After google phone was unveiled for the first time last september,which was a T-Mobile exclisive productcalled the G1 ,a new phone based on Google's operating system Android has been unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The new Google phone besides showing off its touchscreen HTC Magic, will feature a 3.2 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS, but no slide-out keyboard. The Magic will feature new Android firmware, known as "Cupcake", with changes based on G1 user suggestions and will go on sale to Vodafone customers in the UK, Germany, Spain and France, and non-exclusively in Italy.Android phone users will be able to access the Android Market, a storefront for applications that already boasts 800 offerings.
Speaking at the product launch, Vodafone and HTC representatives stressed that the ethos in producing the Magic was on form as well as function, and that the thinness and "feel in the hand" had been an important consideration.
According to Patrick Chomet, global director of terminals for Vodafone Group"We are paying particular attention to style and design; I'm practically obsessed with it. We are extremely careful not to produce products for a niche of geeks, but bring out a proper mass-market consumer device with a lot of attention to design and functionality.This is the thinnest, nicest Android-powered device on the market."
Pricing will be done locally in each territory and Vodafone has opened pre-registration the device.The HTC Magic has a proprietary headphone jack, and so will not accept many standard headphones.The device comes pre-loaded with Google applications, such as Maps, Mail, Search and You Tube. Apart from promising several launches by HTC like Congress,Magic seems to be the only one that has been confirmed a launch as of now.
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