The T-Mobile myTouch 3G goes on presale July 8th-28th, but when does it actually hit stores? I had been looking for this information and could not find it publicly released. Rumors I have read placed the launch sometime in August.
While browsing my Feedburner stats today, I noticed a new uncommon use from a domain I did not recognize. I typed in the URL and discovered the dev server for the official myTouch 3G website. To my surprise, they had a countdown widget in the lower corner that said “myTouch 3G in stores”.
After doing the math, I discovered the launch date to be August 5th, 2009. I needed to see how the widget was calculating the date, so I viewed the page source. A quick search revealed what I was looking for:
var launchTime = new Date(2009, 7, 5, 12, 0);
If you don’t know javascript, you might think the date was 7/5, but we know that is incorrect because the phone does not go on presale till 7/8. When calculating dates, January is the 0 month. So the actual launch date that is coded into the myTouch 3G launch site is August 5th.
I’m not going to share the dev server URL, but I took screen shots of the countdown widget and javascript. I really doubt anyone would go through the trouble to fake this, so I would assume it is real. You be the judge.
Update: August 5th is the same date in the leaked T-Mobile roadmap so I think this confirms the launch.
The myTouch 3G will be T-Mobile's 2nd Android phone.
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28 Comments
Nice sleuthing!
You could have also just added the remaining time till release to the time it is now
Yes, that is what I did at first. Then I viewed the source code to double check and confirm.
ha ha, nice work!
You mind sharing the link
Just have to say, I’m impressed :]
Well played sir, well played.
in the end who cares though… myTouch is already a generation behind the Hero….So consider August 5th your first chance to buy an outdated phone
No kidding. I’ve got an old iphone, and I want to get an android phone, but I don’t want to be eating day old bagels.
Why wouldn’t you share the URL?
You know I am up for renewal on my tmobile contract and I like all these phones coming out but their network is just horrible. In phoenix and drop calls constantly. I am worried that if I spend more money on another phone from this carrier and get locked into another contract then I will regret it. Anyone have any carrier comparison sites…
I’ve never dropped a call in the nine years I’ve been with T-Mobile. Phoenix area.
Joe – It all depends on the phone. I used to drop calls on my sidekick 3 all the time, but I never had problems with the blackberry curve.