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Stereo Bluetooth and Outlook email syncing are standard features of the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, and call and data performance are wonderful.

The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G lacks significant features like the standard 3.5-millimeter headset jack, a file executive, and camera-editing options. Video quality is uneven, and the HTML browser interface and virtual keyboard have their issues. Also, it does not support Outlook calendar and contacts syncing.

With the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, the Google Android OS gets a much-needed boost. Some grumbles remain, and some users may bewail the absence of a physical keyboard, but we approve of its crowd pleasing design and interface, improved features, and gratifying performance.

Where the G1 was boxy and a touch clunky, the MyTouch offers a swish profile and a glossy skin in white, black or merlot. You can attribute the slimmer shape to the absence of a physical keyboard, but irrespective of the reason, the MyTouch is an appealing device and we are glad to see an Android telephone that basically looks cutting edge.

As on the G1, a tab at the base of the display will pull up the main menu, with the full set of features and application icons. It is an easy-to-use and enticing arrangement that is freed from tiring animation or graphics.

You can scroll up and down by pulling your finger. Unlike with the iPhone, you do have to move though some menu pages to find some applications, but that isn’t a worry for us. To remove the shortcut or any icon, just employ a long press and drag it back to the menu tab ( it doubles as a trash ).

Pressing it once will open a full keyboard, though it’s available only in vertical mode.

Each contact in the MyTouch’s yellow pages holds 8 telephone numbers, 4 email addresses, an IM handle, a postal address, a company / organization name, and notes. You are able to save callers to groups and allot a photograph and one of fifty five polyphonic ringtones ( including one called “Romancing the Tone”–ack ).

The MyTouch 3G also supports T-Mobile’s MyFaves service gives you unlimited calls to 5 contacts, with no regard for carrier. Individual plans for MyFaves start at $30 a month.