That's Magic (HTC Magic)

Member Name: Had0uk3n

Product:	HTC Magic
Date:	13/09/09 (22 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks and performs incredible

Disadvantages: Some third party app's can be tempremental stock touchpad is annoying

I recived this phone as a replacment for my second Blackberry that broke, I was sceptical at first as email on the move is essential to myself and was not sure if the device would perform aswell as my previous one. Boy was I shocked when I recived it, I decided I would migrate too a googlemail acount to get the most out of the device, features such as the syncronised calanders. I think it is the best move I have made, the emails arrive on the device as quickly as they do on the PC which is fantastic, and I can easily view all my apointments on the handset which Is absaloutley brilliant.

So beside the syncronised email and calander what else does this device do, well alot. It comes with the google branding so you would expect it's web browsing capabilities to be excellent and they are, the browser is fast and stabble, easy to use and reliable.

Multimedia play back is handled well by the device but the lack of a standard issue headphone jack is annoying, the device comes with some htc ones which are acceptable but not brilliant.

What else can the device do? Well the android OS is open source which means alot of the applications out there are free, and this is a beautiful thing, so far I have found if I think of an application I want it exists, to name a few I have the latest news feeds, access to twitter and facebook, access to my wordpress blog and the weather to name a few.

It also comes with standard range of google things such as maps, google talk etc. Google maps is very handy as it can provide walking (or driving and with the latest update transport in some areas) directions, very usefull in a strange city or just in general.

The battery life has been steadily improving and I now get about 3 days out of the device with realtivly heavy usage, and all the features on, afterall you get a phone for the features it has why should you have to turn them off.

This is the best device I have used, period, and I am definatly an 'android' convert. Do not get me wrong it has some flaws but many many more pro's.

Summary: An excellent device and in my opinion better than the new hero

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