Scott Conlon

HTC recently announced their plans for the Smart Phones of 2009.  which will include atleast 3 smart phones with Android operating system.  In February the HTC Magic was the 2nd Google phone to hit the market which some are referring it to the G2 Phone.  The handset is currently being sold in Europe by Vodafone.

Will the new HTC Magic be the T-Mobile G2 phone available here in the United States? Nothing has been announced yet regarding plans to release this phone to US carriers but many speculate that T-Mobile is picking this phone up as their successor to the T-Mobile G1. In October 2008 T-Mobile starting selling the first phone to run on the Android operating system, the HTC Dream, which T-Mobile branded as the G1.

Although not all the details have been released about the new HTC Magic but the phone has some similarities but many differences to the G1 phone. Like the G1, the Magic will run with the open source Android Operating System and use Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS technologies. Instead of a keyboard like the G1 has, the Magic will only have an onscreen touch keyboard. The phone will include a video functionality where the G1 only had a still camera capability. The new HTC Magic will also have a sleeker design with a glossy finish rather than the matte finish. A new useful feature will be in the Gmail application that provides multi selecting of emails similar to how Gmail on a web browser operates. The G1 Phone or HTC Dream only allows for deleting or selecting options one email at a time.

The next several months will be exciting for the smart phone industry. Will the new HTC Magic be the next T-Mobile G2? When will HTC release their new smart phones to the US market? As the leader in phones also carrying the Microsoft Windows Mobile OS, HTC is taking charge of the Android market as well.