HTC Magic

It was once believed that the T-Mobile G1 (aka Android Dev Phone 1 in the developer circuit and HTC Dream in other parts of the world) could never die: it was, after all, the first Android device ever created that brought about a ridiculous amount of support from nearly every major player in every part [...]

Second-ranked French carrier SFR has announced that the HTC Magic will receive an update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) later this summer along with another of their Android phones, the Nexus One. This shouldn’t come as too much of a shocker considering the Magic’s US counterpart, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, has also been pegged as a [...]

Mary Pretotto – a Twitter-based support rep from Rogers – has confirmed that the HTC Magic and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will both be receiving upgrades to Andorid 2.1 at different points this year.

She’s stated that HTC will be delivering their 2.1 update for the Magic for testing at the end of the June [...]

Before you read the rest of this post, watch the video: the music will make you happy. Anyway, Android-France has a video showing an unofficial port of Froyo on the HTC Magic. We knew the XDA scene was hard at work on SDK image-based ports for the Magic/T-Mobile MyTouch 3G already (as well as the T-Mobile [...]

Rogers has officially launched its Social View line of Android phones, pooling the social-networking powers of several handsets that use consolidated info streams from the likes of Twitter and Facebook. The phones being promoted are the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, the oft-forgotten LG Eve, HTC Magic+, the Motorola Quench (better known as the CLIQ XT), [...]

Unfortunate news for some in the UK: Vodafone has decided to drop the HTC Magic from it’s range of Android devices, leaving only the HTC Tattoo for now.
A moderator from the Vodafone eForum said:
I just wanted to pop on and say the Magic hasn’t officially been discontinued yet, but is coming towards the end [...]

Good news for everyone rocking a Vodafone HTC Magic – it has been confirmed by Vodafone that there will be an update to Android 2.0. YAY! Although an exact launch date has not yet been officially announced, I would speculate that it will be at some point during Q1.. as there are several other long [...]

So for you HTC Magic users out there that have been operating without any Sense, HTC Sense UI that is, today’s the day that HTC finally released ROM Version:3.05.401.3.  Hit up HTC’s download page for all the necessary instructions and downloads.
Anyone either already update their Magic or about to? Let us know how it goes [...]

The folks at Rogers haven’t been enjoying a smooth sailing Android experience thus far: first they say the G1 can’t be upgraded past Android 1.5, then they offer Dream users an HTC Magic as a replacement, then they pulled the Dream off the shelves due to an Emergency 911 contact security flaw, and now they’re [...]

If you’ve got the HTC Magic, HTC Hero or HTC Tattoo, have windows 7 and like to stay up to date on the latest sync software for your Android/Computer combination, you’ll want to know that you can now upgrade to Version 2.0.18. Check it out on the HTC support website.

Nothing major. Just thought you would [...]

Mjschmidt from our forums and BGR both are reporting that Rogers has confirmed a 2.1 update coming to the HTC Magic. This is a slight u-turn considering not too long ago Rogers had said it was to stay at 1.5.

Apparently in the next few weeks the Dream and Magic are both going to see a [...]

If you’ve got an HTC Magic, HTC Hero or HTC Tattoo and use HTC Sync to keep your data… you know… in sync, you’ll be happy to know that HTC Sync 2.0.8 is now available for download

New in 2.0.8 are media features that allow you sync your contact pictures with their contact information, your phone [...]

It wasn’t until the HTC Hero, the company’s 3rd Android Phone, that they launched their custom Android build called HTC Sense. That goes without saying the HTC Dream/G1 and HTC Magic/MyTouch were stock, plain old vanilla Android (which I tend to enjoy by itself). But if you’ve got one of HTC’s first two Androids and [...]

HTC has spent a lot of time and effort creating their custom Android OS known as HTC Sense and it certainly shows. But we’re told that “custom” and “with Google” don’t usually co-exist on the same device since Google is unwilling to slap their brand name on a phone that isn’t 100% Google Experience. Could [...]

If you’re a Canadian with the HTC Dream or HTC Magic and Rogers’ mobile service you’re going to want to do as we say. Head on over the HTC support page for your given phone – Dream here and the Magic here – and download the updates provided. The update includes several key enhancements [...]

The Android Revolution keeps on picking up steam, much of it courtesy to an HTC-fueled injection of hot hardware. At an event launching the HTC Hero in Taiwan, company CEO Peter Chou announced that sales of the HTC Magic have surpassed 1 Million units! That is quite a feat for any mobile phone and considering [...]

Regular readers are probably asking themselves the question, “What the hell happened to Phandroid?” and its a fair question indeed. An untimely vacation, less than smooth server move and string of simultaneous and coincidental pains in the butt created a bit of kink in our usually timely coverage. For that, I apologize… but now we’re [...]

Not two minutes had passed after posting that Portugal was infected with Android Fever, did I read from HTC that the HTC Magic is now heading to India via Bharti. If it wasn’t official before, I would say, with unbridled conviction, it is now: Android Fever is something to which a shot of penicillin [...]

We’ve known since the beginning of this month that the HTC Dream and HTC Magic were headed to Canadians via Rogers on June 2nd. But once you go Android, you never go back, so the day before the Dream and Magic launch in Canada, Rogers is having somewhat of a Bachelor/Bachelorette party.

Actually, “Treasure Hunt” probably [...]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting (via CNET) that China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, is repackaging the HTC Magic and launching it as the “Ophone” next month. This tops off an exciting holiday weekend for Android where the HTC Lancaster and Motorola Heron were both leaked for launch on AT&T in August and [...]