HTC
Desire
The HTC
Desire (codenamed Bravo), is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation, that
was announced on 16 February 2010 and released in Europe and Australia
in the second quarter of the same year. It is powered by a 1 GHz
Snapdragon processor and runs the Android operating
system, version 2.1. It includes an active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) screen
and a 5-megapixel camera. Internally it bears a strong resemblance to
the Nexus One, but differs in some features. It was announced the
Desire would get the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update in the first weeks of
July 2010.
The HTC Desire has received extremely positive reviews. CNET UK
reviewed the phone on March 29 and awarded the phone 9.2/10. TechRadar
awarded the phone 5 out of 5 stars and stated "In short, this is a
phenomenal phone one of the best we've ever had on TechRadar . If
you're looking for comparisons between this and the Nexus One, the
first is highly obvious: the trackball is gone. HTC has given the phone
the Terminator eye once more which is basically an optical trackpad
that registers finger motion over the sensor.
The phone is very slim indeed, with dimensions of 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm,
and weighs in at just 133g. If you're counting, that's 2g heavier than
the iPhone 3G and the exact same weight as the iPhone 3G- and that
makes it very pocket friendly indeed. The design is sleek, and the
Desire certainly looks the business - sleek and compact, while still
showing off the power of the OLED screen.
