Gear65 #22 - HTC Magic First Look

HTCs first independent Android phone is finally in our hands! The HTC magic, the first Android phone to be on sale in Singapore that has manufacturer customisations (the HTC Dream was purely a Google phone), continues to prove that HTC knows what users want in their smartphone: in this case providing a better HTC smart keyboard, better custom camera and camcorder application, exchange support and office document reader. Its just a first look, but we already love it.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HTC
• HTC magic
• HTC Saphire
• Android
• magic
• smartphone
• singapore

[Raffersx3]

can the portrait keyboard switch to a standard keypad?

[65bits]

If by standard keypad you mean the numeric keypad for T9 typing, yes, it can.

[JERZEEKING23201]

i just wanna kno is that..i have the g1 and the online keyboard is the regular black version..and i see that the magic has a new one that i see in ur video..will that be for all htc magics..cua i could iof sworn on another video it was the same onscreen keyboard as the g1...please le me kno

[65bits]

That's a little complicated. From what I heard, there are two versions of the HTC Magic. In the states, it's called the myTouch, and it's a "Google Experience" phone, meaning it has a Google logo, and has no modifications at all. The G1 is one such phone. If the phone is sold as the HTC Magic, as it is in Singapore, then it means it's the same phone but with HTC enhancements such as the keyboard. So there's actually two versions of that phone.

[65bits]

Also, even on the HTC Magic, you can turn the HTC keyboard off and use the normal Android keyboard.

[Raffersx3]

How would I go about doing that?

[65bits]

I believe you can find an option in the Android settings where you can choose which keyboard to use.

[Raffersx3]

How would I go about doing that?

[Badlandz]

I had it a day, the plastics creak like a 5$ phone lol.