In a surprise announcement, Vodafone Spain is set to launch Magic, HTC’s 2nd Android handset, in just a few hours.
The countdown timer appeared early this morning with local sales set to begin at 1700 hours. That gives Vodafone Spain subscribers an 8 day head start on the rest of the world — an eternity for Android nerds. Unfortunately, while it’s free with applicable contract on Vodafone UK, it’s gonna cost you in Spain — rates our Spanish friends describe as “outrageous.”
If this is anything like the iPhone costs here then it will be expensive. We pay far too much for far too little when it comes to 3G Data Service. Basically Spain doesn’t have the need or the desire to have a ‘always on’ generation yet.