I have a new phone It's a lovely shiny android (linux!!) powered HTC Magic.  Very nice

Far too much hassle actually getting my hands on one though... For starters, it's only available on Vodafone.  Which might have been ok if they hadn't decided that I failed their credit check (for reasons unknown - my credit rating is absolutely fine!).  Then I figured it was a bit of a lucky escape anyway as they're bastards about transferring phone numbers to them...

So, now I have an unlocked magic, courtesy of eBay, and a sim only O2 contract.  Which I think should actually work out at a bit cheaper overall than the vodafone contract would have - and includes a lot more minutes and texts. hah.

I've had the phone for a week now, and so far have mostly been abusing the Android Marketplace to install (and later remove) loads of crappy games/apps.  Including a kayaking game!  which I am really not very good at, and don't want to pay to get more levels, so that one won't last much longer I don't think.

The novelty of a phone with a touchscreen/wifi/gps/etc is keeping me very amused - I've got a lovely gps trace of Sunday's bike ride, although I've yet to figure out what to do with it...

tags: gadgets