Formalized at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the same time as the Legend HTC, the HTC Desire we had made a strong impression. If the HTC Desire is very close to Google Nexus One, he was rewarded with some hardware and software improvements.
Thus, RAM is revised upwards with 576 MB to 256 MB HTC Desire cons for the Nexus One which gives it greater speed. This gain in terms of RAM coupled to the processor delivers 1GHz Snapdragon experience smooth lag Android 2.1.
Besides the robust configuration, the implementation of the overlay HTC Sense V2 makes using the HTC Desire and includes tools for thoughtful management of social networks, copy / paste intelligent and customization possibilities.
Well made, but a conventional design
Despite a large screen of 3.7 inches, the HTC Desire remains relatively “compact”. Barely longer than iPhone, it remains as wide and thick as the Smartphone the apple. Smartphone Android requires, you will find the traditional management keys: Home, Menu, and research and a return optical mouse to use the Desire of one hand. A micro USB port, a jack is a slot for microSD cards come complete equipment of Desire.
Contrary to the Nexus One, the HTC Desire is denied a second microphone designed to reduce background noise. The sound quality for the caller remains very good, perhaps less than a Nexus, the difference being very sensitive.
The finishes are good, the HTC Desire enjoys a shell that combines metal, plastic quality. However, its design too conventional in dire need of pep and originality. The HTC Legend with its unibody aluminum design and is much more attractive.
HTC Desire : Google Phone over-equipped
High-end smartphone, the Desire has the latest news. Its screen 3.7 inches ahead of a high resolution 800 x 480 pixels and uses AMOLED technology offers excellent color rendition and contrast. The bright screen and multipoint capacitive (multitouch) of Desire is always reactive and responds perfectly to the touch of a finger.
Anti scratch coated screen, it is however very sensitive to fingerprints and adapts badly sun. The highlights are too fresh and the screen of Desire is almost illegible in direct sunlight.
To turn without slowing Android 2.1, the HTC Home Desire as a Nexus One Spandragon 1 GHz backed by 576MB of RAM and 512 MB ROM. Performances are at recess, despite heavy use (push, notification, video playback in Flash, multitasking) hard to take the Desire to default, the Google Phone HTC remains stable and fast for all occasions.
The delight of users impatient and demanding. The connectivities are classic with HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, accelerometer, digital compass and FM tuner.
The Google Phone maturity?
Beside the configuration of the HTC Desire offers a fast and fluid use, Android 2.1 interface supported by the brilliant HTC Sense v2 delivers a comfortable user experience.
The ability to customize home pages with shortcuts, widgets and programs can cut the Desire according to his needs. We also appreciate the application that aggregates Friend Stream social networks that can be accessed from the homepage and news application that provides the same convergence retrieving RSS feeds. Still on the ergonomically improved, shortcuts Wi-Fi and GPS to manage without connections to dig into the menus.
Android 2.1 makes better use of the resources of Google Phone as we already found when testing the HTC Legend and copy / paste HTC Smart Sense V2 is still attractive. Using the microscope, it selects the party to copy, which can then be shared via email, SMS, Twitter, copy it into clipboard, perform a search on Wikipedia, translate it into multiple languages using Google translation or search through Google dictionary definition.
The navigation solution Google Maps navigation is always absent because of law and mapping, but we appreciate the management of multiple email accounts and native compatibility with Microsoft Exchange.
Capitalizing on these advances, the HTC Desire will seduce both the Geek and the general public looking for a Smartphone relatively easy to access and can evolve through applications from Android Market. Be careful though, because of the high resolution screen of Desire, all applications from Android Market will not be compatible …
Web and Multimedia
With such a screen, the Desire can be a good video player. Alas, contrary to what had been announced at MWC Barcelona Desire does not handle DivX files yet. It was not until a possible update for this format, 720p please, be read. Meanwhile and as a native, Desire only plays 3gp, 3g2, mp4 and wmv.
The 5 megapixel autofocus sensor supported by an LED flash has the gadgets such as face recognition and numerous options such as managing the brightness, contrast, saturation or sharpness. If the HTC Desire is not a camera phone, HTC has made progress on this and gets in the competition. The movie mode offers WVGA resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Note that the video sequences are recorded in 3gp.
For audio, you will find a jack and management standards aac, amr, ogg, m4a, mid, mp3, wav, wma.
Web browsing is still very good for a mobile, fast and Chrome Lite is available through the overlay HTC Sense of Flash Lite to read the content in this format. Reading the Flash content is correct, most video games and are readable and it was noted that very little latency. The integration of Flash Lite is still improved, but lets wait until the integration of Flash 10.1 expected for the second part of the year …
The implementation of Flash Lite is nevertheless value in competition, both among the Google Phone as other smartphones another mobile OS.
With its large high resolution screen and its configuration muscular, Desire is not a model of endurance. The Snapdragon limit consumption, AMOLED is less greedy, but the 1400 mAh battery will do that 10 hours at best! The stage of the day of intensive use with push mails, notifications, web browsing and video playback will clearly not reached. Although I should be tolerant of this type of smartphones, the HTC Desire disappointed us in terms of autonomy, that is probably its flaws.
Desire is the HTC Google Phone upscale. As such, it is remarkably equipped and offers a fast and fluid in all circumstances. HTC Android 2.1 and Sense v2 easier to use allowing it to be placed in any hands. Reading the Flash is an asset as the reactivity of the AMOLED screen and multipoint Desire. We would like greater autonomy, more inspired design and treatment of the screen to avoid fingerprints and glare, but overall, we can only recommend this efficient and intuitive smartphone.
More : Fluid and fast hardware driven, intuitive interface and comprehensive HTC Sense, AMOLED and reactive integration of Flash Lite, Android 2.1
Less : Self disappointingly less than a day of intensive use, design banal reflections on screen and fingerprints
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