G1 News

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC was happy to announce that over a million of their Android-powered Magic handset have been shipped in 2009, since their recent April release. HTC Chief Peter Chou was jubilant at the announcement, and also announced plans to tackle the mid-range market with future handsets.

If they are able to crack the mobile game at the high end price point, in the face of super smartphones like the Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre, common sense dictates that even further success can be achieved with decent phones on lower tiers.

The HTC Magic has just seen a US launch under the name myTouch3G with T-Mobile,  making this global milestone without American sales even more impressive.

It also shows that market leading design and innovative features can buck any downward trends…

Gizmodo sure knows how to stir the geek juices, and this three-way touchscreen battle between the T-Mobile G1, Apple’s iPhone and the new Palm Pre is certainly one of the juiciest.

They go into pretty graphic detail regarding the pros and not pros of each handset from hardware to web integration, and whilst the G1 doesn’t win quite as many rounds as it ought to (Cut & Paste? Really?), it still makes for some compelling reading.

Have a gander and make up your own minds.

My thoughts? Android is far more than just a new handset, and it is going to take a lot more than a banana QWERTY and a sweet user interface to take down the two big boys.

Let battle commence!