Magic goes out of Vodafone's Google phone


	Magic goes out of Vodafone's Google phone
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7-2-2009 12:24 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e4c931d0-fd3d-4d69-aaf1-294fbcceeafa/9F3A7DAA-4194-4C66-891A-998C4DC10A44/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1" href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1" style="font-size: 11px;">computerworld.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1"><H1>Updated: Magic goes out of Vodafone's Google phone</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1"><H2>Were photographs of naked ladies Vodafone's undoing?</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/computerworld.co.nz/img/540AC25D-7BEA-4A16-B670-1E57D18E9812" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">A week after being launched, Vodafone's much-awaited HTC Magic "Google Phone" has been </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D64B616E056577FECC2575E6007875D1"><DIV> — and the mobile giant is coy on the reason why and won't say if the handset will be sold here again.</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ben.geek.nz/vodafone-htc-magic-launch-party/" href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/vodafone-htc-magic-launch-party/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ben.geek.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/vodafone-htc-magic-launch-party/"><P>I’m actually kinda sad that I wasn’t a big fan of New Zealand’s Next Top Model, because a couple of others seemed to have so much fun with a guy called Colin.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/vodafone-htc-magic-launch-party/"><P>[Photos redacted to protect the innocent]
Well, after thinking about this, I’ve made <A href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/">the following post</A> with original photos and some commentary on the whole mess.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://randominput.com/bodypaint1.jpg" href="http://randominput.com/bodypaint1.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">randominput.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://randominput.com/bodypaint1.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/randominput.com/img/DA238CBA-FF24-42D9-B1B2-7F28FB32AFA8" alt="http://randominput.com/bodypaint1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/" href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ben.geek.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/"><P>Perhaps this is related: yesterday I took a few images down from this blog at the request of Vodafone PR. This image was one of them:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ben.geek.nz/img/0A56DA2C-3D95-4724-9220-194E10ECA724" alt="GoogleLogoPainted" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/"><DIV class="gallery galleryid-1862" id="gallery-1"><DL class="gallery-item">
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">I’m a naturally compliant guy and try to avoid conflict.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Vodafone PR offered a quid-pro-quo, that I quite incorrectly accepted.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ben.geek.nz/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">There was no restriction on photography at the event. I wasn’t the only one taking photos</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9F3A7DAA-4194-4C66-891A-998C4DC10A44/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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