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HTC Desire A Path Breaking Effort!

According to many mobile phone industry experts, it was the HTC Desire that revolutionized the industry more than the Apple iPhone did. And this observation at least makes the Desire a more iconic smartphone than the iPhone. Isn't it?

When the HTC Desire landed last year, no one could have imagined the kind of euphoria it will lead to . We do not think even the most optimistic of HTC analysts could have told then this smartphone is going to make lot of sales records and on the way also reset our set perceptions and conceptions ahout should and should not go into a 'smart' phone. Such has been the simply overwhelming response that the HTC Desire got. The Desire undoubtedly entrenched the Taiwanese mobile phone player well in the industry. Suddenly, HTC along with Apple, Nokia and Samsung were the names to reckon with in the sector. And HTC smartphones became the toast of an entire nation if not the globe itself.

Not surprisngly, HTC Corporation did not waste much time in flooding the market place with numerous toned down and some upgraded versions of smartphone handsets that come with the `Desire' branding. The HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire S, HTC Desire Z, are the main such smartphones.

The HTC Desire could land only in the second quarter of 2010, even though the smartphone itself was announced for a possible launch in February, 2010. HTC had given the HTC Desire originally the Android 2.1 Eclair and soon seeing the stupendous response upgraded it to the Android 2.2 Froyo version of the operating system. The rest as they say is history.

The HTC Desire might have sold no less than five million units with just about any mobile phone user falling head over heels for its irresistible simple but extremely effective software and hardware charm. The technology sites simply overflew with only appreciation and more appreciation and still one does not seem to have got exhausted and run out of adjectives.

In June 2010, the Apple iPhone 4.0 got launched and did run away with lot of sales. But somehow, the keen interest of the technology experts as well as the value end of the market. Suddenly just about every one on the streets of London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, and elsewhere outside of Europe where only, and only talking about the HTC Desire only. What is more. They were all speaking in one voice ahout how exceedingly good this smartphone is!

It dawned on every one concerned pretty quickly that the HTC Desire is the answer to the common man's dream about what a smartphone should be and also with the right prices. After all, what is the point of having the ultimate smartphone but that just is way beyond the capacity of most buyers. You realy do not want to be burning a big hole in your pocket for a smartphone howsoever good it may be.

The HTC Desire began to be perceived and looked up at the smartphone that is `smarter' than the rest of the smartphones selling in the market place and at highly affordable prices.

It is now appropriate here to take a very close look at the kind of specs that has made the HTC Desire such a hugely desirous smartphone handset.

Technical Specifications	HTC Desire
Dimensions and Weight	119 mm x 11.9 mm x 60 mm and 135 gms
Touchscreen and Display	3.7 inches wide HVGA capacitive touchscreen with pinch to zoom capacity
Operating System	Android 2.1 Eclair that was in August upgraded to the Android 2.2 Froyo version of the operating system for the European market. The HTC Sense User Interface
Processor	1 GHz ARM vSnapdragon processor
Battery	1400 mAH rechargeable lithium-ion battery that extends talk time of up to 400 minutes and also stand by time of 340 hours under GSM network environment
Memory	512 MB of on board storage space that can be expanded using the microSD card
Camera	Five mega pixel camera with widescreen caputre, face detection, geo tagging, auto focus and flash features. Can deliver 720p high definition video capture.
Media Player	The audio file formats supported by the media plyer nicludes – aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, mp3, .wav, .wma aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, mp3, .wav, .wma and audio recording is possible in amr. Similarly the video file formats the player si compatible with include – 3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wm And video file formats – 3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv and video recording is possible with 3gp
Internet Connectivity and Data Networking	3G. GPRS, EDGE, Wi-fi and bluetooth technology
Social Networking Features	Facebook integration, Friends Stream feature, Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter, HTC Peep option for twittering, and Video sharing on YouTube
Widgets	Bookmarks, Calendar, Clock, Footprints, Friend Stream, Mail, Messages, Music, News, People, Photo Album, Photo Frame, Search, Settings, Stocks, Twitter™, Weather and also there are downloadable widgets too
Location and navigation related features	Internal GPS antennae, Google Maps and HTC Footprints
Sensors	G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Digital Compass
Recommended Windows System Eequirements	Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, or Windows XP; HTC Sync
Other Special Features	The device automatically lowers the ringer volume as the phone is picked up; It also mutes the ringer when the device is flipped face down; The handset also automatically creates back up in the microSD memory card of certain SMSs, MMS, bookmarks, E-mails especially those you have done with your friends on the social networking sites, wi-fi passwords and many more such communications

The HTC Sense User Interface

If there is any one single factor or aspect that can be pointed out as a chief reason for the HTC Desire being such a huge hit everywhere it goes, then it is a safe bet that it is the highly intuitive and rocking user interface that is called HTC Sense. The HTC Sense is sensible enough to carry out most of its tasks in the most convincing and satisfactory manner. It acts, serves and performs everything in a really unobtrusive manner as well. It is akin to a highly efficient butler in your house who is at the background somewhere getting ready everything that you need a split second or two before you expect it. All in one clinical motion, withou a noise and whimper.

In the HTC Desire, this amazing UI lets you have across or on any of the seven home screen any widgets, icons or for that matter applications as you want and desire it and also in the manner you want it to appear. It is realy tremendous. Customization has always been the plus point of the Android platform But when combined with this fantastic skin, it is out of this world.

Be it the weather or the clock or any othe widegets that appear on your homescreen, the presence or the sheer prowesss of the HTC Sense can be felt and experienced every bit of it.

Internet Connectivity

This again is one of the best. Really , even when the HTC Desire was launched there were a few other smartphone devices with a proper HTML browser that allows for full web pages browsing an d viewing. The LG Arena handset from the South Korean mobile phone player is a case in point. But the web pages in that downloaded very sluggishly indeed.

But with the Desire, things are really brilliant. The web pages download not only double quick time but also adjust to the angles and views nicely. The page reflow when you zoom in is really wonderful and it is excellent the manner in which the more words you try to read the pages again and again without fail align themselves to suit your view to the maximum possible extent. You really could not have asked for a better performance.

This characteristic is extremely useful when you are attempting to read something that is more lengthy and text heavy.

Camera

If you exclude the Sony Ericsson Satio and a couple of other smartphones with higher resolution, the HTC Desire takes the cake for delivering on one of the better cameras fited on a smartphone. The picture quality and the richness of the videos is miles ahead than the rest. It is suitably aided by the numerous options available on board the snapper. Geo tagging, auto focus, sepia, negative, posterise, images and video clips are totally in a class and league of their own.

It is as good as it can get and even an amateur and wanna be photographer would feel delighted with the astonishingly visualy compelling results. Prices are also greatly desirable!

Practically all the network service providers – O2, Orange, 3 Mobile, T-Mobile, Talkmobile, Vodafone, and Virgin Mobile have been busy all this while making enourmous profits seling this great smartphone from HTC.

A less than £ 20 per month contract plan is all that you need to make the HTC Desire your very own for free. This kind of monthly payment plan is available with most of these network service operators mentioned.

The SIM free prices begin at £289.99 only.

There are then a few attractive pay as you go mobile phone deals as well. From O2, y ou can get the HTC Desire handset as a PayG smartphone for just £ 268.90. Vodafone, on the other hand, is slightly more expensive at £ 339 only. Orange also offers the Desire handset as a pay as you go phone but for £ 345.

There now in the market place, some lucrative HTC Desire clearance mobile phones as well. You can pick and choose from any of these various cheap mobile phone deals.

Conclusion

It is well neigh impossible not to fall in love with this magnificent smartphone from HTC Corporation. HTC is, simply put, the dream come true of every smartphone user anywhere.