Members of the magician's Magic Circle must swear an oath never to reveal its secrets. HTC, however, needs to do no such thing because the secret behind its Magic is plain for all to see - make a second-gen Android phone that's not a bloated pig. With the Magic, Taiwan's smart phone sorcerer has conjured up a slice of open source beauty by sawing its very own G 1 in half.





So gone is the QWERTY that made Android's debut phone so fat but the real trick is leaving all the internal workings that made it great. That means Wi-Fi, GP5 and HSDPA are hidden under the 3.2in touchscreen, alongside a 3.2MP snapper and accelerometer. Hey presto! HTC has pulled the world's sexiest Android phone out of its hat. Vodafone, ever keen to magic up some business at the expense of its rival T-Mobile, has secured the exclusive.