HTC's Magic appears for Vodafone in Europe, G2 moniker nowhere to be found

We can already tell that this naming thing is getting out of hand, but for all intents and purposes, the handset you see above is the same HTC G2 we've seen hosted up in T-Mobile documentation and those gnarly in the wild snaps. Now, according to some very believable Vodafone snippets, we're being told that this here handset will launch exclusively on the aforesaid carrier as the Magic, bringing with it a 3.2 megapixel camera, HSPA, WiFi and GPS. Also of note, Cupcake will be loaded on from day one, though there's no word on pricing and availability just yet.

[Ntafy Posted Feb 16th 2009 8:59AM]

Bah...

Here go my hopes on getting a better android phone (given the bad battery life on the G1).

Why-oh-why do handset manufacturers give out their best handsets over to the (pardon the flame) slimeballs at Voda???

Unless of course somebody else does the honours of revealing a sexy Android handset at MWC that will allow us to give those Voda execs the finger...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 9:10AM]

Well, I think its ugly, so my interest ends there. Yes I'm shallow.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 10:51AM]

I hope thats a sign that this will eventually be a Verizon phone, if thats the case then the g2 is going to be my next phone. g2 + cupcake = sweet!

[YanivC Posted Feb 16th 2009 12:49PM]

I don’t pretend to have all the answers. I don’t pretend to even know what the questions are.
Hey, where am I?