"My Touch Slide 3G" by Ervin Hutchinson

This is a review of my new My Touch slide 3G. I originally got into the android craze about a year ago when I traded my iPhone for a brand new G1 (two in fact). At first I didn’t want an android phone and was very happy with the IPhone but I was in a financial crisis and was offered two phones for the price of one an old G1 and a new G1 for which I sold the old one and kept the new one.

As I began to play with my new phone I started to realize that it had some of the same features as my IPhone so I began to take a liking to it. One year later here I am at part two of my android craze, the T-Mobile My Touch Slide. First let’s begin with the physical aspects of the phone I held it up to the IPhone 3GS and there almost identical in screen size, the rounded corners, and the button in the bottom middle of the phone. But one glaring difference between the two is that the My Touch as its new name suggests slides out to reveal a full comfortable QWERTY keyboard for all your texting needs.

As I began to look into the software portion of the phone the first thing I noticed was that you didn’t need a Google account to work the phone but you could set it up and use the email in the same way as the G1. The interface of the phone is pretty much the same as a Googel1 but it runs much smoother which was a problem before. It now comes with the ability of seven screen pages instead of three as with previous android model phones, with 4 already being used for agenda, weather, mail, and stocks but the other three are more than enough for all your apps.

The other main feature that stands out the most is the fact that it now comes with 8 GB of customizable memory, meaning that you could upgrade to 16, 20, or 32 GB at any time without having to get a whole new phone like you do with apple. Also the 5megapixel camera shoots excellent photos and video. In conclusion the phone is a very good alternative to the IPhone, it’s cheaper and you almost end up with all the same features except for video phone capabilities which android is working hard to include in there next update.