Comments on: Hands-on with the HTC Magic and Android 1.5

Check out ZDNet UK's photo gallery of the HTC Magic smartphone running Android OS 1.5.

[lo266]

I'm as excited as the next person about 1.5 but it also makes me very upset. The G1 has been out for 6 months now and Google has still not provided a way to save and run apps off an SD card. The phone has too little internal storage and, as a result, both the phone and the Market are suffering.

I tried to take this up with Google (and so have many others) and nothing. Can someone over at CNET please bring this issue to the forefront? Maybe Google will put a little pep in their step that way. Thanks.

[Dalmatian28]

Please add this issue to the list of issues.....it looks that the new Magic will not have physical keyboard. We have seen a lot of phones with virtual keyboards in the past and it has been proven that almost all virtual keyboard suck! The iPone was considered to be among the best phones out there but when it comes to its keyboard.... it is pure junk! (Speaking from years of experience with it) Just it is new tech that doesn't mean it is better! I want the old keyboard back! Unless they come up with some great speech recognition ...everything else seems to be step backwards!

[Dalmatian28]

I have always like this phone's functionality... but that ugly "trunk" on the bottom is got to go! There got to be a better way to design this phone without the bottom part. Other than that....good job!

[dwightschultz]

This phone could be a big hit IMHO. I had the chance to play with the phone yesterday and am very impressed with the build quality and feel of the hardware, and even more impressed with the great Android software that accompanies the phone. Check out this thorough hands on review and comparison with the Blackberry Bold and the iPhone: http://www.yubby.com/channel/player/2657/33830