Technology news and Jobs 
VIRTUALISATION It's white Android Magic from Vodafone and black Magic from 3
VIRTUALISATION It's white Android Magic from Vodafone and black Magic from 3 | It's white Android Magic from Vodafone and black Magic from 3 |
|
| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 21 May 2009 | |
  
Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
Vodafone is claiming a number of exclusive features, including Google branding and "Firmware Over-the-Air software which automatically updates handsets with the latest Android software, ensuring our customers always enjoy the best possible user experience.” According to Anthony Petts, sales and marketing director ANZ for HTC "Our collaboration with Vodafone Australia and Google will enable users to experience a superior mobile Internet experience, providing broad flexibility for personalisation through the application-rich Android Market.” Neither has given any details of launch date, pricing or packaging. Vodafone says it will confirm these details in the near future. The Magic is HTC's second Android phone, after the Dream, sold by Optus in Australia. At least in some markets where Vodafone operates, the Magic is exclusive to Vodafone. Vodafone announced the partnership with HTC in February. The Magic is a tablet-style touch screen model that includes six hard buttons for navigation, volume control, a call/hang up key, home button, menu button, and quick 'search' key to make using the phone's menus or searching the Internet even quicker. The main difference between it and the Dream, which is also largely touch operated, appears to be the lack of a hard qwerty keyboard, which makes the Magic slimmer and lighter than the Dream. The Magic uses a touch screen qwerty keyboard.
This article first appeared in ExchangeDaily, iTWire's daily newsletter for telecommunications professionals. Register here for your free trial.
 |
Tags
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
