With the
G1 on its last legs, the
CLIQ stands as T-Mobile USA's only QWERTY
Android set -- and for a carrier that seems as committed to Android as T-Mobile does, that doesn't seem right, now, does it? Indeed, that rumored
myTouch Slide looks like it's going to get real here pretty shortly now that we're seeing shots of the thing in the wild, and... well, it looks nothing like the original
myTouch 3G (and even less like the
Fender edition). Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder -- and we'd want to wait until we see this in the flesh -- but the myTouch Slide appears to lack the old model's attractive contours, sticking with a spartan design strangely paired to a chrome-ringed earpiece. Besides the clear addition of an optical pad here (something we'd previously heard HTC would be pushing hard in 2010), it's apparently got an HVGA display, externally accessible microSD slot, camera with flash, and unfortunately, an old-school ARM11 processor. We're holding out hope that T-Mobile has plenty of higher-end gear waiting in the wings, but for now, this looks like the G1's true spiritual successor.
posted January 29th 2010 11:48AM
It looks like it was designed in the year 2000.
@sethmo : Ewwww!
@sethmo I was thinking the same thing... That's a poorly designed phone.
Does anyone have some Napalm?
@sethmo
No, it looks like the Samsung Moment. seriously.
@sethmo Ugly or not, at least the keyboard looks to be more typing-friendly than the Droid's...
I'm hoping that that's a prototype since it's apparently missing a trackball (or they just removed it), and the color looks pretty bad too, kinda cheap kirf-ish color.
But the processor is a deal breaker.. looks like they just had a couple ARM11-s left over from G1s and MyTouches so they went: "heck, we'll just remove the chin from the G1 and sell it as a new phone". I love my G1, and this definitely isn't a successor to it.
As to the keyboard.. awesome, i especially like the "caps" "fn" notifiers on the left for some weird reason :D
@gargle or maybe that's a touch pad or a D-pad.. who knows!
@BuryTheCastle
yep, sure does look like it. Funny they went with a LG-like keyboard. Sure is going to be a. thick, and b.heavy like the moment. If it has the exact same hardware, the G1 has the same tech specs and this is has fail written all over it.
@gargle
The G1 will always have a spot in my heart...
But as soon as a their is a successor worthy...
I will toss is like an ape tossing shit
I guess I'll wait for the 2010 version... with 2010 specs and 2010 looks.
i agree with sethmo and say this phone doesn't look as cool as its predecessor...
http://www.tvlesson.com/video/YG_T-Mobile%20Dash%20myTouch%203G%20Mobile%20Phone%20Specification,%20Features%20and%20Slide%20show.html
I don't get it...its not the successor to the G1...It's a G1 in a different frame, perhaps with Sense UI. Give us the real G2 htc, with snapdragon, keyboard, and awesome hi res LED display. Until then, my nexus one will serve me well.
Looks like an updated tmobile mda
Is that the mytouch 3g prequel? They should call it mytouch episode 1.
it's just old fashion design.. ugly
Wow. That's butt ugly. I hope the real deal is going to have a faster processor also. My G1 is aging (not really I still love it and I've only had it a year) and I would hop on the Nexus One but lack of physical keyboard holds me up and makes me think I'll wait for their enterprise version that is suppose to sport a keyboard.
Maybe this is their entry level android slider.
Too bad T-mobile seem to have a problem with its service on at least 1 phone every 2months.
I'm so tired of this myTouch, iTouch, Droid, huge horiz slider android touchscreen from factor. Palm Pre's 3.1" multitouch vert slider form is the most elegant, perfectly sized, ergonomic/ intuitive design for a smartphone ever!
@Ecoteric *cough* landscape keyboard *cough*
@Ecoteric
May be beautiful but the keyboard blows. A horizontal keyboard is almost always easier to type on than the different vertical implementations.
@Ecoteric
The vert keyboard is easy to use also and holistically more intuitive. No need to reorient the device, just quickly slide up the screen, you can do it with one hand, then start typing. The keys are bigger than you think and very comfortable!
@Ecoteric
Vertical keyboards can be extremely nice to type on, too. I've had the G1 and a couple of different Sidekicks, and while their keyboards were awesome I wouldn't say they're an order of magnitude better than the fantastic keyboard I had on my T-Mobile Dash, which was a Blackberry/Treo style formfactor.
I would really like to see a slider with the snapdragon processor running Android. Sliders seem to carry the best form over function in my opinion. The PalmPre keyboard is far too tight to be really useful for people with large hands where as the G1/Dream has a better laid out keyboard. Wider and more usable. Although there is an Eriksson windows mobile hand set with a slider keyboard that just feels incredible.
Im in disbelief. Is it possible they don't know? Are they taunting "us"? EVERY manufacture has come out with an "apple-esque" keybourd-less form factor. Can they not think for them selves? Or do they want to cut in to apples profits first? How can NONE of them think there's a market for people who want a slide out qwerty? NONE? Not a one? And here, engadget holds Google to the fire about multi-touch but is silent about qwerty issues aside from a poll. They have ALL missed it! MORONS! The simple request amongst serious phone users is; Android, snapdragon, keybaord, 3.5mm. Thats it.
Co-sign Android, snapdragon, keyboard(fat finger friendly), 3.5mm.....but I would also like a trackball!
were is the TMobile Pre?!?!?
How is this any better (or even different) than the G1, exactly?
All they need to do is get N1 level hardware into the Touch Pro 2.. Ditch the stylus, add 3.5mm headphone jack.. same screen size and res except AMOLED like the N1. Keep the keyboard because the TP2's keyboard, especially the T-Mo version with number row, rocks... and keep the tilting screen...
The touch pro 2 is an awesome phone, and WinMo is actually very usable on it, but they need a current gen android version of it.
The keyboard looks pretty easy to use. But man is that processor a deal breaker. :(
i guess i'll wait for another QWERTY android phone w/ a better processor to hit.
It's... it's hideous...
Touch my
I call KIRF or that pre-production model is in disguise no-one sell a phone that plasitc and crap!
Keyboard says it's an LG phone. Looks exactly like the LG that coming out....with an old 528Mhz CPU.
G1 owners bought the G1 as early adopters. That mean the replacement should have NexusOne hardware and a slider. Motorola Shadow appears to fit the bill.
What is wrong with you people?? How does one black rectangular object with an almost entirely glass front, look better or worse than any other black rectangular object with an almost entirely glass front?
FINALLY an Android phone with a keyboard that doesn't looks like it would suck. The keys look nice and big, spaced apart and the top row isn't crammed up against the sliding mechanism making it hard to press.
I always found it pathetic that some $50 regular dumb-phones have vastly superior keyboards to the $500 Droid.
T-Mobile, if this is an actual prototype bring it ASAP.
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@Hazdaz Well, when you simplify two things in a comparison, neither looks better. "How can a metal box on four wheels look better or worse than a metal box on four wheels?"
See.
This phone is ugly. Do you see how it looks nothing like a MyTouch? That's step one. Step two is seeing how some might think those differences are for the worst.
@Hazdaz
They don't know why it's any better or worse. People just like to have an opinion on stuff. Even though they've got no idea why they have said opinion
@Hazdaz
Problem is it's not an upgrade from the G1. In fact, I like my g1 better. Up the ram/rom and throw a snapdragon in there and we may have something.
@Moonchild
You're almost there. You forgot to complain about the bezel and the price.
Then you have the de facto Engadget complaint post ;)
@JONNNathannn
You are not seriously comparing automotive design to the design of cell phones are you?
Even the most basic of basic cars now a days have a semblance of style and some uniqueness - while the opposite is true with newer and newer phones. The more "advanced" the phone (which presumably means a big fat touchscreen), the more generic the shape because that touchscreen is taking over the whole front of the device.
Look at the Droid - literally 2 rectangular boxes stacked on top of each other. The G1 not much different.
This phone - if it turns out to be a real product - at least has a great keyboard layout. Add some chrome trim for the fruity fashionistas and you're all done.
I'm the minority here but I like the keyboard. Plenty of space between keys, looks like they sit up high enough, a dedicated @ key, numbers across the top and when not in use it simply slides and hides.
Ouch. The Sidekick's will kick this thing's ass...even from the "grave"
Am I the only one freaked out by the non-standard face button that looks like an MSN Messenger logo?
Also, based on the design alone I am 100% certain that this is not an HTC device.
@Chefgon And here I thought it was an Autobot button. So much for that idea.
@Chefgon
Check the read link for more pictures. It's got a giant HTC logo on the back of it.
holy fu(k that's ugly!!!
This looks like a Huawei phone. Yuck. If anything, this should be the first Android phone for METRO PCS.
Is it bad I think this looks kinda cool in a retro way? Lol.
The first thing I just thought of in regards to that optical pad is mobile FPS. I can't stand shooters on the iPhone... I know some think it's all great and what not, but I hate it... I wonder if the addition of an optical pad on the right would improve aiming and overall playability?
Are there any shooters for Android that take advantage of the trackball? ... Or any games for that matter? I might switch over depending on the hardware that comes out in the next year, and depending on MS' offerings with WinMo7.
How is THIS an upgrade? Shitty CPU, 4 row KB (should be 5 to be proper) and those flush buttons are the GAYEST thing I never did see.
this looks like a cheap hooker, which means somebody will still buy it. come on htc, more beauties please.