HTC Magic
NTT docomo HT-03A
T-Mobile myTouch 3G

NTT docomo HT-03A
Brand	HTC NTT docomo T-Mobile
Manufacturer	HTC Corporation
Series	A Series
Carriers	Various worldwide
Compatible networks	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850 900 1800 1900 MHz WCDMA/UMTS 900 1700 2100 MHz HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 2 Mbit/s
Availability by country	Spain April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27) Taiwan May 2009 (2009-05) Canada June 2, 2009 (2009-06-02) (Rogers Wireless) Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore June 2009 (2009-06) United States July 29, 2009 (2009-07-29) (T-Mobile USA) Chile January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)
Successor	HTC Hero HTC Espresso(T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide)
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	113 mm (4.4 in) H 55.56 mm (2.187 in) W 13.65 mm (0.537 in) D
Weight	116 g (4.1 oz)
Operating system	Android 1.6 Donut Upgradeable officially to 2.2.1 Froyo, unofficially to 2.3.3 Gingerbread[1]
CPU	PVT32A 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A ARM11 PVT32B 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A ARM11
Memory	PVT32A 288 MB RAM PVT32B 192 MB RAM
Storage	512 MB ROM
Removable storage	microSD (supports up to 16 GB)
Battery	1340 mAh, 3.7 V Internal Rechargeable Li-ion User replaceable
Data inputs	Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen 3-axis accelerometer A-GPS Push buttons Trackball
Display	320 x 480 px, 3.2 in (81 mm), HVGA, 65,536 color LCD at 180 pixels per inch (ppi)
Rear camera	3.2 megapixel, autofocus
Compatible media formats	Audio AAC, AAC+, AAC-LC, AMR-NB, MIDI, MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV Video 3GP, MP4
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP HTC ExtUSB Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
SAR	Head 1.55 W/kg Body 1.43 W/kg
Hearing aid compatibility	M4
References	[2][3]

The HTC Magic (marketed as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G in the United States and the NTT docomo HT-03A in Japan) is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation, including a version for T-Mobile USA's "myTouch" re-branded series of phones. . It is the second HTC device to run the Android software stack, after the HTC Dream. Vodafone unveiled the Magic on February 17, 2009 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.^[4] The Magic went on sale in Spain on April 27, 2009,^[5] in the UK and Taiwan in May 2009,^[6] and in Singapore, Hong Kong and The Netherlands in June 2009.^[7] It will become more widely available to customers Germany (Vodafone), France (SFR), Philippines (SMART Communications), India (Airtel) and non-exclusively in Italy and Sweden, with more countries to follow.^[8]

The device was released in Canada by Rogers Wireless on 2 June 2009.^[9][10]

Preorders for the smartphone in the United States through T-Mobile USA began on 8 July 2009.^[11] T-Mobile officially released on 5 August 2009.^[12] In Russia, there was information that it will be available^[13] via Russian HTC official online store for about 770 USD,^[14] but soon HTC announced that it decided to sell another Android-powered device instead of HTC Magic.^[15]

Vodafone has exclusive rights to sell the HTC Magic in some of the markets they service.

Software Stack[link]

The HTC Magic runs the Android operating system and comes pre-installed with a WebKit based browser. Other pre-installed software enable access to various Google services, including Gmail, Google search, Google Maps, Google Talk and YouTube.^[8]

Like the HTC Dream, the Android Market application, which allows users to download new software applications from third-party developers, as well as providing publicly viewable ratings and comments, is also included with the device.^[16] Indian versions of HTC Magic do not have Google apps and Android Market access.^[17][18]

There also are several non-official versions of Android released for the Magic, such as the CyanogenMod firmware, which offers enhanced performance and additional features.^[19]

Software Upgrades[link]

Most carriers have upgraded this phone to Android OS 2.2 Froyo, including T-Mobile and Vodafone.

One exception is Rogers in Canada which has not upgraded the phone past Android 2.1, and NTT Docomo in Japan, which has not upgraded the phone past Android 1.6. Another is Proximus in Belgium and HTC in Taiwan, which has released no updates to the Android 1.5 firmware.

Hardware[link]

• Two different hardware platforms exist for this phone; they need different boot images and wireless LAN kernel modules:
  • The PVT32A, with a Qualcomm MSM7200A ARM11 processor, and 288MB RAM.
  • The PVT32B, with a Qualcomm MSM7201A ARM11 processor, and 192MB RAM.

The only models that use the 32B platform are the original T-Mobile myTouch 3G (v1.2 of this phone, released in Feb 2010, switched to the 32A), the Vodafone Magic in some countries, the Google Ion developer phone, and the NTT DoCoMo HT-03A.

• Three different 3G radio configurations exist for this phone (listed in the order in which they were released):
  • The T-Mobile and Google models support AWS (band IV) and IMT (band I), so they are compatible with the 3G networks of T-Mobile and WIND Canada, and some carriers in Europe and Asia.
  • The 'world' version of this phone supports IMT (band I) and GSM (band VIII), so it is compatible with 3G networks in Europe, Asia, and Brazil.
  • The Rogers Canada version of this phone support PCS (band II) and CLR (band V) so it is compatible with the 3G networks of AT&T in the U.S., and with Rogers, Fido(Rogers), Bell, and Telus in Canada.

(All of these support the same four standard 2G GSM frequencies, so they can be used without 3G on most GSM networks anywhere in the world.)

• The PVT32B HTC Magic lacks a 3.5mm TRS jack for headphones and requires an adapter - this was sometimes bundled with the phone.
• Some PVT32A models (such as the Fender T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the T-Mobile myTouch 3G 1.2 in the US) added a built-in headphone jack on top of the phone.
• This phone has a hearing aid compatibility rating of M4.^[2]
• At 1.55 W/kg, the HTC Magic emits one of the highest levels of cell phone radiation specific absorption rate among commercially available mobile phones.^[20]
• Display: 3.2 inch (8.1 cm) thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD flat glass touch-sensitive HVGA screen with 480 X 320 pixel resolution. The capacitive touchscreen makes it impossible to use a standard stylus. Users can interact to display or move content with a finger touch, tapping or touch-drag motion. The touchscreen hardware is capable of multitouch gestures,^[21] but until more recently, official releases of Android (v1.0 to v1.6) available for the Magic had this functionality disabled at the kernel level. Users had to patch the supplied version of Android or download a hacked version or update to Android 2.0 or later to make use of the multi-touch screen. However, an upgrade to Android 2.2 is now officially available.
• CPU: The MSM7200A (PVT32A) or MSM7201A (PVT32B) is an ARM-based, dual-core CPU/GPU from Qualcomm and contains many built-in features, including 3G and a GPU capable of up to 4 million triangles/sec. It has hardware acceleration for Java,^[22] but this does not accelerate execution of Android applications, as they are targeted to the Dalvik virtual machine, not the Java Virtual Machine.
• Keyboard The HTC Magic does not have a physical keyboard. Text input is done through an on-screen keyboard. The keyboard can be set to provide haptic and sound feedback when keys are pressed. The HTC Magic has a built in accelerometer which rotates the keyboard between portrait and landscape view automatically based on the orientation of the phone. The HTC Magic also has a number of physical back-lit buttons:
  • Send (green): Launches the dialer to call a number, or accepts an incoming call, or hold to launch the voice dialer.
  • Home: Returns to the android home screen, or hold to open up a list of recently used applications.
  • Menu: Opens up the menu of the active application, or hold to open up the keyboard.
  • Back: Exits out of the keyboard, or returns to the prior application, or prior page in the web browser.
  • Search: Launches a search function in the active application, or hold to launch voice search.
  • End (red): Ends a call if there is a call currently active, or puts the phone into sleep mode, or hold to power off the phone.
  • Trackball: Backlit Trackball navigates between menus or scroll through a line of text, press down to select the highlighted item.
  • The HTC Magic also has an LED indicator which flashes for missed calls, text messages, or lights up orange when charging, or green when charging is 90% or higher. There is also a Volume Rocker on the left side of the phone. There is no physical dedicated camera button.
• Camera: The HTC Magic has a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus functionality.
• Video: The HTC Magic can play H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and 3GP files.^[23] There is no light ("flash") for the camera in low light conditions. Video recording and uploading to YouTube is available as of Android 1.5, recording resolution 352x288 H.263 3GP, mono sound @ 8 kHz.
• Storage: The HTC Magic has a microSD card slot. It has been confirmed to work with capacities up to 16GB, and may work with larger cards. When the USB cable is connected to a computer, this computer can access the card without removing it from the HTC Magic. The phone can access media files arranged in folders, but the folders must be created from a third-party file management application or from a computer.
• Battery: The HTC Magic has a user-replaceable, 3.7V, 1340mAh rechargeable lithium ion battery, which is advertised to offer up to 600 hours of standby power.
• Location: The HTC Magic has a built in GPS receiver for location functionality including free turn-by-turn GPS (Google Maps Navigation, originally only in the United States, now also available in the United Kingdom). It can also use cell towers and wifi hotspots to help determine its location. The HTC Magic has a built in digital Compass to help determine its orientation.
• Case: Three different colors are available for the myTouch 3G: Black (Gray Trim), Merlot (Black Trim), and White (Silver Trim). The Google Ion version of the HTC Magic is black with a dark blue trim and silver buttons. The Vodafone HTC Magic is white with a silver trim.
• Connectivity: The HTC Magic supports WiFi, 3G UMTS and HSPA, EDGE, and GPRS networks. The myTouch 3G supports AT&T's network, but only on 2G/EDGE.

Retail packaging[link]

T-Mobile USA[link]

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G comes bundled with a pair of headphones, a extUSB headphone adapter (which also serves as an in-line microphone), wall charger, USB Cable, Cloth Pouch, Screen Protector, and documentation, all inside a unique carrying case that also serves as the retail box. The Phone itself also has a 4GB SanDisk Class 2 microSD Card (SDHC) inside. The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender LE comes with the same accessories except for the headphone adapter, and the microSD card that is included has a 16GB capacity.

Vodafone[link]

The Vodafone HTC Magic comes bundled with a pair of headphones, wall charger, USB cable and documentation. The phone comes with a 2GB microSD card. The Vodafone Germany/New Zealand/Australia HTC Magic comes bundled with a pair of headphones, wall charger, USB cable, leatherette pouch and documentation. The phone comes with a 8GB microSD card.

Rogers[link]

The Rogers HTC Magic comes bundled with a pair of headphones, wall charger, USB cable, leather pouch, and documentation. The phone also includes a 2GB microSD card. Unlike the T-Mobile model, it does not come with an extUSB headphone adapter. Rogers also does not consider the HTC to be one in the Smart Phone category. When asked if it was a Smart Phone or an iphone the reply was that it was neither and they did not know what to call it.

Successors marketed by T-Mobile USA[link]

T-Mobile USA released the myTouch 3G Slide June 2, 2010 in the United States. The myTouch 3G Slide runs Android 2.2 Froyo and has a 3.4 inch touch screen and a 5 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash.

T-Mobile USA released the myTouch 4G November 3, 2010 in the United States. The myTouch 4G runs Android 2.2 Froyo. The myTouch4G features a 3.8 inch touch screen, a 5 megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash, a front-facing VGA camera for video chat and can be used as a Wi-Fi Hotspot for up to 4 devices. The myTouch 4G supports T-Mobile's 4G HSPA+ network.

See also[link]

• List of HTC phones
• List of Android devices
• Android (operating system)
• Comparison of smartphones
• Comparison of Android devices
• HTC Dream
• HTC Hero
• HTC Tattoo
• Galaxy Nexus

References[link]

HTC Android Series Mobiles released in 2009^[24]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: HTC Magic

• Official website

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HTC Corporation
宏達國際電子股份有限公司

Type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2498
Industry	Communications equipment
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Cher Wang, Chairwoman Peter Chou, CEO and President Fred Liu, COO
Products	Smartphones, Tablets
Revenue	$9.449 billion USD (2011)[1]
Operating income	$1.496 billion USD (2011)
Net income	$1.340 billion USD (2011)[1]
Total assets	$6.454 billion USD (2011)[1]
Total equity	$2.533 billion USD (2011)[1]
Employees	12,943 (2011-3-31)[2]
Parent	VIA Group
Subsidiaries	Beats Electronics S3 Graphics Dashwire Zoodles Saffron Digital
Website	HTC.com

The HTC headquarters in Taoyuan.

HTC Corporation (Chinese: 宏達國際電子股份有限公司; pinyin: Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) (TWSE: 2498), formerly High Tech Computer Corporation,^[3] is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets. The company initially made smartphones based mostly on Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system (OS) software, but in 2009 it began to shift its core focus away from Windows Mobile devices to devices based on Android OS, and in 2010 to Windows Phone OS as well.

HTC is also a member of the Open Handset Alliance, a group of handset manufacturers and mobile network operators dedicated to the advancement of the Android mobile device platform.^[4] The HTC Dream, marketed by T-Mobile in many countries as the T-Mobile G1 or Era G1 in Poland, was the first phone on the market to use the Android mobile device platform.^[5]

History[link]

HTC was founded in 1997 by Cher Wang, HT Cho, and Peter Chou.^[6] Initially a manufacturer of notebook computers, HTC began designing some of the world's first touch and wireless hand-held devices in 1998.^[7] The company has a rich heritage of many "firsts", including creating the first Microsoft-powered smartphone (2002) and the first Microsoft 3G phone (2005).^[6] Their first major product was made in 2000 and was one of the world's first touch screen smartphones. The Palm Treo 650 and the iPAQ were created by HTC.^[8] They started producing 3G-capable phones in early 2005 and made the world's first Android phone in 2008, the HTC Dream (also marketed as the T-Mobile G1). It was first released in the United States for pre-order through T-Mobile USA on September 23, 2008, and became available in U.S. T-Mobile stores on October 22, 2008.^[9] The G1 was available in the UK several days after its USA launch, and has since been introduced in many countries including Australia and Singapore. In 2009, the company launched the HTC Sense interface for the platform with the HTC Hero.^[10]

In March 2010, Apple Inc. filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission claiming infringement of 20 of its patents covering aspects of the iPhone user interface and hardware.^[11] HTC disagreed with Apple's actions and reiterated its commitment to creating innovative smartphones.^[12] HTC also filed a complaint against Apple for infringing on 5 of its patents and sought to ban Apple products imported into the US from manufacturing facilities in Asia.^[13][14] Apple expanded its original complaint by adding two more patents.^[15]

In June 2010, the company launched the HTC Evo 4G, the first 4G-capable phone in the United States.^[16] In July 2010, HTC announced it would begin selling smartphones in China under its own brand name in a partnership with China Mobile.^[17] In 2010, HTC sold over 24.6 million handsets, up 111% over 2009.^[18]

HTC was named the "Device Manufacturer of the Year" for 2011 by the GSMA at the Mobile World Congress on 16 February 2011.^[19] In April 2011, the company's market value surpassed that of Nokia to become the third largest smartphone maker in the world, only behind Apple and Samsung.^[20]

On July 6, 2011 it was announced that HTC would buy VIA Technologies' stake in S3 Graphics, thus becoming the majority owner of S3.^[21][22] On August 6 2011, HTC acquired Dashwire for $18.5M. In August 2011, HTC confirmed that they will be entering a strategic partnership with Beats Electronics by acquiring 51 percent of Beat's shares.^[23][24]

In the 2011 Best Global Brands rankings released by Interbrand, HTC was listed at #98 and valued at $3.6 billion.^[25][26]

Based on researcher Canalys, in Q3 2011 HTC Corporation became the largest smartphone vendor in the U.S. by 24 percent, ahead of Samsung's 21 percent, Apple Inc.'s 20 percent and BlackBerry's 9 percent. HTC Corporation made different models for each operator.^[27]

Corporate information[link]

HTC's chairwoman is Cher Wang who is the daughter of the late Wang Yung-ching, Taiwan's petrochemical industrial giant and one of Taiwan's wealthiest people.^[7] Peter Chou serves as President and CEO,^[28] and HT Cho as Director of the Board and Chairman of HTC Foundation.^[29] HTC's CFO is Hui-Ming Cheng.^[30] In addition to being chair of HTC, Cher Wang is also acting chair of VIA Technologies.^[7] HTC's main divisions, including the IA (Information Appliance) engineering division and the WM (Wireless Mobile) engineering division, are ISO 9001/ISO 14001-qualified facilities.^[31]

The company's growth has accelerated dramatically since being chosen by Microsoft as a hardware platform development partner for the Windows Mobile operating system (based on Windows CE). HTC also works with Google to build mobile phones running Google's Android mobile OS such as the Nexus One.^[32] HTC's sales revenue totalled $2.2 billion for 2005, a 102% increase from the prior year. It was listed as the fastest-growing tech company in BusinessWeek's Info Tech 100.^[33]

HTC has invested strongly in research and development, which accounts for a quarter of its employees.^[6] The company's North American headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington.^[34] HTC runs a software design office in Seattle (near its North American headquarters) where it designs its own interface for its phones.^[35] In 2011, HTC also opened a research and development office in Durham, North Carolina, a location the company chose over Seattle and Atlanta,^[36] to focus on multiple areas of wireless technology.^[37]

Product range and branding[link]

When HTC was founded it was strictly an original design manufacturer,^[30] selling devices such as the HTC Wizard as the T-Mobile MDA and the Cingular 8125. The company focused on telecom operators who were willing to pay a contract manufacturer for customized products.^[38] Today, many HTC devices (e.g., Incredible, Evo 4G) are marketed and sold under the HTC brand, though its main focus still remains with smartphones.^[28][38] In 2012, HTC becomes the 98th top brand in the Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2011 report.^[39]

Innovations[link]

On February 17, 2010, Fast Company ranked HTC as the 31st most innovative company in the world.^[40] Bloomberg reports that HTC is assessing creating its own mobile operating system to compete with Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and Microsoft's Windows Phone.^[41] On May 27th 2011, in response to customer feedback, HTC announced that they will no longer lock the bootloaders on their Android based phones.^[42] Since then, customers are now able to unlock the bootloaders of most of HTC's Android product line through the use of HTC's Developer website, HTCDev.com.

Sports sponsorship[link]

HTC sponsored the HTC-Highroad cycling team, the most successful team in professional cycling from 2009 to 2011.^[43] The Team disbanded in late 2011 due to lack of sponsorship and investment.^[44]

See also[link]

Companies portal

• List of HTC phones
• TouchFLO
• TouchFLO 3D
• HTC Sense

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: HTC Corporation

• Official website