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WIND to launch the Android HTC Magic+?

By Kate O'Brien on March 3, 2010 in Asides, Mobile News, WIND Mobile

Well this is a nice turn of events! We knew that WIND was looking at adding devices to their lineup but this is a pleasant surprise. How would Wind customers (or potential customers) like to get their hands on an Android device? According Wind subscriber Zafeer who logged into his account to find an image of a new phone… so how does the HTC Magic+ sound to you?

Recently the HTC Magic was put through the ringer over at Rogers as it needed an urgent 911 fix… all is well now and they eventually re-branded the Magic as the “Magic+” and included the new Sense UI. If this image is real you can bet you’ll see the Magic available on WIND soon!

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Discussion

13 comments for “WIND to launch the Android HTC Magic+?”

  1. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but judging from the picture on the WIND website, that looks like a non-Sense UI HTC Magic.

    Since WIND uses AWS and so does T-Mobile in the US, the carrier of the myTouch 3G (US version of the Magic) this could very well just be the same phone.

    Which has possibly could have some drawbacks and maybe some advantages.

    For one if it is in fact the myTouch 3G then it might be preloaded with Android 1.6 and will be later upgraded to Android 2.1.

    Bad new is if it is the myTouch 3G it means this is the 32B version of the phone meaning it has lower RAM the the Rogers HTC Branded Magic. Which then implies no Sense UI.

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    Posted by Sined | March 3, 2010, 11:09 am

  2. I saw this last night on my account page too, quite the surprise

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    Posted by shay | March 3, 2010, 11:10 am

  3. The “urgent 911 fix” was actually urgent because Rogers had been unable to provide upgrade to the firmware.
    The worst part is how Rogers dealt with it: by screwing their customers, as those that used a different firmware got their service cut off, and the firmware Rogers provided for upgrade with even more crappy.

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    Posted by Hub | March 3, 2010, 11:19 am

  4. I agree with Sined here. I would be very surprised if HTC whipped out an AWS compatible “Magic+” when there is already an AWS compatible model south of the border. That 2.1 update would definitely make help make this otherwise dated phone a bit more appealing though. I think this will be a good boost for Wind.

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    Posted by Nathan Bolton | March 3, 2010, 12:47 pm

  5. so… no nexus one?

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    Posted by Preacher | March 3, 2010, 1:07 pm

  6. Didn’t HTC just launch an updated version of the mytouch 3G? One with improved ram, and a 3.5 mm jack?

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    Posted by Keith Hamilton | March 3, 2010, 1:29 pm

  7. If this is the answer to the Nexus One cries from the people, then I am sad. Personally, I always thought the Magic/MyTouch 3G was a POS. I think that Wind should focus on promoting the Android marketplace be opened to Camada first too…

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    Posted by Plazmic Flame | March 3, 2010, 7:33 pm

  8. Starting to think this is Photoshopped. Hopefully not but I do prefer the Nexus over Magic

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    Posted by Nadim J | March 4, 2010, 1:18 am

  9. they still better release the nexus one. i have been waiting for it ever since it came out

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    Posted by mikew | March 4, 2010, 9:40 pm

  10. They probably won’t be abled to unless Google allows it to happen, until then, if you want it so bad buy it off Ebay or craigs list.

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    Posted by Jk4Ass | March 5, 2010, 11:45 am

  11. That picture is definitely real. Many people have reported getting this.

    That said, it may not have anything to do with them releasing the phone. I don’t think we have enough proof of this.

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    Posted by J Eng | March 5, 2010, 1:17 pm

  12. I went into a Wind Mobile store in Toronto yesterday and asked if the rumour of an Android phone coming to Wind this month was true. The clerk smiled and said “I can’t verify that yet.” I pushed for more information and got the same “can’t verify that yet” with a smile response each time. I got the distinct impression that an Android is expected sometime in March.

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    Posted by David Church | March 9, 2010, 1:06 pm

  13. its been rumored that wind will be releasing

    Nokia 5230
    Gowell Guip
    Huawei U1250

    and when visit the Gowell website, you will see this phone (not sure if it is the Guip):
    http://www.gowelltelecom.net/en/Product-95.html

    but i hope you get my idea.

    (i really hope they get the HTC Magic and not this)

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    Posted by Kailash S. | March 23, 2010, 6:31 pm

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