T-Mobile myTouch 3G Announced

The second Android phone for T-Mobile customers has been announced. T-Mobile will be launching the T-Mobile myTouch 3G (otherwise known as the HTC Magic). The myTouch 3G is the successor to the T-Mobile G1. The myTouch 3G ditches the slide out keyboard in favor of a virtual touchscreen keyboard. Another key addition is Sherpa.  Created by Geodelic, Sherpa features GENIE (Geodelic ENgine for Interest Evaluation), a learning engine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences. Through behavior and user feedback, the application learns a person’s likes and dislikes, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Seamlessly blending behavior recognition, a recommendation engine and location relevant information, this combination of learning is exclusive to Sherpa and unlike any experience currently on the market.

Features of the myTouch include a 3.2-inch HVGA touch-screen display and virtual keyboard, which orients automatically from portrait to landscape mode in most applications. It also features a 3.2-megapixel camera, a music player with a pre-installed 4GB microSD memory card, and enhanced video capabilities to make it easy for users to record and share pictures and videos, whether via e-mail, MMS or one-click upload to sites such as YouTube™ and Picasa™. The device’s powerful mobile Web experience is supported by fast data speeds via Wi-Fi and T-Mobile’s 3G network.

You can pre-order the phone starting July 8th for $199.99 with a two year contract. Pre-orders will start shipping at the end of July. Devices will hit store shelves sometime in August. No word yet on pricing for non-contract customers.