#htc magic

The only closest touchscreen handset that could probably match the iPhone 3G is the HTC Magic with Google's Android OS. And while it is said that Apple gets a cut of the monthly subscription fee from iPhone subscribers (Globe pays a percentage of the MSF to Apple), I'm not sure if Smart also has a similar deal with HTC due to the exclusivity. If you think the iPhone 3GS is out of your budget, I've rounded up a number of them here -- Samsung i8910 HD, LG KM900, Nokia N97 and HTC Magic -- and compared them to the iPhone 3GS. HTC Magic The iPhone 3GS is yet to be released on July 31 and the Samsung i8910 also this month (no set date). The iPhone is locked with Globe while the HTC Magic is exclusive to Smart. HTC's has announced it's second Android-based phone -- the HTC Magic -- and this time, the phone sheds off the keyboard from the previous model (HTC Dream). This evening, HTC launched 3 new phones -- the HTC Viva, HTC Touch 3G and highly anticipated HTC Touch HD. Of the 3 phones, the HTC Touch HD took center stage with probably the largest display we've seen on a touch screen phone so far. Read more in our articles including "HTC Magic with Android now on Smart Gold" and "iPhone 3GS vs. N97, KM900, i8910 and Magic".