HTC Magic hands-on

by Jos� Mendiola posted May 13th 2009 at 8:15PM

Our pals from Engadget Spanish got a HTC Magic in their hands, and we have to admit it's quite a looker. The similarities to the G1 / Dream are obvious (besides the fact it doesn't have a physical keyboard, of course). On the downside, they found that inputting text while on portrait mode is a little complicated due to the size of the keys and the accelerometer seems to be a little slow -- besides those minor issues, though, the Magic has been well received in Spain. In any case, it's better to see these things on video, isn't it? Follow the break for the action.

Filed under: Handsets, Features, HTC, Vodafone, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, Android

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m3tric @ May 13th 2009 8:42PM

Win?

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Brendon @ May 13th 2009 8:56PM

I think this phone fails.

Anxiously awaiting the Bigfoot

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m3tric @ May 13th 2009 10:35PM

What is bigfoot? Palm Pre = win though.

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Jamesy @ May 14th 2009 11:34AM

Bigfoot is the Samsung i7500, the next Android based phone.

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Eternal @ May 13th 2009 11:27PM

The Samsung i7500 is a better choice by what i have seen by far. I am not really pleased with the performance the phone displays in the video, but there certainly is potential. I cant expect much from a mobile OS that's still in its infancy, my complaints about this phone are pretty much what everyone else complains about the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, and as well as a camera with "NO" flash (whats up with that?), not to mention your forced to remove the battery to swap or remove the micro sd card. Overall i don't see any reason to purchase the phone I'll stick with the G1 for the meantime.

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