Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: google, android, htc, touch | Themes: Smartphones
The first touch screen Google Android based phone has officially been announced by HTC, and it's called the HTC Magic.
Sporting a 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen, HDSPA, GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and a trackball, the Magic is certainly looking to bring as many bells and whistles to the table while it attempts to compete with the iPhone market. A proprietary headphone jack is perhaps the only let-down of the Magic as it stands, but this has been the case for virtually all HTC phones in recent years.
Cell service provider Vodafone will be the first to unleash the HTC Magic on European markets, with others service providers to follow after an unannounced Vodafone exclusive period. North American and Pacific-Asian market release dates have yet to be announced.
Official specs are as follows:
- Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201a, 528 MHz.
- Memory: 512 MB ROM, 192 MB RAM.
- Dimensions: 4.45 x 2.17 x 0.45-inches.
- Weight: 4.18 ounces with battery.
- Network: HSPA/WCDMA 900 / 2100 MHz (no love for the States) with 2Mbps up, 7.2 Mbps down; quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz.
- Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD HVGA 480x320
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, WiFi, mini USB, and GPS
- Input: Trackball with Enter button, Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen keyboard (both portrait and landscape)
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I'm still waiting for a decent Android. Damn'd if I'll buy a friggin Iphone....
uhh... was the g1 not touch based? was it not from htc? this article is confusing me...
its either me or this guy thats outta the loop. and my bro is right behind me, he says this guy must live in a third world country, lol. how he gets internet access for tom's, i dont know...
this article is wrong, the T-Mobile G1 is the first Android HTC phone...
this article is wrong, the T-Mobile G1 is the first Android HTC phone...
mmm, i like. depends on the price though...
they mean touch only. G1 is touch/keyboard with primary input by keyboard
ian is probably right about the distinction. There's no touch-screen keypad for the G1. Nothing more annoying than getting the old "Please open your keypad to enter the information" message.
Although, the new Steel webbrowser has its own touch keypad, and sensor-based Portrait-to-Landscape switchovers (i.e. tilting the phone as opposed to opening the keypad). Wish more apps did that.
well iif you look at the side view, there's a silver sliver, and i presume its for a slide out keyboard...
Right... and the G1 wasn't a touchscreen?
Who the hell approved this article. Tom's Hardware is going straight to crap these days.