The HTC Magic that Vodafone shipped *last year* was named the "Vodafone Magic" for a reason.

- It's Vodafone branded on the case
- The Vodafone logo is the first thing you see when you boot up
- There's a Vodafone icon on the homescreen, which takes you right to an authenticated Vodafone web page which lets you see your account

The hardware was actually slightly different to the standard "Magic" (half the internal memory).

I think that either the guy from Vodafone doesn't know his own products or he's attempting historical revisionism for some reason.