Today, Vodafone and HTC announced their HTC Magic smartphone, available from spring of 2009 and an exclusive to the Vodafone network.
The device is the second handset powered by Google’s Android interface and offers a similar, yet more refined experience than the T-Mobile G1, with a 3.2 inch QVGA touchscreen whilst losing the slide out QWERTY keypad that made the G1 such a striking device.
A 3.2 megapixel camera, MP3 player and scrolling trackball are all present and correct, and yet all carry-overs from the G1 device is so closely resembles…
The user interface however, is an major advancement over the original Android device, offering many Google powered applications including Maps and Search, as well as many touted features like a virtual QWERTY keypad for typing (a necessity now that the physical one is no more!), as well as access to Vodafone-specific online services.
Some of the odd shortcomings like a lack of video recording are still present, however, as well as a multi-purpose HTC ExtUSB port instead of a normal old 3.5 mm audio jack.
This video offers a much closer look at what the HTC Magic can do for Vodafone, and you!
The only question that no-one seems to be asking is why on Earth is this not the T-Mobile G2? It looks like the G1, works like G1, is a network excusive like the G1, was even called the G2 on the leaked HTC roadmap, what gives?
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