Review: HTC myTouch 3G Slide
Here's where the Slide differs less from other Android handsets. It has the same Gmail application, and HTC also offers an Exchange-compatible email program for business users. I wasn't able to detect any changes or improvements in these apps when compared to other Android 2.1 devices.
The myTouch 3G Slide supports GTalk out of the box and, surprisingly, also includes AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. These three are lumped together into the same IM client, but GTalk gets its own. They all work well enough.
The messaging app works just fine. It threads conversations together, so you can follow the train of thought with your friends, and even see pictures embedded in the conversation.
The Slide comes with Swype, which seems redundant on a device with a physical QWERTY keyboard, but it works pretty well. I find Swype to be more accurate with longer words and stick to pecking out shorter words as normal.
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