Android’s Early Mass-Market Gamble Android didn’t start as a flagship-only playground. Before today’s $1,000 glass slabs, manufacturers were scrambling to shove Google’s OS into anything cheap enough to get carriers excited. The HTC Tattoo was one of the first real attempts to push Android into the mass market, and it did that by cutting hard […]
HTC Hero Retro Review: The ‘iPhone Killer’ That Wasn’t
The ‘Most Advanced Android’ That Still Missed the Mark The HTC Hero was hyped as “perhaps the most advanced Android to date” and the first real answer to the iPhone’s touchscreen era. On paper, it looked like Android’s big coming-of-age moment. In practice, it was a clever skin, a nice chin, and way too many […]
HTC Magic vs G1 and iPhone 3G: Early Android Grows Up
The iPhone 3G had the polish, the HTC G1 had the keyboard. The HTC Magic tries to land in the middle – a cleaner, friendlier full-touch Android phone that finally looks ready for mainstream buyers. Compared to the boxy, hardware-keyboard-heavy G1 (a.k.a. HTC Dream), the Magic is lighter, slimmer and clearly aimed at people who […]