Following the popular Samsung Gravity that launched last year, T-Mobile will be selling the Samsung Gravity 2 that also features a horizontal, slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a thinner, sleeker design.

The Gravity 2 offers a pair of fun color options - berry mauve and metallic pumpkin, multiple messaging capabilities, a 2-megapixel camera and camcorder, a built-in MP3 player and expandable memory up to 16GB.

Through T-Mobile's web2goSM service, the Gravity 2 can access the entire web, optimized for  with a personalized home page for easy one-click access to favorite websites, fast and easy search results with Yahoo OneSearch, live news feeds with the web2go widget, and a plethora of T-Mobile services including the latest ringtones, games, wallpapers and applications.

"Our customers send and receive a lot of text messages, therefore it's important that we offer phones that compliment the way our customers communicate," said Wendy Piñero-DePencier, vice president, brand and calendar marketing, T-Mobile USA.

The Gravity 2 is expected to be available in August from T-Mobile.