Hands, well fingers, on with myTouch 3G
myTouch 3G Box Art
Not much of a report but I was able to talk a sales rep at the local T-Mobile store into showing me his myTouch 3g (not a demo phone but his personal phone). I wasn’t pushy so I didn’t get to hold it much but overall I was very impressed with the build quality. It’s a solid piece of hardware.
This particular device was the black body, matte finish on the back. Overall, just a very nice looking phone that felt great in the hand. Placed up next to a G1 it’s physically not much smaller but psychologically it’s a waife of a phone (in comparison).
The screen did seem more responsive and the homescreen/desktop is only three screens (like the G1). The screen is crisper and less pixelated than the G1 or at least it seemed that way. The reps didn’t now about the RAM issue/debate but the larger trackball is not nearly as large in person as it looks in the pictures. Personally, coming from a BlackBerry, I like the trackball feature and the larger size should make using it (espeically with a skin) much easier than the G1.
Overall it’s the same phone as the G1 but if you were holding out for a sleeker, more refined Android device this is certainly it.
This by all accounts should have been the first Android device and it really is – if you look at the G1 as a “proof of concept/developer phone” (which it really kind of is). Ten months after Android and the G1 hit the Smartphone stage we’re up to three Android devices (HTC Dream, Magic and Hero) and already have one major OS revision (1.5 “Cupcake”).
Some people (I’m looking at you PCMag.com) are decrying the death of Android but put some perspective on this OS; yes, it’s a slower rollout/adoption than most people would have thought/liked but over all it’s been moving at a good, if not realistic, clip.
Overall, I like the device and will be preordering it (contrary to all my ranting about how dumb the rollout/preorder strategy has been). I can not get rid of this BlackBerry 8900 Curve “II” that I’m using now (it’s up for sale, btw).
Kind of a short, rambling little post but there you go.
R. John Klimut
