HTC also sells the Magic without Google experience, as far as I know in the asian area, so that might have been a normal htc magic, not vodafone magic or t-mobile mt3g.
And that would mean, no app store, no maps, no gmail. I guess this is what it was. I agree on the laggyness of the magic, if it stilll runs the 1.5 version, try getting it updated to 1.6 - after that update i experienced a big speed boost and am now happy with the speed. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hm I think they saw you coming, you know over there they have > knockoffs, right? I doubt you had a "real" HTC Magic. Buyer beware. > > > > On Dec 6, 10:24 pm, Vlad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I am sorry but I'd like to share my terrible experience & expectations > > with Andriod system. I bought HTC Magic for about 800 USD in Thailand > > where I currently live. First of all it was blocked with limited apps. > > I had to go to local hacker guru to pay $30 extra to upload proper > > Android OS with App Store, Google Maps etc. Without this, it would be > > totally useless. My Phone did not even had Maps!! What was the GPS > > for?! > > > > I am experienced IT guy but performance is nowhere near IPhone. I was > > just expecting solid Andriod OS but so far I am just struggling. I am > > most upset that Google allowed operators to brick the device for > > limited use. > > > > * App Store just sucks, many apps are marked as free but they are not > > free > > * Finding anything good in App Store is not possible > > * The list of installed apps is just never ending and finding app > > among many installed ones is not as easy as on iPhone > > * I am worried how do I get future updates of Android (e.g. 1.6 or > > 2.0) > > * Nobody to contact or get help. Since the device was "upgraded" > > nobody is willing to give me any support > > > > I am sorry guys, but I am ready to give up on Andriod and buy and > > iPhone. Google should be more in charge of making bold and strong > > decisions and they should not allow HTC or Cell Phone operators to > > modify Android. If they do so, they would have to _clearly_ mark that > > the device has limited features. The Android segment will get too > > fragmented and inconsistent. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
