subject: Htc Desire: An All New Classic [print this page] When choosing a brand new handset, it is hard to do any better when it comes to the HTC Desire. Smart phones are a passing commodity, the average life of a handset is about two years for the average user, and considering how fast mobile phone maker churn out new models, and even the best devices of today seem to be only good for a year before a new version with better hardware comes out.
The Desire seems pretty much immune to this trend. Given the fact that there is already a second version of the device available (the Desire HD), there is still plenty of reasons for people to choose this handset over any other.
Androids Make Sense
Purists would tell you that custom user interfaces will ruin the user experience, but a few moments of using the HTC Desire shows that a well made UI can fully enhance any smart phone. HTC is well known for the Sense user interface that is layered over the Android operating system, and it works perfectly great.
Intuitive navigation controls, quick shortcuts and an easy to remember layout all help make the user interface a fitting substitute over the Androids own impressive OS.
Speaking of the Android, the current version on the Desire already provides plenty of features such as Google Maps with free sat nav, Googles ever reliable Gmail service, the Goggles augmented reality application, and more. With the ever growing library of applications and tools being made available on the Android market, expanding the devices overall functionality is a simple as being able to download the latest apps.
Picture Perfect Phone
As one would expect, visual quality is one of the best ways for any mobile phone to shine; and the HTC Desire is no exception. Most mobile devices come loaded with a 5 mega pixel camera. The same applies to this device. With autofocus and LED flash, being able to take quality images is a simple as pointing and clicking. Just do not expect to be able to do some professional level photography on any mobile handset.
The display on this HTC smart phone is also superb. Packing in a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen display, users will be able to view images in 480 x 800 pixels of resolution. Widescreen video playback and web browsing is executed with minimal scaling in the process.
Very Much Desired
This phone packs a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 576MB of RAM and can support 32GB microSD cards. It handles various network bandwidths, supports Bluetooth, GPS and also WiFi. In terms of hardware, even better models will have a hard time competing with what this handset set offers to users.
Overall, the HTC Desire is a great handset that brings together the features of the Android operating system and the power of a true HTC mobile device. Even when other versions of the Desire becomes available, this handset still remains as one of the best HTC and Android mobile phones on the market and you can expect this device to still be one of the finest two years down the line.
