T-Mobile announced two new Android smartphones made by LG with the usual touching names "myTouch" the myTouch and myTouch Q. The Q denotes a landscape QWERTY keyboard while the plain myTouch is a touchscreen-only smartphone.
The myTouch has 3.8-inch touch screen and a virtual keyboard with Swype, while the myTouch Q is has a 3.5-inch touch screen plus a physical slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.
Both smartphones run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, a 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, a front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi calling, Bluetooth, 1500mAh battery, GPS and access to T-Mobile's 4G network.
The myTouch comes in black or white. The myTouch Q comes in gray or violet. To make using the phones easier myTouch and myTouch Q include:
- Set-up Wizard - instructions for quick e-mail and social network integration
- Tips Widget -how-to with an overview of features and instructional videos.
- Genius Button - voice commands to call, text, or search the web.
The expected price for each Android myTouch is $129.99 with contracts after rebates.