subject: The HTC Legend possesses all the right components and is probably one of the best looking phones on the market! [print this page] The HTC Legend possesses all the right components and is probably one of the best looking phones on the market!
The brand new HTC Legend has an appealing aluminium chassis and perfectly curved body for extra palm-ability. The phone possesses powerful CPU and runs the popular Android 2.1 operating system with the HTC Sense overlay; these combined give the Legend a reliable, responsive performance. It has a 3.2 inch AMOLED display and the resolution is 320 x 480 HVGA and a digital camera. With high speed web connectivity, an FM radio and a 3.5mm jack and dedicated social network links the Legend has all the precious ingredients needed for an epic Smartphone!
The 600MHz processor does a great job f supporting the ambitious Android OS and the intense 3.2 inch capacitive AMOLED touch screen and HTC Sense user interface offer up a brilliant range of features and an intuitive system to navigate through them. The eye catching display's capacitive technology allows for multi touch and pinch and zoom functionality, this means that basic tasks such as typing or browsing can be done with the simplest movement and least amount of strain.
The Legends built-in accelerometer gives you a landscape perspective for messaging and media viewing, it also comes in handy in the browser when you wish to get a widescreen view of particular pages and images. The browser itself is easy to use and it makes full use of the capacitive technology and it is well supported with speedy connections via Wi Fi and 3G. If you stay connected with 3G you can have GoogleMail, Facebook and Twitter updates direct to keep you in the know when it comes to friends and colleagues.
With full Facebook, Twitter and YouTube integration the Legend is capable of file sharing, so along with general social network management you can upload pictures and videos for all to see and comment on. Upload speeds are good and videos maintain a lot of there quality in the process. HTC's FriendStream application allows for full management of both Facebook and Twitter along with Flickr and streams all of your friends and followers updates in to one flow, this cuts down the time you spend checking, updating and sharing for a simpler and quirkier networking experience.
This powerful Android device is also e-mail compatible and can be synched to various inboxes for constant connections to your personal or business accounts. The powerful Legend benefits from an efficient multimedia centre which delivers a superior viewing and listening experience to its user. The music player can bang out multiple file types like mp3 and wma with a bass-full, clear quality that could even contend with Samsung's speakers on the Wave. The video player can handle mp4, wmv, 3gp and 3g2 formats and displays them perfectly through the HVGA screen.
The phones digital camera has a 5 mega pixel lens, it is fully capable of video capturing, in both camera and recorder mode you get an abundance of options to alter image clarity and recording quality. Recorded videos are saved as 3gp files and as mentioned before you can upload and share these videos with the likes of YouTube, this option can be accessed from the camera interface for immediate uploading.
To make up the Legends technology, there are a variety of pre-installed sensors giving the phone the intelligence to know when it has been picked up or placed in a pocket and adjusts the ringer volume accordingly, also it you place the device face down the ringer is muted completely if you desire a little privacy! Bluetooth technology is in place for file transfer and the phone is supported by various navigation services like GoogleMaps and HTC Footprints. With Android support naturally you get some Google services, and one of which is the Android Market, with entirely uncensored access you are able to download thousands of different applications on to your phone along with games and other cool stuff so you can completely re-design the phones features to fit your lifestyle.
To conclude, the HTC Legend has a complete entertainment section with digital camera and multimedia player, a full service of communication options including social networking and e-mail and it offers the opportunity to download additional applications and other various add-ons for total customizability. The Legend possesses all the right components and is probably one of the best looking phones on the market!
