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.
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.
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.
The HTC Magic will launch with both Vodafone and 3 Mobile, though close inspection reveals the handsets available will differ slightly between the carriers.
Australia's first smartphone to run on Google's Android, the Kogan Agora Pro, has been delayed indefinitely with its distributor citing its low-resolution display as the reason for not shipping the handset in its current form.
The amount of attention the HTC Dream gets when I flash it around in New Zealand is quite remarkable; and the HTC Magic on Vodafone seems set to get even more.
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Parts of the phone are as the name suggests, magic, but the absence of outstanding multimedia jeopardises the success of this latest Android.
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