor texting and IMing I have to charge the phone in the late afternoon to make it through the rest of the day. Without the applications and with just a few calls (maybe 1.5hrs total) the battery will last for a day or two. Overall, I would consider a nice little Android phone that runs a lot of apps fairly well though not blazingly fast and does what a phone should do better than many more expensive candidates. For the tech geek this is probably not the best choice but for someone who wants a good reliable phone that can do more this is a great option IMO.Read full review
I was looking for a new phone supporting AWS (UMTS Band IV, 1700Mhz) for Wind Mobile Canada. As I already have experienced some Android phones and found this platform superior (despite being loyal user and fan of Windows Mobile for 5+ years) I chosen MyTouch 3G. Actually it is operator's version of HTC Magic. It is definitely good phone, solid and reliable. Maybe one can find some cheaper Chinese Android device like SciPhone, but legendary proven HTC design and quality are worth spending couple of dollars more. So if you need decent Android phone and don't feel comfortable spend over $500 for Nexus One, have at look at this maybe not-that-fancy but still great and powerful cell phone. Pros: Android! 3.1 HVGA Screen (320x480) Capacitive Touch Bigger (vs T-mobile G1) battery time Enough space on internal flash memory Fast as lightning (over 7mbps on Wind 3G network) GPS working even with no satellite view (using AGPS) Any USB charger can be used Great community support (custom ROMs, themes, apps etc) Cons: No 3.5 audio jack No ambient light sensor No hardware qwerty keyboardRead full review
This is the older version HTC Mytouch 3G without 3.5mm headphone jack, i.e model 32B original. Using tools available in market, both Radio and SPL firmware can be updated so that the latest Ginger Yoshi 1.2 (Android 2.3.4 ROM, as of today 06/19/2011) can be installed. It has integrated WiFi and GPS. Once the phone is rooted, WiFi can be used without a data plan. All those internet related functions can be done thru WiFi rather than phone plan. This phone has a lot of setting choices to choose from. If you just want a simple phone to make calls, those setting selections may be considered too much or too technical. For those who want to tailor the software and hardware settings to suit their needs, it is a fun phone.
This a review for T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Slide by HTC. It is a nice middle of the line Android phone. You cannot compare the screen estate or raw crunching power to the top of the line Androids, but neither are you paying the premium price with this. Nice things about it are that T-Mobile has promised to update it to the latest 2.2 version this year, although the 2.1 isn't bad either. And the HTC's Sense UI is actually very responsive. The keyboard is very nice keyboard too, a great improvement from the old G1's keyboard, but not quite at G2's level. The screen is bright and easy to read in the sunlight too. Although it does get greasy quite easily. I don't know how they manage to resist that in the iPhones, but they do it better. Albeit being a capasitive touch screen, its still not in par with the iPhone's, but well above any resistive screens I've tried. The camera is 5 Mpix autofocus with LED-light. It tends to overexpose a bit, which can be compensated manually though. The camera also shoots video at VGA resolution, 30 fps. It has the mandatory three buttons and a genius-button at the front, as well as a touch sensitive navigation butoon also, which I find mostly annoying. Naturally it has the volume-rocker and a dedicated camera button. Latter of which the iPhone is still missing. Unlike early myTouch's this does have a regular 3.5 mm audio jack again, and you charge/connect to computer it through a microUSB. Like all Androids you have to be carefull what apps you install, as most of them seem to be done by pimple-faced teens who have no knowledge in proper program design. And as such these apps will hung your Android phone usually sooner than later, or simply just make it act funny. But with good quality apps designed and produced by professional crew, the phone is solid and responsive with the Android 2.1. One gripe I do have about it though is the poor battery management. You have to keep on switching the Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G and syncing on and off manually to make it through a busy work day. This is something the iPhone has done so much better for years! I do hope that 2.2 will bring some sense into this too. All in all I can recommend this phone as a reasonably priced Android phone. It does everything a high-end phone does at fraction of the cost. And best of all being a late model, it's supported by T-Mobile.Read full review
Visually, the phone is very pleasing. The white makes for a clean, fresh look that you don't get with the black and grey phones. It's a combination of touch screen, a few keys to press and a rolling ball. So I suppose it combines the perks of a regular key pad phone, a touch phone and a blackberry with the ball. The phone does not have an internal memory for pictures etc so you can not take pictures or upload music on it until you insert an SD card. That's not expensive---under $10 from ebay, although it's a little inconvenient. The keys that are primarily for answering and ending calls and actions are soft and easy. The menu button provides great function and can be very useful. There's a back button as well. The ball is great for quick, easy actions and is easy to control. The touch sensitivity, however, is very mediocre. I had an iPhone for many years before I got this google my touch and the iPhone had absolutely amazing touch sensitivity. Unfortunately, the google my touch is much like all the other phones out there that don't pick up on finger signals as fast and controlled as you'd like. Something to get used to. There are many downloadable applications you can use for various purposes. The voice dialing is good and the text mssging is saved as a conversation which is easy to keep track off. The best part is the "copy/paste" action you can use during texting. You can also attach and forward just a certain portion of a text message. It also had a video camera besides the regular camera but again, you need the SD card to use it. Overall, I'd give it 4.5 stars out of 5! I'm glad I got this phone and have zero regrets! I'd recommend this phone to anyone. Hope this helps.Read full review
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