Review of Android on the HTC Magic

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The keyboard on My HTC Magic is a bit slower than the iPhone, as you say. But the trackball is a HUGE help in making the interface - overall - better than my experience with my iPod Touch. I can't tell you how BORING all that pinching and squeezing was getting on the Apple device. It's so much nicer just to thumb-roll a wee all and move the cursor or press on the "-" or "+" to make the page smaller or larger. Plus Android offers me a choice of words via predictive text, whereas the iP only offered me one word - any too often not the one I wanted.

The apps aren't as good. But they are improving rapidly. For example, the change in "Handcent SMS" in just 2 weeks has been enormous.

Like you, I can't buy paid apps. I'm in New Zealand. But I have found I can just turn off the market restriction in the phone and go to the developers web site and get the app - directly - there. Now THAT is why i went Android.

But with my iPod Touch, I still have access to the Apple-verse...and once I get a Wi-Fi Access Point up and running on my Android phone, they can BOTH be online wherever / whenever.

Posted by: TruthSeekerNZ   Posted on: 08/13/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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