A Million HTC Android phones sold


Bangalore: HTC, a smartphone maker has announced that it has sold more than one million units of its Magic smartphone, which is powered by Google's Android operating system. It was only August that the smartphone had hit the U.S. market as T-Mobile's myTouch 3G. The touch-screen T-Mobile's myTouch 3G handset is similar to the T-Mobile G1 also powered by Android, but it does not come with the full QWERTY keyboard for a touch-centric interface. The Magic has all the features that one expects from a high-end smartphone including Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS and a full HTML browser. HTC sells most of its smartphones with Windows Mobile, but the company has now started placing more emphasis on the Android operating system. The smartphone maker recently unveiled the HTC Hero, and HTC customized Android to give the handset a unique user interface known as Sense. The company said more than half of its shipments for the rest of the year will be mid-range smartphones, and the open source nature of Android makes it a little cheaper than Windows Mobile. Like HTC, other smartphone manufacturers also remain confident about using Android in their handsets. While Samsung has launched the i7500, which is powered by Android, Motorola is planning to use Android for making a comeback into the cell phone market.