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HTC Magic

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The HTC Magic is an Android-powered mobile designed to turn heads with its chic design, and command attention with its advanced list of capabilities. Ready to always keep you in the know… it provides the Google suite of services like Mail, Search and Maps geared up for use in the palm of your hand. Further enhanced with video capture and support for tunes via Bluetooth wireless headsets, the HTC Magic is a true entertainment and media powerhouse

HTC Magic is now enhanced with cool HTC goodies like Smart Dialer and a versatile on-screen keyboard.All the specs look to line up with what was rumored, with a 3.2-inch QVGA screen front and center HDSPA, GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera (no flash), and a G1-style trackball.All your favorite Google applications are just a tap away when you carry the HTC Magic

Be a Movie Star
You and your friends dancing the night away, or laughing ‘til it hurts … these are the moments you want captured forever. With HTC Magic’s video recording capability, you now can. But that’s not all, sharing your video is now trouble-free. Send the video by email, MMS or even publish your new masterpiece directly to YouTube™ right from your phone.

Be a Know-It-All Shock your friends with your new found knowledge … Find a cool nightclub in mumbai with Google Search. Check out the area around palm beach in New mumbai with 360º scrutiny of Google Maps™ Street View. You can even uncover the place with the best deal for that book your friend is reading with the Barcode Scanner application available from Android Market.

Multimedia and the webTo buy an HTC Magic is to have made a tough decision. Do you value internet access over multimedia? If you're looking for a multimedia-capable phone then the Magic isn't for you. It is capable of playing a small selection of media file types; MP4 and 3GP video plus a range of audio including MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV and OGG, but it's a long way from seeming like a competent media companion. During our tests, video files all but refused to play — the phone complaining about bitrates and screen sizes without the ability to downscale a file before playback. Music playback is fine, but the Magic lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack and HTC does not include an adapter in the box. Instead you are stuck using the bundled hands-free kit and this is far from ideal. An excellent YouTube app makes up for this somewhat, especially if you love "keyboard cat" videos.

Luckily, the Magic is much better at surfing the web. Its Webkit browser is fantastic, with fast load times, decent navigation and a full desktop-like viewing experience. Cupcake also adds a Google search bar at the top of the home screen, so you are always one-click away from finding an answer to just about any question. Additional pre-installed Google services; Maps, Calendar, GMail and GoogleTalk are all excellent. Internet connections are made by using HSDPA network functionality (900/2100MHz UMTS) or Wi-Fi. We have found the connectivity to be finicky at times, with web-enabled applications struggling to make a connection even while the phone displays 3G connectivity or an established Wi-Fi connection.

PerformanceIf there's one good reason to buy an Android phone, it's the performance of this platform. Both the Dream and Magic share the same zippy performance, with the transitions from home screen to applications windows and the execution of applications being completely seamless and with almost no visible lagging or stuttering pauses. What impresses us most is the way the phone continues to perform so well with multiple background tasks being performed simultaneously. We downloaded a Microsoft Exchange mail client from the Android Market called RoadSync and ran it in the background alongside numerous other frequently updating processes, like a weather widget, and the Magic continued to chug along without a hiccup.

Battery life was a major concern with the HTC Dream, and while we can't say the Magic significantly improves on this problem, it is better. In our experience, we managed to get through at least a day and a half between charges with push notifications on in the background, or about 12 hours with heavy downloads over Wi-Fi. This should be sufficient for most people in a standard working day.

OverallWe like the Magic, maybe even love it a little bit, but we can't deny being disappointed at the parts of this phone that are missing. The Magic is perfect for young, hip, tech-savvy types for whom the lack of decent multimedia will be a major turn off, especially when compared with the iPhone's excellent iPod capabilities. This wouldn't be such a huge problem if it shipped with an iTunes-like syncing and conversion software, but it doesn't.
Explore Your Options“Social”, “Shopping”, “Travel” and “Arcade” are just a few flavors of available enrichments at Android Market, where you can discover and install applications and games that let HTC Magic help you squeeze more out of life.

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