Comments on sourcefrog: Impressions of the HTC Magic Android phone

press and hold the capture button, it will autofoc...

2009-11-15T19:31:46.014-08:00

press and hold the capture button, it will autofocus, then release and it will snap the pic immediately

Hey Martin I am also very happy with my Magic And...

2009-07-23T00:42:54.751-07:00

Hey Martin

I am also very happy with my Magic Android and your tip about the keyboard shortcuts just made me like it even more!

The main thing that bugs me about the camera isn't really the quality (although that is far from great), but I feel that the time it takes from I press the Camera icon until I can actually take photos is to long. But I didn't really buy the phone because of the camera.

@Ahmed I haven't tried, but it looks like it's pos...

2009-07-22T21:57:37.058-07:00

@Ahmed I haven't tried, but it looks like it's possible to get a shell and telnet or ssh access: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?s=162a4019c976cdb70a1e9a651c8bde10&t=442754

If you write apps for it I think it's pretty easy to install them directly.

Size of pea and crispness are related. In general...

2009-07-22T21:26:12.678-07:00

Size of pea and crispness are related.
In general, the smaller the camera the greater the depth of field (so the image is still sharp even if focus is a little off). Camera phones often suffer from poor exposure and colour recognition (mine certainly does).

Cheers

Brendan

How easy is it to "hack" .. i.e. install custom ma...

2009-07-22T03:56:02.362-07:00

How easy is it to "hack" .. i.e. install custom made (by myself) software on ? or change system settings .. i.e. treat it like a real linux box. For instance, is it trivial to run something like apache on it ?