blue bag: Google Ion (HTC Magic) first look

Since we first heard of the HTC Magic, we have been waiting at the edges of our seats for them at T-Mobile land. Finally, the Magic would be our second Android phone for the review and we were anxious to see whether Google and HTC could improve on their original T-Mobile G1. Our curiosity reached after T-Mobile-ready Magic, the FCC approved two months ago, but the impatience of hope as the weeks dragged on themselves. Instead of the "Year of the Android" was 2009 turns out to be frustratingly quiet.But just as we were to give up a device called Google ion made the rounds at the Google I / O conference. In essence, a Magic with minor cosmetic tweaks, Google's share ions, most functions of the G1 and Android 1.5 adds the "Update cupcake" to. The ions are not in the wild into a mass market device developed to be decided, but we released it a shakedown anyway, because it fitted for T Mobile had 3G service. And we are very pleased that we've done. Be assured that the ion is an attractiveSmartphone with a load of features and an intuitive interface. Sleek, where the G1 was bulky, Ion immeasurably improved the G1 on its predecessor. In all seriousness, it should have been the initial Android device. We still have a few complaints, and some users may miss a physical keyboard, but the result is a powerful handset that the iPhone can be measured in many areas. Design The Google-ion is very different than it used HTC G1, and that's good. While the G1 was fairly large to accommodateits ...