HTC has at least two more Android phones up its sleeves this year

While we've seen just about all there is to see regarding HTC's Magic (including the innards that make the magic happen), the company's latest foray into the world of Google's OS will unsurprisingly be far from all it its last. HTC's CEO Peter Chou was recently asked whether rumors of five Googlephones from the company in 2009 were true. He played coy, but only slightly, saying to expect "at least" three on top of all the other Windows Mobile handsets we've seen bandied about for release this year. Subtract the pearly white handset above and that leaves two more surprises in store for us before 2010, meaning its going to be a busy year for HTC -- and for our favorite little green mascot.

[Erik @ Mar 17th 2009 8:19AM]

And to one-up you:

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[f16freek @ Mar 17th 2009 8:19AM]

Android
Now comes with choices!

[Erik @ Mar 17th 2009 8:21AM]

Here's hoping one of them comes to AT&T (only carrier with decent coverage around here) in time for my plan renewal!

[Ravnos @ Mar 17th 2009 11:17AM]

Here's hoping for an unlocked/unbranded Android phone that supports UMTS/HSPA on AT&T and Rogers. They want to offer it with a contract, fine, but I don't play that game, and Rogers isn't going to offer an Android phone any time soon anyway.

[artissco @ Mar 17th 2009 8:25AM]

HTC FTW! Atleast someone trying make new mobile phones not rebranding old ones :D Each new model is different, at least with something new in it... And Android is future for mobile phone

[Patriks7 @ Mar 17th 2009 8:41AM]

I've been hearing that Android is the future for well over 3 years now, but all I have seen is 1 Android phone.

[Ravnos @ Mar 17th 2009 11:18AM]

Android is to mobile phones as nuclear fusion is to power generation. It's the OS of the future, and at this rate it always will be.

[kangbp.nyc @ Mar 17th 2009 12:38PM]

HTC FTL

really? htc is a obscure handset maker who decided that not putting their name on the world's first android phone would be better.
by flooding the market with android sets makes the company look desperate for attention... almost like that insecure teenage girl who is trying out a million outfits a week to get attention

and android is not "the" future. it's been in the news for years, and when the G1 was announced, the price of google stock didnt skyrocket. for now, android is a niche market that tries to cash in on the "smartphone" market, which is also rather small.

apple's success of the appstore means, it will be that much harder for android to gain marketshare, just like chrome. (are there people still using it?) However, i do think it's going to succeed in the future - blackberry and palm will switch to winmo or android sooner or later - it's cheaper to license os than to create one.

i'm waiting till samsung omniaHD is android-fied that would be a phone i'd kill for

btw, i have a razr2 (although i have ipod touch., and dont call me a apple fanboy)

[Schfelzerberg @ Mar 17th 2009 8:26AM]

The white model pictured looks really nice!

[xtole @ Mar 17th 2009 9:46AM]

no keyboard though :(

[crawdad689 @ Mar 17th 2009 8:26AM]

2009's gonna be such a great year for phones :-)

[ClarkyAC @ Mar 17th 2009 8:29AM]

With me going to Uni in september this year, looks like i might get myself a nice new phone :)

[NickNick @ Mar 17th 2009 8:46AM]

Dear HTC,

Please don't make another ugly Android phone.
Thanks.


signed
Nick.

PS: the G1 and G2 looked really aweful.

[O @ Mar 17th 2009 8:57AM]

is that aweful, as in ful of awe?

[NickNick @ Mar 17th 2009 9:01AM]

@O

awful, constant typos + internet made me illililliliterate.

[TX CHL Instructor @ Mar 17th 2009 9:43AM]

I don't care how the phone looks, only what it can do, and how easy it is to use. I ditched the iPhone for a G1, and the G1 is a definite improvement, although I'm still waiting for some features, like easy tethering and bluetooth for keyboard and stereo headset. If I could use a full-sized keyboard, I wouldn't need a laptop anymore. Eventually, I'll crack open my Android SDK download and try to grok it myself. Meanwhile, there are hundreds of free apps that I haven't yet had time to try.

I find it easier to use the physical keyboard than the iPhone's virtual keyboard (even though I would still prefer a full-size keyboard, since I'm a touch-typist). I would have liked a bigger screen, but the G1 is adequate. Multitouch was nice, but I don't miss it as much as I thought I would. I also like the MUCH better integration with email, especially gmail.

And it is really nice to have a phone on which I can install software without having to beg Steve Jobs' permission.
--
www.chl-tx.com

[TareX @ Mar 17th 2009 10:19AM]

agreed. No more HTC Androids PLEEEASE.

It's same to assume they will all be ugly bars of soap with chins.

[Eddie @ Mar 17th 2009 10:24AM]

Personally I like the look of the G1...the G2's buttons make it look weird to me even though its almost the same.
But anyway I am pretty sure we can all agree that a Touch HD-esque android phone would be far better than a distinctly G3 one haha.

[bibilolo @ Mar 17th 2009 9:10AM]

47 pics of HTC Magic !

http://www.cnetfrance.fr/news/mobilite/prise-en-main-et-visite-guidee-du-htc-magic-le-google-phone-de-sfr-39387755.htm

[xtole @ Mar 17th 2009 9:49AM]

Hooray for pics, thanks for posting. Yay France?

[TareX @ Mar 17th 2009 10:40AM]

yeah I'm not sure anyone wants to stare at 47 photos of this "beauty".

[Aaron @ Mar 17th 2009 9:27AM]

Let me guess... 3 phones with Android, 0 with a 3.5mm headphone socket?

[paul @ Mar 17th 2009 9:32AM]

Fuck you HTC. Seriously if it doesn't have a 3.5mm audio jack, don't even bother.

[JamesR @ Mar 17th 2009 9:39AM]

I don't understand this obsession, why must everything play music these days?

First and foremost it's a phone, can we worry about how they're failing to deliver a decent one of those first?

[TareX @ Mar 17th 2009 10:20AM]

@ JamesR

welcome to seven years later.

[Aaron @ Mar 17th 2009 10:27AM]

It's not a phone, it's a SMARTphone.

[NickNick @ Mar 17th 2009 10:27AM]

@JamesR

Its called a dumbphone, thats what you want.
Smartphone buyers want EVERYTHING. phone functions secondary.

[JamesR @ Mar 17th 2009 11:14AM]

@People then just get a bloody e-tablet instead, no contract and more features + Open source platforms.

[mediumsizedrob @ Mar 17th 2009 9:34AM]

Come on now, it's just not an android phone unless there's a big unnecessary analog clock taking up 1/4 of the screen space.

[Suomaa @ Mar 17th 2009 9:36AM]

I'd love to see what kind of Symbian phone HTC would make.

[TareX @ Mar 17th 2009 10:41AM]

Nokia is the only reason Symbian is a success.

[cmil1212 @ Mar 17th 2009 9:56AM]

All i can say is that if Palm had come out with this instead of the Pre, they wouldn't be in business now.

[PS3guy @ Mar 17th 2009 10:08AM]

Android suck

[JamesR @ Mar 17th 2009 11:10AM]

Coming from PS3 guy :))

[chad @ Mar 17th 2009 10:15AM]

@ TX CHL Instructor...a man after my own heart! Geeks out on Android and teaches firearms classes. I need to give you a call to set up a class. I let my license lapse. I am in the Dallas area.

As for more Android phones, yes please and not soon enough. I can't do the iPhone since every Tom, Dick and Harry has one along with Soccer Moms and every 20-something Deushy $30,000 Millionarie here in Dallas. No thank you!

[TareX @ Mar 17th 2009 10:20AM]

yay... three more bars of soap with chins. Please do release those.

[Shank @ Mar 17th 2009 10:32AM]

LOL! more promises no action,. Get with it already . Since android release iPhone has sold 6 million . Wake up u losin ground.

[ddub @ Mar 17th 2009 3:14PM]

if i could afford a smart phone bottom line is i'd probably get a pre. no problem with android but sorry, the OS may do tons but it's kinda ugly and second the phones are butt ugly.

[Spooner @ Mar 17th 2009 8:13PM]

Too little too late... I've already grudgingly purchased an iPhone (albeit I jailbroke the damn thing.. F you Apple and Steve!)

HTC, you screwed up. You should have thrown more Android phones out there... and thrown them out there on phones like the upcoming Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 (Hell... you had the Touch HD already); phones with large screens and 3.5mm audio jacks. Instead of selling models with the option of Android, you stuck with Windows Mobile which takes tweaking (work) to make usable.

You release the Diamond and the Touch Pro... phones with crappy cellular reception and laggy GPS. Granted the Fuze was slow maybe from AT&T's meddling, but the laggy GPS and crappy reception... it's all on you HTC! I had to flash a XDA ROM to make my Fuze usable... even then each ROM had it's own little quirks and bugs.

HTC, you're not the only one to blame either. WTF is up with you Google?! Where's cupcake? Android feels like an incomplete OS.

The iPhone has been out how many years now? Why has it taken so long for a 1-2 punch from a manufacturer like HTC + Android combo? Your bumbling around has made the uphill battle worse. It looks like developers have shifted resources to the iPhone: There's already a greater number of apps available for the iPhone OS vs WinMo. Games... there are 3D games running nicely on the iPhone while HTC's phones are STILL LACKING PROPER VIDEO ACCELERATION.

Please someone release a phone that's an iPhone killer. I want my soul back from Steve.

[TheMissingLink @ Apr 14th 2009 10:08PM]

Nice!!!