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I had been using a Motorola cell phone for 3+ years that had become all scratched and beaten up, and which lacked any useful amount of battery power. That is when I decided to get a new cell phone. And I didn't just want a new cell phone or "feature" phone, this would have to be a smart phone with 3G and Wifi internet.
Six RustyBrickers have iPhones, and they all seem to be very happy with their devices (and for good reason), except maybe for AT&T's signal quality from within the office. Still, I wanted to try a different phone, one with a platform open to everyone and all kinds of customizations.
I had been following the advancements of Android OS since HTC's G1, also know as the HTC Dream, was brought to market in the summer of 2008 by T-Mobile. Though that first model introduced some cool features, it seemed too bulky and too much of a prototype model to adopt early, so I waited.
When the HTC Magic was announced on February 17, 2009, I felt like this would be a good entry point into the smartphone world. The device would become available to US customers on August 5th, and only with the T-Mobile carrier (they would rename it to the silly name "myTouch 3G with Google").
So I signed up for $199 with the required 2-year T-Mobile contract, and have been enjoying it for 2 weeks. The myTouch does everything I want it to do so far, but I have yet to find out everything that I want to do on it.
Although the operating system (Google Android) is described as being open, I discovered that it is still possible for the service provider to restrict the user in certain ways. I'll have more information about this later.
Michael joined the RustyBrick team in 2008 to focus on transitioning existing web sites to new & enhanced platforms. He graduated from Rutgers University in 2005 and holds a B.S. in Computer Science.
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