Been using my HTC Magic Android phone for almost 3 months now, and I enjoying it very much. Before the choice was made to go with this phone I did a lot of reading on the Net, trying to figure out what phone would suite me best at this time. My previous phone was the HTC TyTN, although not bad in concept, the Windows Mobile frustrated me to much and the phone's buttons stop functioning (most likely because it was involved in some of my bike accidents ;-). First I have to say that Android succeeds in, is change the perception of the device. Most people experience a phone as key pad with number to dail, and secondly accessing features via a menu. With the Android phone your phone dialer is simply an application like all the rest on the firmware. I cannot help but get the sense that i am working on a mini-desktop rather than your a typical cellular phone.



I recently read a post about people complaining that they do not enjoy the touch screen keyboard and prefer the slide out keyboard of the G1. These post always have one thing in common, pointing out why the device is so great or horrible...for them. Personally I have found the HTC Magic phone a joy for any power user. I have already replaced the ROM with hacked version, tried out the new HTC Hero ROM and back to HTC Magic ROM again. Additionally being a Linux user, there is a lot of similiar concept between the platforms, adding apps from Android Market is as simple as adding apps from Linux software repositories. It helps to develop a consistent mental model about using a mobile device and using a pc.



I need get around to develop my first Android application...not sure what yet.

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