Android Authority has looked into the "Asian Magic Exchange support" matter and have contacted Eric Lin at HTC. According to Eric, the phones that lack the “with Google” branding are going to be offered with additional HTC developed functionality, such as the Exchange client seen by CNET Asia.
To quote Eric Lin:
The Vodafone version of Magic has “with Google” on the back, like the G1. This simple phrase indicates that the phone has a pure Google experience – no customizations have been made to the software. The Magic being sold in most of Asia is not a Google experience phone so we have started to put some of the HTC special sauce into Android. That Magic has Exchange support, a much more responsive and full featured camera application, a custom dialer application with smart dial and additional widgets as well.
He pointed out that the HTC Magic main page (found here) has all the features of the non-Google branded Magics, such as the Exchange support, and predictive text. I think HTC has something going here but it still looks to be an Android device, I guess HTC has a deal to use the OS but add their own features with phones not solicited by Google.
No comments:
Post a Comment