China Mobile's customized HTC Magic gets shown off
By Donald Melanson 
posted Mar 17th 2009 12:28PM
posted Mar 17th 2009 12:28PM
China Mobile already has one Android-based handset on track courtesy of Lenovo, but it looks like it's not stopping there, with this pre-production HTC Magic (a.k.a. G2) now apparently making the rounds ahead of a May launch. What's more, as with some other phones that have landed on the carrier, this one looks to have been pretty heavily customized for its debut, both in terms of its interface and its specs, which should now comply nicely with China's own TD-SCDMA network. That, unfortunately, means the phone has dropped both 3G and WiFi connectivity, though it has at least picked up some nifty Dopod branding in the process. No word on pricing or an exact launch date just yet, but you can find plenty more pics and some (translated) impressions by hitting up the read link below.
[Via Engadget Chinese]
[Via Engadget Chinese]
Well, TD-SCDMA is 3G.
Of course it is heavily customized! How else can't the government control the information it's people access.
Obama dreams of the ability to do this to us in the US.
Yeah, I'm sure your paranoid delusions about Obama are just waiting to come true.
Yes the Bush administration and it's propensity to illegally wiretap U.S. citizens, monitor their email, and refuse to testify under oath in front of Congress had no interest in controlling information.
lol, how ironic considering our government does not need warrants to spy on us. We are probably under as much surveillance here; it is just kept secret by an institution called the CIA while China is more obvious about it.
I think all china cellphone don't allowed to had Wifi access, due to government hard to track you with wifi.