It is fast approaching D-Day for the first Australian Google Android phone, the Kogan Agora, to reach the hands of excited customers, but most local carriers haven't given the handset much thought.
The HTC Magic will launch with both Vodafone and 3 Mobile, though close inspection reveals the handsets available will differ slightly between the carriers.
3 Mobile has passed over adding HTC's Android-based Dream handset to its range, with chief executive Nigel Dews saying today the device wasn't the mobile carrier's cup of tea.
Online retailers have begun to flog HTC Google Android phones to Australian consumers, with the first copies having turned up on the Australian website of auction giant eBay site, although Australian telcos don't seem to have prepared for the imports.
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