HTC was traditionally a business that manufactured smartphones for other people, providing the technology and design for other brands to sell as exclusive products. However, switching from the Windows Mobile operating platform to Android saw the company develop its position not just as a manufacturer for brands like Google, with the Nexus One, but also for its own products, which most recently have included the Legend, and now the new HTC Desire.
If you compare the Desire to Google's Nexus One, you might struggle to notice any significant differences between them. The Nexus One has a slightly better build quality with its unibody construction, but the Desire looks and feels like a solid, high end touchscreen smartphone. With easily accessible touchscreen and traditional buttons, as well as an optical trackball that doesn't dominate the phone, you start to realize that this smartphone has plans on being more than just the Nexus One's little cousin.
Not only a good size, the touchscreen is a 3.7 inch AMOLED display, delivering clear and bright, high resolution images. As well as quality, the Desire also has power, with 512 MB of RAM working with the 1GHz processor to make sure that whatever you are doing, the HTC Desire can cope without any loss of performance.
On the back of the HTC you'll find the rather discreet 5 megapixel camera which also includes an LED flash, as well as autofocus, to help you get the best shots every time - and all in nice wide 5:3 format. There's video capture on board as well, and although the HTC Desire doesn't offer full 720p recording capabilities, it has a high enough resolution that means only the most demanding videographers would be disappointed.
Since abandoning Windows Mobile on most of its smartphones, HTC has forged ahead with Android, and the Desire demonstrates even further development with HTC's Sense user interface. Overlaying the Android platform Sense works well and lets users easily and smoothly navigate around the phone. Recent additions to the Sense user interface have included the social network aggregator Friendstream, as well as the home screen manager Leap, and these only help to strengthen the case for the HTC Desire being a smartphone that people love to use.
With good looks, great technology and simple and enjoyable usability, there isn't much you won't like about the HTC Desire. A step up from the Legend, and more than a match for the Nexus One, the Desire can also take on any of the other smartphones in the market.
If you compare the Desire to Google's Nexus One, you might struggle to notice any significant differences between them. The Nexus One has a slightly better build quality with its unibody construction, but the Desire looks and feels like a solid, high end touchscreen smartphone. With easily accessible touchscreen and traditional buttons, as well as an optical trackball that doesn't dominate the phone, you start to realize that this smartphone has plans on being more than just the Nexus One's little cousin.
Not only a good size, the touchscreen is a 3.7 inch AMOLED display, delivering clear and bright, high resolution images. As well as quality, the Desire also has power, with 512 MB of RAM working with the 1GHz processor to make sure that whatever you are doing, the HTC Desire can cope without any loss of performance.
On the back of the HTC you'll find the rather discreet 5 megapixel camera which also includes an LED flash, as well as autofocus, to help you get the best shots every time - and all in nice wide 5:3 format. There's video capture on board as well, and although the HTC Desire doesn't offer full 720p recording capabilities, it has a high enough resolution that means only the most demanding videographers would be disappointed.
Since abandoning Windows Mobile on most of its smartphones, HTC has forged ahead with Android, and the Desire demonstrates even further development with HTC's Sense user interface. Overlaying the Android platform Sense works well and lets users easily and smoothly navigate around the phone. Recent additions to the Sense user interface have included the social network aggregator Friendstream, as well as the home screen manager Leap, and these only help to strengthen the case for the HTC Desire being a smartphone that people love to use.
With good looks, great technology and simple and enjoyable usability, there isn't much you won't like about the HTC Desire. A step up from the Legend, and more than a match for the Nexus One, the Desire can also take on any of the other smartphones in the market.
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