February 17, 2009 12:23 PM PST

Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Magic Android phone

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HTC Magic

HTC Magic

(Credit: Crave UK)

BARCELONA--After waiting and waiting for an Android phone to appear at the Mobile World Congress, Vodafone on Tuesday unveiled the HTC Magic, the successor to the T-Mobile G1 (formerly known as the HTC Dream). Our friends over at Crave UK were lucky enough to get their hands on a prototype.

The Magic does away with the bulky physical keyboard of the G1 in favor of a touch screen. It's also much skinnier and lighter, but HTC still chooses to deny us a handy 3.5mm headphone jack. Why, oh why, must you torment us so?

Check out some of its other features in our gallery below.

(Via Crave UK)

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by DigitalAngelic February 17, 2009 1:21 PM PST
Hmm. I wish Sprint would get it over here, but the GSM networks all seem to get these types of phones first. Its style seems similar to Sprint's version of the Touch Pro and the Touch Pro 2 that was just announced. (I'm really waiting for that one.)
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by checodaman February 17, 2009 1:37 PM PST
Is there something inherently pleasing to phone manufacturers to not include a 3.5mm jack?
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by DanielDaly February 19, 2009 9:43 AM PST
Oh man. Not including a 3.5mm? That's like porn to phone manufacturers. They get pleasure that regular humans like us will never feel. Not even with drugs.
by AZNpeoples February 17, 2009 2:43 PM PST
i know it sounds stupid but i wish i dont have to get a data plan for these type of phones
its wat kept me from getting a g1
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by evanschimpf February 17, 2009 6:40 PM PST
dammit will someone make a android phone for CDMA?
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