Since we’ve seen Android ported on the iPhone, it’s no wonder that a reverse port is getting some work done these days. We’re talking about iOS 4 recently spotted on a HTC Magic unit. There’s also a video to support this claim, although odds are that the port is a fake. The OS is very laggy, since Magic is not quite the newest...
A couple of days ago we informed you about the fact that some HTC Magic handsets sold by Vodafone Spain were bundled with memory cards filled with malware. The infection was pretty serious, since we’re talking about the Mariposa botnet, that was responsible for messing up 12,000,000 individual computers last year. Right now we know that 3000...
Assuming that you have a fetish of buying handsets with malware, we’ve got the deal of the month for you: buy a HTC Magic from Vodafone Spain and you’ll get the Android phone with the Mariposa botnet malware. The bots were implemented by a hacker known as “tnls”. Vodafone claims that this is an isolated incident and that it’s...
If you thought that HTC Magic was dead, guess again, since Rogers and T-Mobile have found a way to prolong the life of this cool handset. The first carrier did so by launching the wooden Fender edition of the phone, while Rogers added the Sense UI to it and called the product Magic+. HTC Sense gets implemented via a firmware update and we also learn...
Just hours after finding out that Rogers will be the first NA carrier to sell the XPERIA X10 smartphone, here’s another piece of info related to the Canadian carrier: they’ll be updating HTC Magic to Android 2.1. Meanwhile, the good old Dream G1 stays at the 1.5 version. HTC Magic will be getting the Sense UI in the following weeks, followed...
If you’re among the people who went out and bought a HTC Magic handset, instead of waiting a few more months for the Hero to surface, you’ve got something cool coming. It turns out that the Magic will be getting ROM upgrades that’ll bring Sense UI to its sweet touchscreen display. This info comes only a day after we spotted the HTC...
The Phones Show, episode 88 has just surfaced and this time we’ve got a pretty interesting topic covered: the duel between touch and button-based phones. Also, the show includes mini reviews of HTC Magic and LG KS360: Since you can watch the show above for yourself, let’s have a little debate on this touch versus button issue. Most of...
HTC’s latest Android phones, Magic and Hero aren’t that different, if you come to think about it. The main differences are the Sense UI, the 5 megapixel camera and a couple of little design tweaks, but the gap could be made even smaller by the presence of Sense on HTC Magic. HTC recently issues a press release, letting us know that the...
Canadian carrier Rogers has just started selling the first two Android phones that hit the market, Dream G1 and Magic (myTouch 3G) for a mere $79.99 with 3 year contracts. T-Mobile should pay attention to this offer and mimic it, if they want to keep their appeal, specially since they haven’t started offering HTC Hero yet. Of course, the $79.99...
Unlike what we were claiming a couple of hours ago, citing some sources, HTC won’t use the Sense UI on Google branded phone. At least not on T-Mobile USA’s G1 and myTouch 3G, because of licensing terms. These are the same ones that didn’t allow Microsoft Exchange clients to reach Android phones. However, HTC Sense might be used on...
