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As expected, T-Mobile’s MyTouch Slide will see widespread availability on June 16, with the first phones landing June 2. The price point will be $179.99 on a two-year contract after mail-in rebate, which is just a smidgen higher than the rumoured $149.
The MyTouch Slide rocks a 3.4″ HVGA touch display, four-row slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and customized HTC Sense user interface on top of Android 2.1. It has a few extra features that set it apart, like an optical trackpad, work/play mode, dedicated MyFaves app, and a handy voice search key.
The only other Android handsets really making any noise on T-Mobile these days are the Behold II and the Garminphone, neither of which are what you’d call big hits. The Cliq XT looked nice enough, but I have a feeling the MyTouch Slide will do good things for Android on T-Mobile.
Hit up mytouch.t-mobile.com to receive an e-mail reminder when you can pick one up.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
