A Review Of The HTC Desire
Posted by iphoneguru under 3g iphone, iphone, iphone accessories, iphone car kit, iphone downloads, iphone games, iphone ringtones on Wednesday Aug 18, 2010The HTC Desire, at first glance, has a near identical design to the already popular Google Nexus One. The internal specifications are very similar too. There is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB of memory and 256MB of RAM. It also comes with the same 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, which if you’ve seen the Nexus One, you’ll agree is no bad thing. As with the Nexus One, there’s a proximity sensor, HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Then there’s the 5-megapixel camera on the back (with an LED flash) that includes the capability to capture 800 x 480 video. Both handsets run the Android 2.1 OS and both feature the same handy shortcuts on the front of the phone – home, menu, back and search. Is there a difference between the two smartphones? The Google phone has better active voice cancellation meaning you may not be able to use the voice to text function on the Desire either. So no chatting with your smartphone, should you feel lonely! But that, in no way, means that the HTC Desire is a lesser product. No way. The mechanical trackball on the front of the phone has gone, as have the touch-sensitive buttons within the screen. They have been replaced with hard shortcut keys and a more precise optical navigation trackball. This is inline with what has been happening elsewhere in the cell phone market, with BlackBerry making the same choice for their latest releases. It’s been recognized that mechanical trackballs struggle to last the duration of an 18 or 24 month contract, and so this change is a major plus. The user-interface is different too, with the HTC Desire making use of the Sense UI that was used on the HTC Hero. The lastest version of HTC’s Sense UI id bigger, better and faster though. Put simply, they’ve taken what was already a great interface and have made it even better. A new option is the ‘helicopter view’, which works in a similar way to Expose on Mac products. Pinching the homescreen displays all of the homescreen pages you’ve got running at the time. You just have to tap to switch between apps. It really is the best interface that you’ll find on any smartphone, and that includes the iPhone. So, which is the better buy? They’re virtually the same. Really, it’s mostly a matter of personal preference. If you’re really stuck, consider the fact the HTC Desire is a newer release than the Google Nexus One. That fact alone might make it a better buy.
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