Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has launched India's first smartphone that will run on Google's open source Android operating system. HTC Magic, popularly called G2 or the second generation Google phone, has Bharti Airtel as its exclusive carrier. The phone is priced at Rs 30,000 approximately.
The company has tied up with Bharti Airtel to sell the unlocked HTC Magic Android phone. The exclusive deal spans six months, which means a consumer will have to buy the phone from Airtel even if he wants to run it on a different network. Incidentally, HTC has tied up with Vodafone to sell G1 and G2 in most other regions, including the entire Europe.
G2 or HTC Magic is the successor to the first Google Phone, G1. The device is a sleeker version of G1 sans keyboard.
HTC Magic is the latest entrant into the Android touch screen smartphone line up of HTC.
The phone has a 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen display with 320 x480 resolution. HTC Magic weighs 116 gms with battery and comes with onscreen keyboard.
The vital statistics of the phone is 11.3 x 5.56 x 1.36 cm. There is a trackball for scrolling screens with Enter button. Other features include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mini USB and GPS. In addition to accelerometer, HTC G2 has one G Sensor. There is also an MP3 player that supports major audio formats like AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WAV and MIDI.
Being based on Google's Android platform, the phone offers Google apps, including search, Gmail, GTalk and Google calendar. The Android interface allows users to mark Gmail messages and assign them to a label or delete them.
Google Android is based on the open source platform for mobile devices. Using these smartphones, a user can download a wide number of utilities and productivity applications from Android App Store, both priced and for free.
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