Just to refresh your memory, Vodafone Spain was the first carrier to release the second Android powered handset, the HTC Magic. Now the carrier is starting to spread some Magic throughout Europe with the announcement that on Thursday, its German unit will be the next to release the handset. The cost of the phone can drop as low as one euro if you sign up for the 44.95 euro a month (about $59 US Dollars) service plan for two years. If you want to pay less monthly, you can agree to pay 24.95 euros a month for two years and pay 59.90 euros for the device. Customers will have a choice between a black or white model. We already showed you pictures of the Magic wearing a T-Mobile brand passing through the FCC, so hopefully the phone continues its march over Europe and heads over the ocean to the States soon.

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T-Mobile Germany has posted on its G1 web page that a software upgrade will be coming in May for users of the device on its network. Among the features that will be added to the handset is a virtual keyboard, video capture and playback, stereo Bluetooth support and what appears to be an accelerometer (translated copy from German to English reads “Automatic Adjustment of the touchscreen when the G1 is horizontal or vertical hold”).

As far as a similar offering for all of those hungry U.S. G1 owners waiting for a cupcake of their own, we still have no idea of a date when it will happen, but with the apparent May release in Germany, the U.S. upgrade shouldn’t be too far away.

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