Android-powered HTC magic

Google's bid to dominate the mobile phone operating software market got a boost when Taiwanese handset maker HTC unveiled the third phone based on the US Internet giant's technology. The touchscreen HTC Magic is to be sold by British network operator Vodafone and its subsidiaries in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, the companies said at the Mobile World Congress, an industry event in Barcelona. Rival developers are battling to create the dominant operating system for mobile phones, with Google and its Android system competing with software giant Microsoft, handset maker Nokia, an opensource Linux-based project and Blackberry.