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I got a T-Mobile myTouch when it came out, and mostly love it--particularly for reading RSS feeds in the subway. This page is a stub to relate my experience.

Applications

• Root your phone and look over your ROM choices at xdadevelopers wiki. I'm using the Onyx mod to escape Samsung's evil refusal to release a Froyo update.
• K9 mail client (free software!, no ads) --improved mail client. less freezing/more responsive, and better inbox listing
• Handcent SMS (?$, no ads) best all-in-one SMSer. Does SMS popups
• Advanced Task Manager ($,no ads)

great for killing all processes

• FeedR ($, no ads) RSS reader with great offline support (including image caching, etc)
• Game: SpacePhysics ($, no ads)
• CalendarPad (for desktop calendar widget)
• AndFTP for SFTP/SSH file transfer
• ThinkFree Office ($15) pricey but is the best office doc and pdf viewer
• Fast Camera - allows quick shots without focus delay, so you can capture those quick moments
• NYCMate (free)- if you're a new yorker, this is essential: cached copies of subway/bus maps
• SoundHound - What's that awesome song playing in your cafe? find out!
• Pure music widget, so you can play/skip/see current playing for music player.
• Game: Apparatus (like space physics above)
• t-mobile visual voicemail
• facebook
• pandora
• twitter
• kindle
• qr Droid (for qr code scanning)
• amazon mp3
• ushahidi
• fandango
• npr news
• rom manager
• instantanea camera (hold to focus, release to immediately click)
• notepad
• kaoss pad
• asl ultimate
• Titanium Backup

Open Source
http://code.google.com/p/android-rss/
http://tech.libresoft.es/doku.php/android:applications

Hardware

• HTC has proprietary extensions to USB. Any USB cable will charge the phone, but it seems only the ones that came with it (and are sold by HTC) will connect it as a USB device (for tethering, sd-card access, and development)
• Samsung uses USB mini-B. Just make sure you get B