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HTC Desire Review

HTC phones make a stir, and the Desire looks to be no different. With a large (3.7 inch) AMOLED display and fast 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor this phone looks good and responds well. Running on Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense™, the HTC Desire has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash and includes face recognition.

The 480 X 800 WVGA capacitive touch screen has pinch to zoom, and the home screen can be customised with a variety of widgets, including a social networking application called Friend Stream that combines Twitter, Facebook and Flickr updates. Under the screen are a series of physical buttons to augment the touch screen, something that was missing on the very similar Nexus One.

WiFi, GPS, and a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack add to the package, but there is only 576 MB RAM although this can be uprated with micro SD cards to a maximum of 32GB. Sadly also missing is 720p, rumoured in pre release sprecifications, but the camera and photography side of the HTC range is progressing rapidily and with the Desire now take reasonable photos.

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