HTC Magic Unlocked

JTMan

Does anyone know, at this early stage, if it is possible to buy a HTC Magic unlocked anywhere online?

Are Vodafone Italy selling the HTC Magic unlocked?

Thanks

dmcg90

Fungus wrote: »

Does anyone know, at this early stage, if it is possible to buy a HTC Magic unlocked anywhere online?

Are Vodafone Italy selling the HTC Magic unlocked?

Thanks

Don't think so at the moment, I'd say there would be a better chance of getting one when they come to the uk.

JTMan

It was released last Friday May 1st in the UK.

Professey Chin

Fungus wrote: »

It was released last Friday May 1st in the UK.

Thought its being released tomorrow?

joe2farrell

The HTC MAGIC seems to available from Vodafone Germany from the following url without a contract (Ohne Vertrag) for €529.90. I assume this is an unlocked version:

https://shop.vodafone.de/Shop/privat/product_details.jsp?menuKey=1020&_DARGS=/Shop/core_details.jsp

It also seems that Vodafone will bring the Magic to Ireland, in the not so distant future. Possibly sometime over the "Summer Months" although there does seem to be some contradictions to this... see following thread for more:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59953572

JTMan

joe2farrell wrote: »

The HTC MAGIC seems to available from Vodafone Germany from the following url without a contract (Ohne Vertrag) for €529.90. I assume this is an unlocked version:

Thanks

Vodafone Germany only deliver to German addresses.

Any other links?

joe2farrell

Expansys.ie looks like they will stock the HTC Magic but as of yet its not available and looks like it will be Vodafone locked:

http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=179240

Other than that the only option I see is to get it from Vodafone Germany;
Get it posted to a German address (of a friend) and then get the package forwarded on to Ireland...

I'm trying to get the HTC Magic here in Ireland also and if I find out where to get it from; I will post the details here or hopefully someone else can post a way to get this phone in Ireland....

Professey Chin

Hmmm. Not exactly OT but related news. Looks like the android marketplace has now been opened up to publish free apps localised for ireland. Could be indications of a release soon Linky

Hello,

I’m writing to let you know about several changes made to Android Market.

We have added checkboxes in the publisher website at
http://market.android.com/publish to target free apps for the following
countries: France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Portugal, Switzerland, and
Ireland. Please note that among the countries in this list, devices are
currently available in France, Italy, and Spain, and devices will soon be
available in the other markets. You can target one or more countries by
selecting the individual checkboxes or by choosing “All Current and Future
Locations,” which will make your free apps appear to users in all
countries where free apps are available.

In the next couple weeks, we will add buyer support for priced apps in the
following countries: France, Italy, Spain, and Netherlands. Also, we are
finalizing the work to enable developers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands,
France, and Spain to offer priced applications in the coming weeks.

To help you better merchandise your apps to users in different markets, we
continue to add local language support for app titles and descriptions.
The complete set of languages that Android Market now supports is:
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Czech, and Polish.

Finally, to better support Android-powered devices that may be running
different versions of the platform, it is now necessary for all
applications published in Android Market to indicate a minimum SDK version
in the manifest file. This applies to all new apps and upgrades to
existing apps; apps currently in Market do not need to indicate a minimum
SDK version until you publish an upgraded version. If you were to use an
Android 1.5 API in your app, you would need to set minSdkVersion
accordingly (i.e., equal to ‘3′) so that Android Market won’t show your
app to devices running an older version of the platform. Apps using 1.5
APIs will not run properly on phones running earlier versions of Android.
See the following page for more detailed instructions on how to specify a
minimum SDK version in your manifest:
http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/versioning.html#minsdkversion.

One note: Android 1.5 is becoming available to devices, but in the near
term some users will still be on devices running Android 1.1 due to the
deployment schedule for new phones and update process for existing phones.
Therefore, we recommend that you first focus on making sure your 1.1 app
works properly on 1.5 devices (future proofing) before publishing a 1.5
version. We will provide more information when the majority of users have
migrated their devices to Android 1.5 to help you with your app upgrade
plans. For more information on how to future proof your app, see the
following blogpost:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-proofing-your-apps.html.

Thanks, and we look forward to continue working with you on Android
Market.

Eric Chu,
Android Market

Trojan

Anyone managed to get a Magic for decent money here?

JTMan

A few US stores are selling this unlocked.

Example: http://www.hi-mobile.net/htc-phones-magic

If I buy this from a US store will I have any problems getting 3G to work over here?

Thanks