Htc Desire And Hd Mini Joined By Htc Legend On O2

The new HTC Legend is the latest HTC phone to feature the Android 2.1 operating system

, this upgrade to the HTC Hero has now been launched on O2 after first being released on Vodafone and Orange as well as being offered as a SIM Free phone.

This new Android phone takes the features of the previous Hero handset and further improves on them, the HTC Legend still offers a 5.0 mega pixel camera but with improved optics plus some new feature enhancements from the manufacturer.

One big enhancement relates to the main navigation function which was via a trackball system in the previous Hero phone, the HTC Legend switches this for the new optical track pad which is operated by sliding your finger across as opposed to having to physically move the original trackball.

This negates the wear and tear associated with the rubberised trackball system which many previous users complained about through extended use of the Hero handset.

Running the HTC Sense user interface over the top of the Android OS the Legend is slick and smooth in its navigation, a new addition to the phones applications is Friend Stream, this organises activities such as social network updates, emails and text messages from the contacts database and displays them in one stream of information of one of the handsets home screens keeping the user comprehensively up to date with all of their friends online activity.

The HTC Legend has also been joined by two new handsets from the manufacturer, the new HTC Desire is a larger phone that incorporates a 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen display as opposed to the smaller 3.2 inches of the Legend.

The most recent release is the new HTC HD Mini which is a slimmed down version of the previous HD2 model, the HD Mini shrinks the main touch screen down from a massive 4.3 inches to a more reasonable and manageable 3.2 inches whilst still packing in the features of the original phone.

The HTC Legend is one of many new Android phones to be released of late, competition somes from the Motorola Milestone, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Samsung Galaxy Portal, LG GW620 InTouch Max and new LG GT540 Swift.

The Legend does have a unique design aspect carried over from the HTC Hero which is commonly referred to as the phones 'chin', this relates to the bottom of the phone which is angled inwards which not only improves on voice clarity during conversation but also protects the handsets touch screen when placed face down by slightly lifting it above the surface.

There are further network launches planned for this latest Android phone over the coming weeks as well as a Pay As You Go release very soon.

by: Susan Hargreaves

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