Comments on: Hands on with the HTC Magic exclusively from SMART http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/ Technology | Publishing | Games | New Media | Philippines Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Ngo http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-172091 Jason Ngo Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:43:00 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-172091 I got the black HTC Magic in December. Upon opening it there's nothing interesting to do. Applying the HTC Sense ROM upgrade will reveal its full capabilities. The ROM was posted in the HTC website last November 10. It will prompt you for your google username and password after the upgrade and that's when everything becomes interesting. Market is now available and you get HTC Sense. It is now a thing of beauty. The hardware is similar to HTC hero except for the camera and flash. Make sure you apply the Singapore/Philippines ROM and not the Malaysia/Indonesia/Vietnam one as that one does not have Market. My unit was apparently registered as a Malaysia model and I couldn't download the Singapore/Philippines ROM. Communicating with HTC and Smart was not at all helpful and gave me canned responses. I was able to get hold of the ROM upgrade and used the gold card method to override the carrier id check. I got the black HTC Magic in December. Upon opening it there’s nothing interesting to do. Applying the HTC Sense ROM upgrade will reveal its full capabilities. The ROM was posted in the HTC website last November 10. It will prompt you for your google username and password after the upgrade and that’s when everything becomes interesting. Market is now available and you get HTC Sense. It is now a thing of beauty. The hardware is similar to HTC hero except for the camera and flash. Make sure you apply the Singapore/Philippines ROM and not the Malaysia/Indonesia/Vietnam one as that one does not have Market. My unit was apparently registered as a Malaysia model and I couldn’t download the Singapore/Philippines ROM. Communicating with HTC and Smart was not at all helpful and gave me canned responses. I was able to get hold of the ROM upgrade and used the gold card method to override the carrier id check.

]]> By: Reimundo Deveza http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-171597 Reimundo Deveza Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:31:25 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-171597 Hi Jayvee, thanks for the review. I was planning on getting this phone but the absence of the android market app is very disappointing. Would you know how much RAM is in this phone? I read that there are 2 versions of this phone in terms of memory: 192/288MB. Hi Jayvee, thanks for the review. I was planning on getting this phone but the absence of the android market app is very disappointing. Would you know how much RAM is in this phone? I read that there are 2 versions of this phone in terms of memory: 192/288MB.

]]> By: Jayvee http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-171251 Jayvee Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:52:13 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-171251 hey francis, you're absolutely correct. in my initial review i thought that this feature was just not installed (store + sync) because the device eas new. apparently it REALLY didnt come with it. sad. i have to ask smart again if they have plans of reintegrating this. i think the store may be tricky because knowing how telcos work, you can't just sell apps just like that -- you need to go through a filipino owned 3rd party provider. as for google sync let me get back to you. hey francis, you’re absolutely correct. in my initial review i thought that this feature was just not installed (store + sync) because the device eas new. apparently it REALLY didnt come with it. sad. i have to ask smart again if they have plans of reintegrating this. i think the store may be tricky because knowing how telcos work, you can’t just sell apps just like that — you need to go through a filipino owned 3rd party provider.

as for google sync let me get back to you.

]]> By: Francis Miranda http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-171250 Francis Miranda Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:44:33 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-171250 I just got my HTC Magic yesterday and it's a mega-disappointment for me especially on two fronts: 1. NO GOOGLE MARKET - I read great reviews on the net on how you can get apps for the phone just like the iPhone app store but low and behold! The phone that Smart ships out doesn't even have that. What the heck? I got the phone for the apps and now I discover I can't install any. Sheesh. 2. NO GOOGLE SYNC - Okay so I've read that I can't sync the Magic with my Mac. That's okay because I also read that I can sync with google. So I exported my contacts to google in preparation for the delivery of my phone. On the day the phone arrives, low and behold, THERE'S NO GOOGLE SYNC CAPABILITY! I don't know if this was disabled by Smart but this is such a let down. The implication of this is that I manually have to enter all of my friggin contacts one by one. Strike 2 for the HTC Magic. Sheesh. Thank God I still have my iPhone and I am seriously thinking about trading in my Magic for a new iPhone. So guys, caveat emptor when buying this phone. Pretty to look at but pretty lousy in features. Jayvee, have you heard any feedback on this from Smart on why the Google sync feature was disabled? Cheers guys! I just got my HTC Magic yesterday and it’s a mega-disappointment for me especially on two fronts:

1. NO GOOGLE MARKET – I read great reviews on the net on how you can get apps for the phone just like the iPhone app store but low and behold! The phone that Smart ships out doesn’t even have that. What the heck? I got the phone for the apps and now I discover I can’t install any. Sheesh.

2. NO GOOGLE SYNC – Okay so I’ve read that I can’t sync the Magic with my Mac. That’s okay because I also read that I can sync with google. So I exported my contacts to google in preparation for the delivery of my phone. On the day the phone arrives, low and behold, THERE’S NO GOOGLE SYNC CAPABILITY! I don’t know if this was disabled by Smart but this is such a let down. The implication of this is that I manually have to enter all of my friggin contacts one by one.

Strike 2 for the HTC Magic. Sheesh. Thank God I still have my iPhone and I am seriously thinking about trading in my Magic for a new iPhone. So guys, caveat emptor when buying this phone. Pretty to look at but pretty lousy in features.

Jayvee, have you heard any feedback on this from Smart on why the Google sync feature was disabled?

Cheers guys!

]]> By: Read about gadgets » Blog Archive » HTC Magic Android Implementation Varies? http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-170592 Read about gadgets » Blog Archive » HTC Magic Android Implementation Varies? Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:30:26 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-170592 [...] even talk about integration with your Google Applications. Nonetheless, the HTC Magic is a good piece of hardware that seems very promising in what it can deliver. Not sure about when HTC will deploy the rest of [...] [...] even talk about integration with your Google Applications. Nonetheless, the HTC Magic is a good piece of hardware that seems very promising in what it can deliver. Not sure about when HTC will deploy the rest of [...]

]]> By: High tech » HTC Magic Android Implementation Varies? http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-170591 High tech » HTC Magic Android Implementation Varies? Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:39:33 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-170591 [...] even talk about integration with your Google Applications. Nonetheless, the HTC Magic is a good piece of hardware that seems very promising in what it can deliver. Not sure about when HTC will deploy the rest of [...] [...] even talk about integration with your Google Applications. Nonetheless, the HTC Magic is a good piece of hardware that seems very promising in what it can deliver. Not sure about when HTC will deploy the rest of [...]

]]> By: HTC Magic Prices in the Philippines, Through Smart http://abuggedlife.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-with-the-htc-magic-exclusively-from-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-170589 HTC Magic Prices in the Philippines, Through Smart Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:30:48 +0000 http://abuggedlife.com/?p=3977#comment-170589 [...] from Jayvee (with the total cost computation my [...] [...] from Jayvee (with the total cost computation my [...]

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