I purchased a HTC Magic on Vodafone from Dialaphone in May after trying it out in Phones4U (since they were offering the same contract for £10pm less). However, when the phone arrived I noticed some differences between my model and the one I was using in the store and others I had seen:

1. The transition effect between landscape/portrait was completely different (mine bounced the screen, others blurred).
2. Some applications from Marketplace just refused to work correctly (forced close).
3. The background on the Notification Bar (when pulled down) was different.
4. The background on the Application Menu (when pulled up) was different.
5. The keys at the bottom of the phone didn’t seem as defined, felt almost worn down.
6. Finally, and most importantly, there was no Enter/Return key on the keyboard when typing messages/e-mails.

Points 1-5 were easily tolerated (point 2 was the only real issue). However, when I came to write quite an important e-mail to a client and realised there was no way to add a line break, the phone simply had to be sent back. I checked on my friend’s handset, and the Enter/Return key was indeed present (along with the other differences).

The firmware on the handset had a slightly different release number, though they were both running Cupcake (Android 1.5). I can only think that this batch of handsets (I am assuming mine wasn’t entirely unique) were pre-release (or very first release) handsets that really should be re-called.

Thankfully, Dialaphone replaced the handset with no argument (though it did help that it had a few dead pixels, so also had a distinct hardware fault).

If anyone out there has noticed these issues on their version of the HTC Magic, please get in touch. My recommendation to you is to get your handset replaced as soon as possible.

This solution also allows you to manage multiple signatures for different purposes e.g. Business 1, Business 2, Personal.

The Solution

Creating a signature

1. Go to the Google Labs feature list from Google Mail (Settings > Labs).
2. Enable the Canned Responses feature and click Save Changes.
3. Click Compose Mail to start a new message.
4. Type your signature as you would like it to appear (with colors, images, tables whatever you like).
5. Click Canned Responses (found under the Subject field).
6. Click New canned response… and type the name of the signature e.g. “Personal Signature”.
7. Discard the message.

Using the signature

1. Click Compose Mail to start a new message (or reply to an existing one).
2. Click Canned Responses and then select the name of your signature. It will be inserted in its original form within the message body.

This works perfectly when creating a new message or replying to an existing message, it will insert your signature (”Canned Response”) wherever the cursor is, which by default is at the top of the message reply.

Hope this helps.

P.S. Please don’t comment if it is only to highlight that you are against the use of HTML e-mails/signatures, it is unhelpful and quite frankly a ridiculous discussion. Having some colour and formatting in a business e-mail signature is practically essential to maintain brand identity.