T-Mobile has announced the MyTouch, their second Googlephone. T-Mobiles $200 MyTouch, essentially a rebadged HTC Magic, eliminates the popout keyboard and comes with a 4GB microSD card, 512MB internal memory, and the same processor (a Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz processor). It’s slimmer, lighter and said to use less juice.

Previous customers will be able to get the MyTouch on July 8. New customers will have to wait until August to sign up for their two-year contract.

Android 1.5 software, previously known as “Cupcake,” brought on-screen virtual keyboard with vibration feedback, plus video recording, playback, and sharing via YouTube to the G-phone. The soft keyboard one-ups the Palm Pre, says Wired, with predictive text (the Pre has neither prediction nor correction to help you use its tiny buttons), and it vibrates when you touch it. The camera is the same 3.2MP camera found in the G1, and the headphone socket still requires an adapter.

The hugegest problem with the G1 was the terrible battery life, says Wired, and I agree. The multi-tasking applications meant that the power would be sucked dry in a matter of hours. A new 1340mAh battery may help somewhat over the old 1150mAh battery.

Google’s Android mobile operating system could be running on 18 to 20 devices by the end of 2009, according to Andy Rubin, Google’s senior director for mobile platforms. The Android OS is also expected to be on netbooks, soon, reports E-Week.

ARM-based devices — both Netbooks and handhelds — lack a Windows operating system and can’t run PC applications. Freescale and others are looking to Google’s Android OS to counter the marquee draw that Windows has for Netbooks and handheld MIDs. Strategy Analytics forecast global Android smartphone shipments to grow 900 percent annually during 2009. Analysts have previously suggested that Android, which originally rolled out in August 2008, will be running on about 12 percent of global smartphones by 2012.