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Could HTC’s new Wi-Fi-enabled 3G Android smart phones be iPhone killers? HTC and Google, which commercialized the open source Android mobile OS, no doubt hope so. But don’t count on it.

In terms of features and usability, the new HTC Magic and Dream phones do give Apple a good run for its money. But in terms of cool factor and availability of applications, they can’t really compete. Yet.

Not that the HTC products aren’t attractive. They are.

The comparisons in particular between iPhone and Magic—available in early August in the U.S. from T-Mobile, as MyTouch 3G—are hard to avoid. Like iPhone, Magic has no dedicated number pad or keyboard, but does have a very slick touchscreen interface, arguably better in some respects than iPhone’s.

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