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Updated: Magic goes out of Vodafone's Google phone

Were photographs of naked ladies Vodafone's undoing?

A week after being launched, Vodafone's much-awaited HTC Magic "Google Phone" has been
— and the mobile giant is coy on the reason why and won't say if the handset will be sold here again.
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I’m actually kinda sad that I wasn’t a big fan of New Zealand’s Next Top Model, because a couple of others seemed to have so much fun with a guy called Colin.

[Photos redacted to protect the innocent]
Well, after thinking about this, I’ve made the following post with original photos and some commentary on the whole mess.

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http://randominput.com/bodypaint1.jpg
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Perhaps this is related: yesterday I took a few images down from this blog at the request of Vodafone PR. This image was one of them:

GoogleLogoPainted
  • I’m a naturally compliant guy and try to avoid conflict.
  • Vodafone PR offered a quid-pro-quo, that I quite incorrectly accepted.
  • There was no restriction on photography at the event. I wasn’t the only one taking photos