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While everybody is crazy about iPhone and its features, some fans of Google are enjoying the Android new product, HTC Magic. The Taiwanese company, after it brought on on the market the first Android-powered phone, T-Mobile G1, now it is releasing the new HTC Magic. This products has a lots of upgrades, comparing to the previous versions. It has no physical keyboard, but it has an on-screen one, and this because of the Cupcake 1.5 update of Android. Its dimensions are very friendly, and 113x55x14 are very well designed in less than 120g.

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HTC Magic has some considerable updates, and it is more functional than G1, and I would be curious to see if it will attract a market segment as big as the one possessed by iPhone. In the box, when you buy it, you get the phone, a USB charger and a headset (on USB too), a phone cover . All are white and I think it's good color option, because you can spot it easily on a full desk, but for people who like other colors, it would have been cool to find it in their favorite color too.The buttons have a slightly different position than on G1: the menu button is just above and to the left of the trackball, since it was at the base of the screen on G1, and now I can see a search button on the right, which is used by almost all applications installed on the phone.

Loosing the keyboard can be seen as an advantage, but in the same time as a disadvantage, because the on-screen keyboard might be difficult to use for some persons, but the space gained and the weight loss by removing the physical keyboard are considerable. The interface is user friendly, and what I liked very much, is that you have to draw a pattern to unlock it. I think this is very classy. You have direct access to Google services, and  the camera is very good on the photo field, while the video is not so high quality as I expected.

I observed that it doesn't have a 3.5 mm jack, so I couldn't listen to music with my headphones, but the ones from HTC are good too, though they are kind of small. The applications installed on the phone are interesting, though I found many of them useless, like the metal detector or the barcode reader. With everything turned off, the battery life is 660 hours, and with heavy usage it worked 24 hours. Maybe with a little less calling, streaming, download and usage, I think it would work easily 48 hours.

All in all, I think it is a good alternative for an iPhone, but the lack of a 3.5mm jack and the standard 3.2MP camera with no flash are the minus points I would give to this product.

On the other hand, HTC Touch is a good product also, and I would mention as a plus the WiFi connectivity and the camera, which is pretty good, but I am amazed that it doesn't have 3G support and that it doesn't have a QWERTY keypad. Both phones , HTC Magic and HTC Touch are cool, but a common "against" point would be the cameras, which aren't too good and I think that HTC Magic should solve the jack lack problem in the future versions.

Since the first time we saw the HTC Hero, in all sorts of leaked pictures and details, we’ve all been waiting for the device to finally come out, as it was said to be an Android-based HTC phone. The excitement of customers was doubled when the manufacturer announced the full support for the Adobe Flash Platform that will be included in the smartphone.

The device was launched by Orange in the United Kingdom, under the name we all knew very well, HTC Hero. But it seems that the same device is now available via T-Mobile under a different name. It is called T-Mobile G2 Touch.

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Even if the list of features was at your disposal, just in case you were curious about it, let me refresh your memory. The Hero comes with a 3.2 inch HVGA touch sensitive display, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, the Android operating system 1.5, GPS, Wi-Fi and 3.5mm headset jack.

The HTC Hero is the third HTC handset to be equipped with the Android platform, but for T-Mobile UK is only the second to be sold. Now, if you’re interested in buying the phone, you can get it for free, but you’ll have to sign a contract agreement for a year and a half (18 months) with a monthly plan that shouldn’t be less than £35.

(Source: UnwiredView)

The HTC Touch Pro is already history, because the world is meant to evolve, especially when it comes to the one governed by technology. If some of you dare to disagree, they will end up by admitting I was right. In the worst case, if it’s not already dead and buried, it will soon be, because the successor of the device, the HTC Touch Pro2, has just been unveiled by the fourth American carrier.

T-Mobile announced the availability of the HTC Touch Pro2, which is expected to start selling in the first half of the next month. The release date is said to be August 12. It’s a little bit late, we might say, as this new model is already available in European and Asian countries.

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The phone runs on the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and is equipped with a bunch of advanced features that will certainly impress its customers, such as a 3.6 inch WVGA tilting display which is also touch sensitive, a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi.

The Touch Pro2 that is going to be sold by T-Mobile USA will be available in one color and one color only. Mocha, they say. As for the price, it hasn’t been unveiled.

“This summer, many people are balancing summer vacations and time away from the office with the pressures of the workplace” said Travis Warren, Director, Product Marketing, T-Mobile USA. He further added that: “We are pleased to announce the HTC Touch Pro2, a uniquely designed device that will help customers manage their day-to-day activities, whether they are in the office or working from an airport, the local playground or the car.”

Rumors say that the other major American providers are planning to sell the device, but they haven’t made any announcement for the moment.

(Source: Press Release)

Those who are familiar with the latest rumors about the HTC Leo are probably aware of the fact that it was said to be a clamshell phone. It seems that it won’t be a clamshell, after all, but instead, customers will enjoy a full-touch handset, based on Windows Mobile.

I don’t know if it makes you happy or not, but the phone will come with the Windows Mobile 6.5. More than that, a couple of days ago we found out that the Leo is expected to have the 1GHz MSM 8250 Snapdragon chipset by Qualcomm on board.

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The list of features of the HTC Leo is said to include quad band GSM / EDGE connectivity, dual band HSDPA connectivity (900 / 2100 MHz), a 4.3 inches WVGA capacitive touch sensitive display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash, GPS and assisted GPS, Wi-Fi, an accelerometer, sensors for light and proximity, 3.5 mm headset jack, 512MB flash memory, 320MB RAM and microSD card slot. The phone measures 121 x 67 x 11 millimeters and comes with a 1230 mAh battery.

The details about the pricing and availability of the HTC Leo are not known for the moment, but the smartphone will probably hit the market sometime during this year, maybe before its end.

(Source: UnwiredView)

Come on, guys! What’s with this question? After the sensation it created when it first appeared in the spotlight, the least you could do is to know who Hero is. Because, so that you know, HTC is so very proud about its second Android-based device and it won’t ever forgive if you act like you don’t know what the phone is all about.

And because the official announcement about the HTC Hero was not enough, here you have some extra news that might impress you even more. It seems that the smartphone that has just been unveiled will come with support for the Adobe Flash Platform technology. With full support, as a matter of fact.

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The information is very interesting, you have to admit, because this way Hero will be able to ensure an improved Web browsing experience and to provide, in addition, an easy access to a wide variety of files that are based on the Flash technology.

“As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. With close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered with Adobe Flash technology, consumers want to access rich Web content on-the-go”, said David Wadhwani, the Vice President and General Manager, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “The collaboration with HTC offers people a more complete Flash based Web browsing experience today and presents an important step towards full Web browsing with Flash Player 10 on mobile phones in the future.”

In addition, HTC made another announcement related to their intense activity. It seems that the company decided to join forces with 26 other companies that are part of the Open Screen Project, one of those being Adobe. The purpose is to “deliver a consistent runtime across screens and to provide access to all Flash technology based Web content in the future”.

(Source: Press release)