Mobile phone review : HTC desire

If you've seen the Google Nexus One, you've seen the HTC Desire. End of story. We liked the Nexus One so be our guest, HTC Desire. But is it every that simple?

HTC are so beatific they habitus phones for the competition. HTC are so stingy they hit no issues competing with their own clients. And is it us or are the clients eventually left with a rather disturbing question: do HTC work for us or do we work for them? Go ask Sony Ericsson and Google.

It doesn't quite attain sense to go as far back as the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and the HTC Touch Pro. Today's story is most added couple of twins. And because the children are nearly identical, we'll essay to see what it's same existence mom's selection or dad's.

The Desire produced a beatific deal of life and its stimulate promulgation after this year's MWC proves HTC know beatific timing. But by no means should it correct the hype that enclosed the Google Nexus One. What's in a name? No, really.

And while we're at it, some another - inferior cheesy - study would've rattling suited the top HTC Android better. But well, that's secondary stuff compared to what's inside. Here it goes.
Key features:

* Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
* 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA
* 3.7" 16M-color capacitive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA partitioning (480x 800 pixel)
* Android OS v2.1 with kinetic scrolling and crop zooming
* Slim strikingness and avid habitus quality
* Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 evaluate processor
* 576 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
* 5 MP autofocus camera with diode shine and geotagging
* WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) transcription transcription @ 15fps
* Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
* microSD slot, bundled with a 4GB card
* Accelerometer and closeness sensor
* Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
* Stereo FM radio with RDS
* microUSB port (charging) and biaural Bluetooth v2.1
* Optical trackpad which doubles as a button
* Smart dialing

Main disadvantages:

* Disappointing transcription quality
* Limited hardware acquirable to the user on the grouping partition (you are left with only 120 MB for instalment apps)
* No DivX and XviD transcription playback
* No voice dialing
* Non hot-swappable module card

While the Google Nexus One is assist confined to designated countries, its twin, the HTC Desire, is already in stores across the globe. And that haw be avid programme for users on markets assist ungraced by Google. It's the same good - avow away the Google logo, and add a some pleasant little things.

But it's not the differences that you'll care about. It's what both devices hit in common that attain them so attractive.

Of course we stingy the large capacitive AMOLED touchscreen, the fresh Android OS v2.1 they run, the avid performance on the 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and the 5-megapixel autofocus cameras they embellish with.

Eventually, you'll attending that these are actually digit assorted phones. The Nexus One's trackball is absent for an optical trackpad. The controls on the Desire are actualised buttons instead of the capacitive keys on the Google phone. On the homescreen, you'll see the smart Sense UI waving Hello.

Some platforms just don't seem to change for years. The Android OS is evolving at amazing speed. The Desire is one of the first devices to embellish with the smart edition of the Android operative grouping but more importantly, existence so powerful, it's among the some to reveal what ?clair is actually capable of.