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T-Mobile says existing subscribers to its wireless service can preorder the new Android-powered myTouch 3G smartphone beginning today and receive it before the device goes on sale Aug. 5.
T-Mobile invited subscribers to visit T-MobilemyTouch.com to order their HTC-made device between now and July 28. It was unclear exactly when people who order online will actually receive their new myTouches.
MyTouch is the second smartphone offered by T-Mobile that runs Google’s open-source Android mobile operating system; the first was the G1. The myTouch will sell for $199.99 with a two-year service contract, which seems to be the price point sweet spot for smartphones as both the Palm Pre running on Sprint’s network and the Apple iPhone 3GS sell for the same price.
T-Mobile touts the personalization features of the myTouch in an attempt to distinguish it from the other new entrants into the smartphone market. Personalization extends to the ability to customize menus, wallpapers, icons and add any number of applications from the Android Market online application store. On top of that, buyers can order a customized shell for their myTouch, uploading photos, corporate logos or other art which will be custom-printed onto the shell, then shipped to the customer, T-Mobile said in a news release.
The myTouch also comes pre-loaded with a number of Google-created applications, including Google Maps, You Tube, Picassa and, the app that started it all for the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet juggernaut, Google Search.
Google’s Android project is seen in a new light today, in the wake of yesterday’s announcement that the company is developing the Google Chrome operating system to compete with Microsoft’s dominant Windows OS on notebook and desktop computers. Google introduced the Google Chrome Web browser nine months ago to compete alongside Window’s Internet Explorer, the open-source Firefox and other browsers.
When Android was introduced a little over a year ago, it was touted as a platform that could run on smartphones, laptops and appliances such as TV set-top boxes. It’s also been talked about as running on netbooks, the new, smaller, cheaper de-contended versions of notebooks from various manufacturers. But Chrome OS may also run on those devices, as Google explained it will be compatible with both x86 class processors, common in desktop and notebook computers, and ARM processors, used in smartphones.
“While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google,” wrote Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, in a blog post on Google’s Web site.
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