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Further adding to the personalization of the MyTouch, T-Mobile is getting the point across by allowing each attending member of their MyTouch press event to choose their own nametag. With a wealth of absolutely incredible images to choose from, it looks as if they’ve covered a wide range of people: the coffee junkie, the overly (and obviously exaggerated) happy people, people who do stuff with stopwatches, people who… need passports (???)… musicians, movie buffs, and undecided types. Both David and I have spent countless hours seconds trying to choose which would best represent us at the event at home watching our inbox for late emails. I’m sure there are plenty of press attendees out there in this same difficult predicament… good luck to all of you.

While some of you took the news in the usual disbelieving fashion, others with a more mild approach, in case anyone was questioning the validity of the rumor, I hope the above picture clears it up nicely.

I rant for a little after the jump!

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Just a few quick updates to some questions and/or information that has recently seen my inbox. First, the Dash 3G is indeed going to launch July 8th at $169.99 with the standard 2 year sentence commitment. Looking for more info on the Dash 3G, check out Noah from Phonedog unboxing video, specs specs and more specs and of course some more pictures if the video didn’t you give you your fill of the device.

The Touchpro2, most likely the phone you are waiting for if Android and the MyTouch3G aren’t in the cards for your next purchase. Sadly, we had hoped, hoped and hoped some more for a July 22nd release date, BUT some info has come to light in the last few days from an admittedly unknown tipster who tells us the release date has been pushed back to mid-August. We have to yet to verify this with our own sources but the information seems credible so we’re just throwing it up, just in case. The confirmed date for release is now August 12th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The MyTouch3G release date of August 5th has been verified by our sources as the street date for new customers who wish to purchase or customers who wish to upgrade in store without pre-ordering.

Samsung Comeback releases July 15th, hit the read link here for a recap on this qwerty goodness.

Hey another Samsung, surprise surprise, more Samsungs from magenta, the Highlight hits July 15th as well, hit the read link here for more info!

We are one a roll with 3G city launches with the newest city, Springfield, Massachusetts being green lit and if my emails are any indicator, T-mobile residents are thrilled! Obviously we still have a long way to go before T-mobile begins to enjoy a footprint of its larger rivals, but slow and steady progress is better than no progress at all. Or we could end up with a network like AT&T, fast, if you use it at 4 in the morning when nobody else is awake. Either way, there are plenty of cities left on the launching pad so if you haven’t seen that “3G” icon awaken on your phone, you will!

Update: Newbedford and Cape Cod are also apart of this launch as well!

Ah yes, the usual summer promotional plan cometh. This plan is no strangers to long term T-mobile fans who have seen it come and go almost every summer like clockwork. One of the better promotional plans carriers annually offer, $39.99 for 1000 minutes is tough to beat. Throw in unlimited nights and weekends and you have one hell of an offering. So breaking this down for the mathematically challenged like myself, its 400 extra minutes, free. Go after this plan now as its always a limited time offer and goes away before you know it!

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While this phone won’t generate nearly the excitement as T-mobile’s other big summer launches, lets not forget back to school is approaching the kiddies need some love too. Therefore we have another Samsung 3G middle of the road launch in the Gravity 2, the follow up to the original Gravity which sported a friendly sliding qwerty keyboard. Still not sure where the name “Gravity” originates from with regards to this device, but ok, I have stopped questioning device naming. We’ve had a sneak peak of this device already and we’ve gotten a tentative release date, August 5th though Phonearena gives a timeframe of July 15th to August 19th.

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While we continue to play the release date guessing game with the Dash 3G we get one more video showing off the phones windows mobile goodness. So lets recap the Dash 3G news, we’ve received the official announcement, posted a rundown of all the specs you could ever want, enjoyed high resolution pics next to other beloved phones, and of course, continue to play the guessing game for a release date. We still remain in the “we’re sure this phone will drop before the middle of July,” mindset but we’re hoping sooner rather than later. Either way, enjoy one more video!

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For those of you already existing T-mobile customers planning on pre-ordering the MyTouch3G you should be receiving an email like the one above sometime today that gives you juice to piss off your friends who can’t pre-order. That’s right, you’ll be receiving it before everyone else, most likely two days prior to the public launch giving you just enough time to show off that Android goodness. We are expecting and have all but confirmed an August 5th launch for the public at large, but we expect all the details to be given out in full at next weeks press launch event. Either way, if you are planning on pre-ordering, better get your package tracking skills sharpened and be ready to tackle the delivery man.

As always we assume our invitation got lost in the mail, but the boys over at Slashgear posted theirs and we just love knowing another T-mobile event is on the books. Not as surprising as last time considering the phone has already seen its “official” announcement, but still, more hands on never hurt. Either way, we’ll be watching the others live blogging event (T-mobile, you can’t ignore us forever!) and keep you up to date on all the days happenings!

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Last week HTC held a press conference to release the HTC Hero and, more importantly to some, the Sense UI. I, along with many other Android fans, was extremely excited for this great UI, then we found out that the magnificent Sense UI was not coming to Google branded phones. Well, not much time has passed and what appears to be a nearly final version of the Hero’s firmware, which just happens to be blessed with the Sense UI, has been bestowed upon the G1, and some HTC magic users. That is the good news, so what is the not so good news? While your G1 will be looking spiffy with a complete UI overhaul, the G1’s RAM limitations will make it a bit sluggish (but reports say it is still snappy), and there may be problems with WiFi and Bluetooth at the moment. At least you will get Flash 10 support (and that makes everything better). What do you think? Leave your opinions in the comments.

Engadget and Mobile Crunch (follow these links if you want to learn how)