HTC Desire, formerly known as HTC Bravo is a new flagship smartphone from HTC. It was recently announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This device will succeed Nexus One at the top of HTC’s line of Android devices. This is a rather good news for Australian buyers, as Desire is more likely to be officially offered in Australia. Desire’s design continues HTC’s tradition, so do not be surprised if some elements look familiar.
But there are few elements that are unique to the new device: same as in the HTC Legend, Desire has an optical joystick, which replaces the trackball. Since Desire is the new flagship it offers the best technical characteristics. It has 1 GHz EW Qualcomm Snapdragon (QSD8250) processor. Huge 3.7-inch AMOLED-display, which offers great picture quality with the maximum resolution of 480×800 pixels.
Just as in the case with HTC Legend, Desire runs on Android 2.1 and has the new Sense interface. It is probably worth mentioning that Desire will support Flash 10.1, which will certainly have a positive impact on usability.
Specifications:
• Body materials: plastic (soft-touch)
• Operating System: Android 2.1 (Éclair) with Sense interface
• Networks: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS / HSDPA 900/2100
• Platform: Qualcomm Snapdragon (QSD8250), 1 GHz
• RAM: 576 MB
• Memory storage: 512 MB + microSD memory card
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (A2DP), microUSB (USB 2.0) for charging / synchronization, 3.5 mm headset jack
• Screen: AMOLED 3.7 “, 480 × 800 pixels, capacitive, displays up to 16 million colors
• Camera: 5 megapixel with autofocus
• Navigation: gpsOne chip (support A-GPS)
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