5 Things Vodafone's HTC Magic Android Smartphone Is Missing

The G2 is finally here and unsurprisingly, it is HTC which manufactured it. After the G1 Dream, released near four months ago, here comes the second Android-based smartphone; thinner, lighter and better.

But the Magic is still far from being a perfect smartphone as it is essentially an updated version of the G1 Dream. As usual, we've rounded up our list of five things that this smartphone is sorely missing or needs updating.

(1) A flash : It beggars belief that a superb phone like this one doesn't even have a flash. Whatever the reason, it is simply no longer acceptable that a modern smartphone equipped with a multi megapixel camera comes without any flash. Other cameras like the Nokia N86 even come with a pair of them. Can't HTC afford even one!

(2) A keyboard : love it or hate it. One of the main differentiators between the iPhone and the G1 Android was the fact that the latter had a proper QWERTY keyboard. With that gone, the new G2 phone is just another iPhone clone without a significant Unique Selling Point (USP).

It leaves the Palm Pre as the only next generation smartphone with a keyboard (ed: one newly announced Acer smartphone comes with a keyboard).