Articles Tagged “Sapphire”
myTouch 3G coming in three colors on T-Mobile
by James Tromans on Jun 05, 2009 0 Comments">0
We all knew that T-Mobile USA is sitting pretty on the upcoming HTC Magic/MyTouch/G2/Sapphire/whatever, but thanks to Engadget, we now have some attractive box art images to satisfy our hunger. The designer handywork reveals, for sure, that the device is going to run by the name of myTouch 3G. The slightly modern yet colorful vector grunge artwork is pretty appealing and goes some way in telling us that the myTouch 3G will come in three colors, including ‘merlot’ (a rich dark red), white, and black. If you want to take a look at the sea-horses and humming birds that have …
HTC Magic for Vodafone review
by Michael Oryl on May 25, 2009 0 Comments">0
MobileBurn’s Russell Jefferies has a review of the HTC Magic for Vodafone up on our sister-site, MobileBurn.com. He comes away very impressed with the device, and Android, overall, but has a few complaints. For starters, the battery life of the Magic is still so poor as to demand a daily recharge, just as was the case with the G1. He’s also not super impressed with the camera at times, and laments the lack of a 3.5mm headphone port and full Bluetooth profile support. On the up side, though, he loves the UI, the capacitive touchscreen display, and the GPS functionality. …
HTC Magic three part HD video review
by Michael Oryl on May 21, 2009 2 Comments">2
Russell over at MobileBurn.com is still working on his written review of the HTC Magic for Vodafone UK, but in the mean time I have spliced together all of the high-def video footage he has shot and uploaded the videos to YouTube. Part one is below. Part two and three are available after the jump.
HTC Magic to arrive at T-Mobile USA as the MyTouch 3G?
by Michael Oryl on May 03, 2009 0 Comments">0
TmoNews is reporting that the HTC Magic will be sold by T-Mobile USA as the MyTouch 3G, not as the G2. The new MyTouch 3G name supposedly has shown up on an internal T-Mobile USA inventory system, which is what the image to the right is supposedly of. There’s nothing official on any of this, though, and no indication from this photo that the MyTouch 3G is even an Android based device, so we’re going to take a wait and see attitude with this one until something a little more solid comes along. If true, though, we’ll be seeing this …
Vodafone UK say HTC magic in stores on Friday, online orders could arrive earlier
by James Tromans on Apr 28, 2009 3 Comments">3
Today we took a trip into Soho, London, UK, to visit Vodafone’s invite only launch for the HTC Magic. The private members club was a fitting venue for the UK launch of one of the most highly anticipated phones of the summer. Although somewhat hard to find, the venue provided an intimate spot for us to have a face to face with Vodafone about the HTC Magic, Vodafone’s decision to get involved with Android and their plans for the future. Here’s what we learnt. First, a few quick important points. If you want to grab yourself a Magic and you …
Vodafone Spain jumps the gun, offers HTC Magic today!
by Michael Oryl on Apr 27, 2009 5 Comments">5
This was a bit unexpected. Vodafone Spain has a countdown page on its website touting the fact that it will start offering the HTC Magic Android powered smartphone to its customers later today – at 11pm Spain time, best we can tell. This beats out Vodafone UK by a few days, since the British will have to wait until May 5th. Prices range from at 21 EUR monthly with a 199 EUR purchase price to 62 EUR monthly with a 19 EUR purchase price. You can see a full chart on this Spanish site. If anybody can clarify what “Nuevas …
HTC Magic / T-Mobile G2 gains FCC approval
by James Tromans on Mar 27, 2009 3 Comments">3
Another great day for T-Mobile and HTC; the FCC has recently passed the HTC Magic, making the device’s arrival in the United States now just a formality. This will be the second Android device for T-Mobile USA, leaving Sprint still pining for some Android love. In case you have just made it back from the moon, here are some of the important spec details for the HTC Magic. The soft styled, curved handset offers a 3.2-inch HVGA (320×480 pixels) TFT capacitive touchscreen display along with video recording provided by what appears to be an upgraded 5 megapixel camera. BlackBerry fans …
CNET video shows new zoom control on the HTC Magic
by Michael Oryl on Mar 18, 2009 4 Comments">4
I was just watching a nice video from CNET France that shows, among other things, the new circular zooming control in Android’s web browser and photo viewer (at the 2:02 minute mark). Yes, the video is in French, but it’s still worth watching just for what you see. If you speak French, then consider that a bonus and feel free to translate any interesting tidbits you might hear and leave them in a comment, below. The original story can be found at the CNET France website. The video is available after the jump. Thanks to inalmada for the tip!
T-Mobile UK claims cupcake is coming to the G1 in April
by Michael Oryl on Mar 11, 2009 0 Comments">0
According to Pocket-Lint.com, a T-Mobile UK representative has said that the famed Cupcake release of the Android OS will become available to T-Mobile G1 users this April. The Cupcake extensions, which include an on-screen virtual keyboard, are known to be included on the HTC Magic (“Sapphire”) that is expected to hit Vodafone shelves in the near future. No word yet from T-Mobile USA as to whether or not G1 users in states can expect an update in the same time frame.
HTC Magic shows up in black at CeBIT in Germany
by Michael Oryl on Mar 06, 2009 2 Comments">2
The guys at Dutch site MobileCowboys.nl have posted some live shots from the CeBIT show in Germany of an HTC Magic in a black color scheme. You will notice the security device located where we would expect to find the Vodafone logo. I wouldn’t necessarily take this to mean that the device will be sold unlocked by HTC or some other carrier, it could just be poor placement of the security device. But normally the manufacturers are pretty aware of the fact that such a logo is getting covered. Not saying it means anything, but it certainly could. In any …
HTC Magic to launch on Vodafone UK in April
by Michael Oryl on Mar 04, 2009 1 Comments">1
It appears that Vodafone has let out the fact that it plans to make the new HTC Magic available to its customers in the U.K. next month, in April. It isn’t providing a set date or even pricing information yet, though. Interested folks can register to be notified of the Magic’s availability on the Vodafone website. No word yet as to when other Vodafone markets will be able to purchase the Magic. You can see our video demo of the HTC Magic below.
HTC Magic shows up on FCC w/o T-Mobile USA 3G support
by Michael Oryl on Feb 25, 2009 0 Comments">0
Now before you get all in a tizzy about the ramifications of the Magic showing up on the FCC site w/o support for T-Mobile USA, bear in mind that it is dead common for foreign variants of U.S. bound devices to be tested by the FCC even though they won’t ever be sold here. This doesn’t mean, necessarily, that T-Mobile won’t be getting the Magic (G2), or that AT&T will. Chances are exceedingly high that the FCC will get a second version of the Magic/G2 to test that will include T-Mobile’s AWS 3G support. It does reinforce the expectation that …
Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom to offer HTC Sapphire next quarter?
by Michael Oryl on Feb 05, 2009 0 Comments">0
DigiTimes is quoting “market sources” that tell it that it is likely that Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom will offer HTC’s second Android based phone to its customers in the second quarter of this year. For most of us, that device seems likely to be the HTC Sapphire that we’ve spotted on the net a few times. We expect to see the device officially announced in the middle of this month at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain.
Some hands-on impressions of the T-Mobile G2 / HTC Sapphire
by Michael Oryl on Jan 23, 2009 7 Comments">7
No, not my own hands-on impressions on the HTC Sapphire, sadly, but those of somebody I trust. I’ll not go into details, in order to protect her identity, but let’s just say that it makes perfect sense that she would have access to this phone. Bear in mind that these comments are about a pre-production device, and much can happen between now and when the device gets released for real. But here’s what my source said (paraphrased): The OS looks pretty much like that on the G1 (for now, at least) The phone body itself looks nice, and has a …
T-Mobile says Cupcake is “not for general availability”
by Michael Oryl on Jan 23, 2009 4 Comments">4
According to an official statement passed through T-Mobile‘s forums admin, Will: According to the Android team, “Cupcake,” which is the code name for an Android software build, is still a work in progress that is considered to be a development branch and not for general availability. We will update you as T-Mobile G1 software updates are made available to T-Mobile customers. Surprising? No, not actually. Because it truly is a development branch. I just think that T-Mobile is trying to manage expectations a bit here so that we don’t get our britches in a bunch when we don’t get a …
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