T-Mobile Unveils Holiday Handsets, Including Android Devices

The hot handset this holiday season seems to be the Android powered device. And T-Mobile seems to have something for everyone, even if Android isn't your thing. Here is a listing of T-Mobile's holiday handset line-up:

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition

The newest in the T-Mobile myTouch franchise, the myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition has a guitar-inspired wood-grain finish and has access to the Android Market. It also features a 3.5mm headset jack, pre-installed 16GB microSD card, and exclusive pre-loaded video and audio clips by iconic musicians. It will be available later this year. Pricing has not been announced, and unfortunately, a photo is not available yet either.

Samsung Behold II

The first Android-powered phone jointly from Samsung and T-Mobile, the Behold II features a 3.2-inch AMOLED touch-screen display and has Samsung's exclusive cube menu for quick access to photos, music, videos, Web browser, Amazon MP3, and YouTube. The Samsung TouchWiz interface also lets you customize the phone's home screen. Apps can be downloaded from the Android Market using built-in support for T-Mobile's 3G network or Wi-Fi. The Behold II is expected to be available later this year.

Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR

This Android-powered device is Motorola's first. It features the MOTOBLUR solution that manages and integrates communications — from work e-mail to social messaging activity — all to your home screen. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal e-mail. The CLIQ also features a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1-inch HVGA full touch-screen display. An exclusive pre-sale of the CLIQ is planned for T-Mobile customers beginning Oct. 19, with nationwide sales expected to begin Nov. 2. Two color options will be available, winter white and titanium, for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement. You can visit www.T-Mobile.com/CLIQ to register for CLIQ updates, learn more about the phone and check out a demo of MOTOBLUR.

T-Mobile Tap

The Tap is T-Mobile's affordable touch-screen phone. Available in two finishes, berry and midnight blue, it features a compact design, Web browsing with T-Mobile web2go, a 2 megapixel camera with video capture and playback, music player, GPS for use with location based services powered by TeleNav, and stereo Bluetooth as well as support for personal e-mail, SMS, MMS and IM. It is anticipated that the T-Mobile Tap will be available later this year.

Nokia 3711

This feature-rich phone has a flip design with a unique hidden-until-lit external display. With support for T-Mobile's 3G network, customers may enjoy fast connections browsing the Web with T-Mobile web2go. In addition, the 3711 has built-in GPS for use with Nokia Maps, a 2 megapixel camera with video capture, stereo Bluetooth, and the Series 40 operating system. The 3711 also supports instant messaging and e-mail. The phone is expected to be available in a sable finish in the coming weeks.

- Katrin Verclas