And just like that, T-Mobile went and stole our thunder by officially announcing the new T-Mobile myTouch. For a second, we were convinced that T-Mobile would be naming the rumored myTouch HD as the myTouch 2, but they have chosen to keep in simple. The new T-Mobile myTouch will be the second handset to fully support T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network and will also be the first device from T-Mobile to sport a front-facing camera for video calling. The phone will also feature a 3.8 inch capacitive WVGA display, Qualcomm’s second generation MSM 8255 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 5MP camera with the ability to record video in 720p, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Similar to HTC’s Desire Z and HD, the T-Mobile myTouch will be able to share pictures, music and video over DLNA with the included Screen share application. T-Mobile’s press release makes no mention of HTC Sense, but we’re pretty confident that it will feature the same Espresso build of the UI that’s found on the myTouch Slide. T-Mobile’s still be shy about how much they plan on charging for the new myTouch, but they did mention that we should expect the handset in time for the holidays.

Press Release

New T-Mobile myTouch Delivers High-Definition Video Connections and Lightning Fast 4G Speeds

New myTouch to Take Advantage of T-Mobile’s New Super-Fast HSPA+ Network Now Reaching More Than 65 Markets

BELLEVUE, Wash. – October 4, 2010 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a new addition to its exclusive line of Android™-powered T-Mobile® myTouch® smartphones and the continued expansion of its new super-fast HSPA+ mobile broadband network. Built with families in mind, the newest T-Mobile myTouch helps solve the challenges of staying physically and emotionally connected by sharing photos and video with the HD Camcorder, spontaneous face-to-face conversations through Video Chat and the ability to reach 4G speeds on T-Mobile’s new network, which is now available in more cities across the country.1

Unlike other video-calling solutions on the market that only work through Wi-Fi, Video Chat on the new myTouch enables customers to connect with loved ones spontaneously from practically anywhere through T-Mobile’s network or Wi-Fi. With the myTouch’s front-facing camera paired with Video Chat, customers can hold video conversations with friends and family who have a new T-Mobile myTouch, other compatible mobile device or capable PC. Customers can even see who is available to chat through presence information integrated into the myTouch’s address book.

“Taking advantage of the 4G speeds on T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network, the new myTouch delivers a faster and more compelling experience than most competing smartphones on the market,” said Andrew Sherrard, vice president, product development, T-Mobile USA. “Our continued focus to build innovative new features and personalized services truly makes myTouch unique.”

Designed specifically to deliver 4G speeds on T-Mobile’s rapidly expanding HSPA+ network, the new myTouch will offer customers blazing fast access to websites, applications, videos, downloads and more. T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network is the most pervasive mobile broadband network in the country, offering 4G speeds in more than 65 major metropolitan areas.

With its latest expansion, T-Mobile’s HSPA+ footprint now includes Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss.; Denver, Colo.; Huntsville, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Norfolk, Va.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento, Calif.; and West Palm Beach, Fla. T-Mobile expects to reach 100 major metropolitan areas and 200 million people in 2010.

Families also can share moments in high-definition (HD) with the myTouch’s high-quality HD Camcorder with Screen Share, which allows customers to share or broadcast HD video and pictures they’ve captured. With a few touches of the screen, customers can share their photo albums, videos and movies wirelessly with a compatible HDTV or other DLNA device. The new phone also includes three exclusive myTouch features: Genius Button™, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance, which lets customers call, text, e-mail or access the internet with a simple voice command; Faves Gallery™ , which offers shortcuts to one’s most-contacted family and friends; and myModes, which creates customized home screens for work and home.

Designed by HTC exclusively for T-Mobile, the new myTouch features a brilliant 3.8-inch WVGA touch-screen display with virtual keyboard and Swype® for easy text input. The thin and sleek device also comes with a blazing fast second-generation Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 1GHz MSM8255 processor optimized for speed and graphic performance, a 5-megapixel camera, a preinstalled 8 GB microSD memory card, and an integrated media player that brings together favorite music, video and internet radio under one set of controls.

Powered by Android 2.2, the myTouch offers a rich mobile Web experience and access to more than 80,000 applications on Android Market™ from games to location-based social networks to on-the-go shopping and more. The new device also features preloaded HD games, including “Rock Band,” “Asphalt 5″ and “Monopoly.”

The new T-Mobile myTouch is expected to be available in time for the holidays, exclusively from

T-Mobile USA in four colors – white, black, plum or red. Customers can visit http://mytouch.t-mobile.com for more information.

T-Mobile now offers 4G speeds on the new myTouch and the T-Mobile G2™, as well as the webConnect Rocket™ 2.0 and Rocket laptop sticks. In addition, customers located in new HSPA+ locations can benefit from faster speeds on their existing 3G smartphones – including popular devices, such as the myTouch 3G Slide.2

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1 Based on 4G speeds currently available to mobile device users in the U.S. Device has theoretical capability of 14.4 Mbps. HSPA+ coverage is rapidly expanding, but it is not currently available everywhere. For more details on where T-Mobile network coverage is available, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage.

2 Improved speeds vary, due in part to device capabilities.

T-Mobile and the magenta color are registered trademarks of Deutsche Telekom AG. stick together and myTouch are registered trademarks, and Genius Button, Faves Gallery, G2 and webConnect Rocket are trademarks of T-Mobile USA. Google, Android, and Android Market are trademarks of Google Inc. Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Inc. Snapdragon is a trademark of Qualcomm Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.

About T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG. By the end of the second quarter of 2010, approximately 130 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group – 33.6 million by T-Mobile USA – all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS, the world’s most widely used digital wireless standards. T-Mobile USA’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of Deutsche Telekom management with respect to future events. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project” and “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place too much reliance on them. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond Deutsche Telekom’s control, including, without limitation, those factors set forth in “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” contained in Deutsche Telekom’s annual report. If these or other risks and uncertainties materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, Deutsche Telekom’s actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Deutsche Telekom does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

It’s not every day that we break an exclusive here at HTC Source, but today is our (and your) lucky day. Just a few hours ago, the myTouch HD was uncovered on T-Mobile’s website, but with a little more digging, we discovered a few more larger images of the handset and the phone’s real name. While we like the sound of the myTouch HD, it looks like the new handset will actually be named the T-Mobile myTouch 2. This bit of information actually comes from T-Mobile’s file naming structure for the images we found. Our digging did not reveal any new specs on the myTouch 2, though the side angle image does reveal that the phone features connection pins similar to those found on Google’s Nexus One. There’s no guarantee, but it looks like T-Mobile is planning to launch a car or desk dock for the myTouch 2.

We still don’t know when the myTouch 2 will be hitting the streets, but from what Engadget uncovered it looks like customers may be able to pick the phone up for free.

NOTE: Though T-Mobile’s website clearly states “Priced as low as FREE” our friends over at TmoNews have informed us that T-Mobile often labels handsets as being “FREE” when they have not yet been priced.

Source: T-Mobile via: Engadget

T-Mobile customers not completely sold on the upcoming T-Mobile G2 might want to take a close look at some new details on the myTouch HD.  We’ve known for a while that the myTouch HD would be one of the most exciting Android phones this fall, but detailed specs have been missing until now.  Those hoping that this phone would feature a massive 4.3 inch screen will be a little disappointed, but the mTHD will have a 3.8 inch Super TFT LCD screen.  The phone will also feature Android 2.2, 4GB of internal memory, 5MP camera with LED flash, front facing VGA camera for video calling/chat, a 1GHz “dual processor” (whatever that is), and support for HSPA+ so you can jump on “America’s largest 4G network.”

The T-Mobile myTouch HD will certainly be one of the best Android phones on T-Mobile when it launches, though we still have a few reservations about it.  Since the phone is sporting the myTouch name, we’re expecting it will be loaded up with the Espresso UI variant of HTC Sense.  We’re also not sure what “dual processor” is trying to imply.  It would be nice if this phone did feature a dual-core 1GHz processor, but this clearly contradicts Qualcomm’s statement from last week.

Source: TmoNews

T-Mobile customers not completely sold on the upcoming T-Mobile G2 might want to take a close look at some new details on the myTouch HD.  We’ve known for a while that the myTouch HD would be one of the most exciting Android phones this fall, but detailed specs have been missing until now.  Those hoping that this phone would feature a massive 4.3 inch screen will be a little disappointed, but the mTHD will have a 3.8 inch Super TFT LCD screen.  The phone will also feature Android 2.2, 4GB of internal memory, 5MP camera with LED flash, front facing VGA camera for video calling/chat, a 1GHz “dual processor” (whatever that is), and support for HSPA+ so you can jump on “America’s largest 4G network.”

The T-Mobile myTouch HD will certainly be one of the best Android phones on T-Mobile when it launches, though we still have a few reservations about it.  Since the phone is sporting the myTouch name, we’re expecting it will be loaded up with the Espresso UI variant of HTC Sense.  We’re also not sure what “dual processor” is trying to imply.  It would be nice if this phone did feature a dual-core 1GHz processor, but this clearly contradicts Qualcomm’s statement from last week.

Source: TmoNews

If you’re dying to know what HTC has been working on for the past few months, we suggest you mark September 15^th on your calendar.  HTC has just send out invitations to the media to a press event they will be hosting on September 15^th in London.  As usual, no details about the event have been revealed, but we’re pretty sure that HTC will be showing off at least a few different Android and Windows Phone 7 devices.  The date does fall pretty close to the expected launch of the HTC Vanguard on T-Mobile USA, but HTC typically does not announce U.S. specific devices at their international press events.  That being said, the HTC Vanguard could be launch in both the U.S. and EU just like the HTC Dream.   

Other phones we could expect to see unveiled at HTC’s London event include the HTC Ace (Desire HD), HTC Mozart, HTC Vision, HTC Schubert, and the HTC Glacier.  If that list looks a bit long, keep in mind that HTC is expected to unveil 6 new phones and ship over 8 million units in Q4 alone.

Looking for some new details on the mythical Project Emerald?  The guys over at Phandroid are now reporting that Project Emerald is actually a reference to the launch of two different HTC handsets, not one.  The source behind this new rumor claims that will have a “dual-launch of the HTC Vision as the G1 Blaze, and the HTC Desire HD as the myTouch 3G HD” with the first handset hitting stores on September 22^nd and the other will make an appearance one week later on September 29^th. 

While we like the idea of a dual-launch plan, there are a few things here that simply don’t add up:

• According to the leaked T-Mobile roadmap, the HTC vanguard and Emerald are launching two months apart from each other
• There are no similarities between the HTC Desire HD and the myTouch 3G HD
• No concrete details are known about Project Emerald, but neither the HTC Vision nor the HTC Vanguard are expected to feature a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor

We may be wrong, but we’re going to be labeling Phandroid’s rumor as pure speculation.  We know that HTC and T-Mobile have something big planned with Project Emerald; we just don’t think a two phone launch is what they have in the works. 

Source: Phandroid