Good idea in theory ... horrible in execution. Why not just ship touchpads with all of the iMacs? This is damned near the same thing.

I got my 1.6 update last night pushed to my phone here in Austria. Anyone in America already got it?

Grant, I think you have a serious bug up your butt about Android. Kill the damn thing and drop it in the toilet. That being said ...

Why do you need an update all button? I can't count the times I've looked at supposedly great apps, only to see that the latest version update has removed features lots of people loved. Just look at Locale. That's the prime example. People update and then they hate the new version. If you don't want to update, you shouldn't be forced to. You should be allowed to update when you want and what you want. How are 5 app updates so painful for me? I get an update notification, I update the app and I put the phone back in my pocket and let it update. Hell, even when I am not using the 3G on my HTC Magic I still get great download speeds. Just drop the phone in my pocket and continue paying attention to my lecture at the university or whatever.

At this point, the only thing that the iPhone has over the first generation of Android phones is hardware speed. The iPhone has some great processors and everything like that, but everything else about it is horrible. Android on the other hand is fabulous. I'd been waiting ever since Android came out to be able to get an Android phone and I was finally able to get the HTC Magic last week and it has fulfilled all of my expectations. I'm not disappointed by a single aspect of it. I've used the iPhone and that is an annoying platform. Android rocks. iPhone OS does not.

Best part is: You don't hear about Cupcake or Donut killing batteries and phones, do you?

Explain to me how a company with the amount of coverage and excellent service and a superior OS is a "lame attempt". Please. I'd like to see the memo that Steve Jobs just sent you.

Fact of the matter is that VZW will probably will disable all kinds of great options that are normally free on Android phones. Then figure in the expensive data package and other expensive rates that you Americans pay for your mobile phones and it'll be way too expensive than it needs to be. viva la EU and consumer protection!

Ugly contract in Europe, hahaha. Engadget, if only you knew what you were actually talking about sometimes. If you disregard the 2-year agreement (which is pretty much a norm internationally), then you'll see the contracts are dirt-ass cheap here in Europe for those things. 20GB a month and you pay around €10-20. About half the carriers also do that contract free, too, you just have to pay a little bit of money up-front for the modem.

This can only be for places where cars are not allowed. The Google Cars have been driving around Vienna for a while. I've seen a few of them already. Engadget really needs to learn to write sometimes ...

Just goes to show you what word of mouth is capable of.

Now that I am home, I can enter! PLEASE PICK ME!!!!!

Not a bad piece of kit!

It doesn't support the 7.2Mbps band, however ...