But he had his own sortofmagic that lifted the lad from the slums through the American educational system to eventually a scholarship to Harvard, where he gained a doctorate.
It's the sortofmagic that HTC's been using for a while, but it does help the new phone to stand out from Samsung's existing phones that are starting to blur together.
While docking the phone into or pulling it out of the PadFone Station is hardly a challenge, there's some sortofmagic that keeps the phone tucked into the bay no matter how hard our pals shook the tablet upside down (please don't try this at home) -- the geared rubber grip along the two sides of the bay are somehow responsible for this.
"Skylanders Giants" extends the franchise this year with new collectable figures that connect with gaming consoles to create a sortof video game magic.