HTC Magic Getting Slideout QWERTY Keyboard?
We’ve expected for a LONG TIME that the HTC Magic would eventually get a slideout QWERTY keyboard and early on in the whole Android-thinga-majig it was one of the phones EVERYONE wanted the opportunity to enjoy. Back in the dizzle it was called the HTC Lancaster and although we don’t know what it will go by when it launches, it is most definitely the HTC Magic reworked with a hardware QWERTY.
HTC says so themselves (albeit inadvertently through a user agent profile listing):
There isn’t any telling when, or even IF, this will actually come out. I just wish they would have launched this thing along with the touch-only Magic and given users an option between the two. That would have been stellar and if you ask me, more carriers/manufacturers should come to market with that dual hardware strategy.
[Via CellPassion]