Where is mytouch 4g made

It's all set up to allow you to get your photos snapped as quickly as possible. From a powered-off state, you can hit the camera button to bypass the lock screen and jump right into the camera app, where you can use the button to focus and snap quickly. Unfortunately, unlike Windows Phone 7, this functionality gets hung up if you have a passcode set on your phone. Hopefully at some point device security on Android can mature to the point where you can snap a photo without getting access to the entire device.

HTC has also added continuous autofocus, so there's very little perceptible lag between pressing the button and getting your shot. I tested it out on a set of really fast little fish and, indeed, they weren't able to dash away from my shots.

There is also a full array of camera presets:. The settings are well-laid out and easy to understand for novice photographers while still offering serious shooters the ability to dig in and tweak. The camera performed exceptionally well in low-light situations, though the basic Automatic setting occasionally produced shots that felt a little overexposed.

Poor photos were the exception rather than the rule, however, and knowing that you're much less likely to miss shots really does make you reach for your camera more often. It all adds up to a camera experience that's amongst the best on any smartphone.

Sure, it can't compete with high-end Nokia phones on pure image quality, but that's a pretty high bar to set for something marketed as a mid-range Android phone.

Most of the changes involve different UI graphical elements, customizable via themes. They did remove the ability to drag the unlock "loop" directly onto a shortcut to jump directly into that app. I do find many of the added features in this skin to be quite nice. I'm particularly fond of the enhanced notification area with a most-recently-used apps section and a tab to quickly toggle settings. However, tied with overabundant animations and the cognitive dissonance between the standard Android feel and T-Mobile's version of Sense skin, it just feels off-kilter.

It's as though T-Mobile over-designed the skin here in an attempt to be consumer friendly and the result is that you get a less-powerful skin that doesn't add enough usability to be worth the effort. The phone is powered by a 1. The phone definitely makes use of those relatively powerful specs to power through Sense's animations and added features.

Most of the time, the core UI responds with some snap and verve, though I definitely experienced lag in places. It seems as though HTC has solved Sense's occasional lag and bloat by throwing a powerful processor at it. While it's a solution that works, it would be nice to have that extra power applied to apps and games instead of Sense's overhead. As long as I'm talking about things that work better but are still aggravating, I'll point out that this is the first Genius-enabled device where I've actually used the feature with anything resembling success.

Nuance's voice recognition is as solid as ever and the processor and RAM finally seem to have the oomph to power the feature on the MyTouch 4G Slide. CNET editors pick the products and services we write about. When you buy through our links, we may get a commission. The T-Mobile MyTouch 4G is the latest addition to the carrier's MyTouch series of Android phones, and it brings a slew of design and feature enhancements.

With a more solid build, the Android 2. Unfortunately, one of its hallmark features, video chat, doesn't work all that well, as we were ran into a number of issues. The good news is that there are plenty of other great things about the smartphone to occupy you until video chat is ironed out. The MyTouch 4G is fast, sleek, and delivers great call quality, making it a great alternative if you don't need a keyboard or dislike the bulkiness of the T-Mobile G2. Unlike the previous models, the MyTouch 4G features stainless steel parts and in some instances, a soft-touch finish around the edges only on certain colors to give it a more solid and premium feel.

As a result, the handset is a bit on the heavier side at 5 ounces. Though design is a subjective thing, we'd rather have a slightly heavier but more solid-feeling device than a light and cheap, plasticky phone.

Plus, the MyTouch 4G is still thin and pocketable at 4. On front, you get a 3. Our stance on customized UIs is that as long as they're useful and don't interfere with software updates, we have no problem with it. Though the latter remains to be seen, as it is now, the MyTouch 4G's interface is helpful and user-friendly, particularly for consumers and first-time Android users.

The touch screen is responsive. Apps launched as soon as we tapped the icon, and the scrolling and pinch-to-zoom actions were fast and smooth. The MyTouch 4G comes with the Swype keyboard installed, though if you don't like it, you can turn it off and peck away on a regular onscreen keyboard. Alternatively, you can use the phone's Nuance Dragon Dictation voice command system to dictate your messages. Below the display, there's an optical trackpad and Android shortcuts for home, back, and menu.

However, instead of a search button, you get T-Mobile's Genius button, which activates the aforementioned Nuance-powered voice command application where you can make calls, compose messages, search the Web, and launch applications with your voice.

On the left side, there's a volume rocker and a Micro-USB port; there's a sole camera button on the right side. The top of the device houses a power button and a 3. The smartphone's main camera and flash are located on the back, but there is a front-facing VGA camera as well, just above the screen on the right side. It's running Android 2. The latter is T-Mobile's enhanced 3G network and not true 4G technology, though the product name and T-Mobile's marketing would certainly have you think otherwise.

The display is bright and colorful, a standout gem for those accustomed to much smaller. Available in just two colors, T-Mobile has done away with the cheesy colors of past MyTouch generations. The camera inside is a marvel, perfect for the family photographer looking to ditch the old point-and-shoot we always lose the pesky charger, anyway.

While smartphones are a long way from becoming dedicated photo devices, the MyTouch 4G makes great strides in this arena, boasting an 8-megapixel sensor and some slick new features to strip away the old cameraphone stigmas.

This feature works by actually prerecording the frame to memory as you line up the shot and then drawing back on that record when you press the shutter.