HTC and Google are getting closer to perfection with the newAndroid G2 , the HTC thaumaturgy . Nice finish , outstanding var. factor . Check out our video , include the obligatory comparison with Apple ’s iPhone , and hands - on impressions :
https://gizmodo.com/android-g2-htc-magic-officially-announced-5154859
The bad news first : Apart from my gripes about the drug user user interface — which are still there — there is one but . A bad BUT , grownup than Ramona ’s , the planetary lady with inadvertent mustache who serve the bocadillos down at one of the funfair ’s restaurants : The software keyboard . On this first touch , the keyboard felt cramped , plausibly a result of the screen size , which is smaller than the iPhone’s — which is the obvious soft keyboard reference , since it was the first one to implement a finger - spot software package keyboard .
In addition to that , there ’s an additional user interface problem , this clock time having to do with percept : Instead of bolt down up above your fingerbreadth — like in the iPhone so you’re able to clearly see what you pressed — the key appear on the sides . They flash quickly as you press them , and I found it extremely distracting . They said that they put them on the sides not to stymy the eyeshot , but knowing the over - the - key implementation in the iPhone ’s software keyboard , it does n’t make much sense . moreover , when you are type with one finger only — like I often do — you will be obstruct the view of the flash key with your finger . The ground : When you typecast on the right side of the keyboard , the flashing key come out on the left . When you select the right , they pop out on the left wing .
Other than this , the respite is great . There ’s a novel Google Mail feature to delete or class mail service in bulk , as well as a faster camera , which now can take picture — which obviously entail you may spiel back video as well . The rest of the interface and features is what you already have in the Android G1 . However , what really steals the show here is the hardware itself .
HTC has got a very smooth telephone , which feels great on your hand and in your pants ’ pockets . While it ’s sightly thicker than the iPhone , the narrower , rounded body , and weight take a shit it feel the same size . For sure , a deal less bulky than the G1 , which look like a brick next to this . And as you have seen in the shot , the final HTC Magic is quite pretty . Have no dubiousness : This thing alone will make many consumers put up with the less - than - ideal computer software keyboard .
snap to viewOverall , the first feeling is that we set out a potential achiever here . If they can manage to make the computer software keyboard well , Apple will unquestionably have a redoubtable foe in the Android G2 .
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