It has been three years since the Apple released their iPhone and since then, we have seen a lot companies coming out with “iPhone-killers”, but no company till now has been actually able to offer something that iPhone offers: coolness. As odd as it sounds, but people now want easy-to-use interface, something which has no-to-very-little learning curve. HTC has released a lot handsets in the past few years and lets face it, it is through HTC that Windows Mobile is alive till now. Otherwise, it would been dead a long time back.

Last year, HTC came up with T-Mobile G1, which was the first Google Android phone, but it was never touted as ‘iphone-killer’, because it just was not one. By various online sources, HTC HERO is going to be the first real “iPhone-killer” and I too agree that HTC HERO is the first phone that has a UI that is more slick and fluid than iPhone’s UI. The phone is so much straight forward and easy to use and combined with the power and flexibility of the Android OS, looks we’ve a winner in our hands.

HTC has done a tremendous work in customizing the Google Android OS so that even a beginner can jump-start using it. It is, however, interesting to note that myriad of HTC’s Windows Mobile phones are running the same processor  suffer from sluggishness. I am not sure the reason behind this: either Android OS is highly CPU efficient or Windows Mobile is a BETA product. Whatever the case is, we are sure about one thing: Google Android OS will very soon become the favorite OS of a lot of people around.

Are you a Canadian resident and had an eye on the HTC dream or HTC Magic, ever since it was launched in some other parts of the world? If your answer is yes, then its time for you to rejoice!

Because, Rogers Wireless has announced the launch of both the Android powered devices currently in the market, to flock the Canadian market on the 2nd of June.

John Boynton, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless said, “Who else but Rogers would be the first carrier to offer Canadians the first chance to join the mobile revolution with a choice of not one, but two, handsets powered by the Android platform? The HTC Magic offers a responsive touch screen and the HTC Dream delivers both a touch screen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Both devices offer outstanding wireless internet search capabilities and a full suite of applications that run two times faster on Canada’s fastest mobile network.”

We do not have much details as of now. But, the launch date of HTC Dream will definitely be 2nd June. HTC Magic will either be launched on the same date or some time later in the month of June.

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Verizon has announced on its career board, that it wants to employ an android devices expert.  This works in favour of the rumour that verizon is planning to launch an android powered phone soon.

The actual job offering is as follows :

“This is a senior specialist position for mobile devices on technical track. It will be responsible for end to end delivery of innovative java based mobile applications on existing or pre-commercial handsets with an initial focus on voicemail applications. It is also expected to drive application development; conduct required testing and provides production support.”

The responsibilities that he would have to handle, are :

• Provide leadership to a team of designers and development engineers throughout the application development process
• Lead multi-departmental teams in an effort to deploy and integrate voicemail services on devices
• Manage relationships with device vendors and certification bodies, as well as internal marketing teams

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