T-Mobile Pushing Froyo On HTC myTouch 3GT-Mobile Pushing Froyo On HTC myTouch 3G

Though word has leaked out over the course of the last week, T-Mobile has officially confirmed that it is offering Android 2.2 Froyo via an over-the-air update to the HTC-made myTouch 3G. The myTouch 3G was the second Android phone to hit the market, and first debuted in February 2009. It went on sale in the U.S. later that year.

The update process began on October 13, according to T-Mobile, and the software is being distributed in waves to myTouch 3G users. T-Mobile expects the process to last until October 31.

Android 2.2 offers improvements to the myTouch 3G system-wide. The biggest will be the new integrated Microsoft Exchange client, which supports email, calendar and contact sync. Anyone using a myTouch as their business phone will be pleased by this.

The on-board Gmail application has also been updated. T-Mobile notes that Android 2.2 Froyo brings improvements to inline images, colored label support, quicker navigation through the inbox, and the option to include quoted text in replies.

T-Mobile also calls out the new Faves Gallery. This gives customers quick access to their 20 favorite contacts. Users can scroll through it and se all the most recent communication with their 20 Faves, which includes text messages, email, social network updates, and so on.

Other improvements include changes to the camera and camcorder software, more language support, improved Google Maps and YouTube applications, and the most up-to-date versions of Facebook and Twitter.

This update applies only to the original myTouch 3G. If you were one of the lucky few to score the myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition or the myTouch 3G slide, the update for those devices isn't quite there yet.