• Vodafone and HTC announce the Android-powered Magic

    Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

    Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008. Greg was born just outside of San Jose, and now lives in the East Bay of California. → Learn More

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    We were just starting to worry that Mobile World Congress 2009 would go without pass by without an Android press announcement, but Vodafone and HTC have swooped in to save they day. They just announced the HTC Magic, a full touchscreen Android device which bears quite the resemblance to the HTC G1 – except with a bit more polish, and without a keyboard. It’s also a perfect match with the shot that leaked out yesterday.

    The HTC Magic will have a 3.2 megapixel camera, trackball, 3.2″ HVGA (480×320) capacitive touch screen, GPS, accelerometer, and WiFi. Look for it on the shelves this spring exclusively from Vodafone in UK, Spain, Germany and France, and non-exclusively in Italy. No plans have yet been announced for US availability, but it’s something they’re working on.

    Update: Full specs after the jump.

    Processor Qualcomm® MSM7201a™, 528 MHz
    Operating System Android
    Memory ROM: 512 MB
    RAM: 192 MB
    Dimensions 113 x 55 x 13.65 mm ( 4.45 x 2.17 x 0.54 inches)
    Weight 118.5 grams ( 4.18 ounces) with battery
    Display 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution
    Network HSDPA/WCDMA:

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    900/2100 MHz
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    Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

    Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

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    850/900/1800/1900 MHz

    (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
    Device Control Trackball with Enter button
    GPS Internal GPS antenna
    Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
    Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
    HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
    Camera 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
    Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC-LC, MIDI, OGG
    Video supported formats MP4, 3GP
    Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
    Capacity: 1340 mAh
    Talk time:

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    Up to 400 minutes for WCDMA
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    Up to 450 minutes for GSM

    Standby time:

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    Up to 660 hours for WCDMA
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    Up to 420 hours for GSM

    (The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
    Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
    AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 47/63 Hz
    DC output: 5V and 1A
    Special Features G-sensor
    Digital Compass

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