The closest comparison to the Desire now is the Nexus One and it is running the most recent Android release.
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The closest comparison to the Desire now is the Nexus One and it is running the most recent Android release.
Nah, afraid not, the screen resolution will not support windows7 and this has been confirmed by HTC
Think i will get the desire as was all set to get a Nexus one and the desire looks as good, if not better!
Had a play with the Legend yesterday, really like it.
Love the optical mouse thing as well
Love the optical mouse thing as well
It looks great but for now will be a Vodafone exclusive
Hopefully that's for a limited time.
182FF with cup packs
The HTC Desire has a couple of differences to the Nexus One, but is essentially the same hardware except instead of a trackball it has a trackpad type of thing.
Most of the difference is in some HTC tweaks to the OS. It runs the HTC Sense UI, does USB tethering out of the box.
It's a big phone, but most Smartphones are, it's pretty much the same size as an iPhone 3gs (iPhone being 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches and a HTC desire being 4.7 x 2.36 x 0.47 [both weigh135 grams]).
I've been running my Nexus One since the begining of Feburary and can definatly say it's a fantastic device.
I have a couple of niggles with it, but they are all software based so can be sorted. (the perils of fearly adoption :dead
1) No way to configure a proxy server. [This is an android shortcomming and is a known issue]
2) Will not send MMS messages if the photo is a landscape one [weird, but I think this is more to do with me setting up my APN wrong]
3) Doesn't support tethering via USB or bluetooth [this is a nexus one shortcomming for some reason. Android supports it]
As I bought my Nexus One direct from google without a contract, and my Orange contract is up in a month or two, I am actually seriously considering upgrading my Orange contract to a HTC Desire [which would be covered by Orange Care] and then rooting that to mess around with [don't want to root my Nexus at the moment until I have a spare phone or a method of getting a replacement should I kill it]
Battery life is pretty good, as long as you aren't caning the WiFi & GPS. In a normal day I will usually have 75% battery left when I put it on charge when I go to bed. That's with WiFi on in the evenings at home [turned off rest of day], GPS off, bluetooth on, syncing every 10 mins with my e-mail accounts, and used as my MP3 player in the car via bluetooth (so about an hours worth of MP3 play at max volume output via bluetooth speaker).
Having said that if you have WiFi turned on all day along with GPS and are messing about with it all the time (like I was in my first week or two) you'll find yourself draining the battery inside of a day.
Has a single micro-usb connector for charging & data, aand will happily charge off any USB based charger or PC with a normal USB micro cable (I actually use the one from my old Nokia E71).
The headphone socket is a standard 3.5mm jack, so you can just plug any old headphones into it instead of having to deal with adaptors or the handsfree kit.
Most of the difference is in some HTC tweaks to the OS. It runs the HTC Sense UI, does USB tethering out of the box.
It's a big phone, but most Smartphones are, it's pretty much the same size as an iPhone 3gs (iPhone being 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches and a HTC desire being 4.7 x 2.36 x 0.47 [both weigh135 grams]).
I've been running my Nexus One since the begining of Feburary and can definatly say it's a fantastic device.
I have a couple of niggles with it, but they are all software based so can be sorted. (the perils of fearly adoption :dead
1) No way to configure a proxy server. [This is an android shortcomming and is a known issue]
2) Will not send MMS messages if the photo is a landscape one [weird, but I think this is more to do with me setting up my APN wrong]
3) Doesn't support tethering via USB or bluetooth [this is a nexus one shortcomming for some reason. Android supports it]
As I bought my Nexus One direct from google without a contract, and my Orange contract is up in a month or two, I am actually seriously considering upgrading my Orange contract to a HTC Desire [which would be covered by Orange Care] and then rooting that to mess around with [don't want to root my Nexus at the moment until I have a spare phone or a method of getting a replacement should I kill it
]Battery life is pretty good, as long as you aren't caning the WiFi & GPS. In a normal day I will usually have 75% battery left when I put it on charge when I go to bed. That's with WiFi on in the evenings at home [turned off rest of day], GPS off, bluetooth on, syncing every 10 mins with my e-mail accounts, and used as my MP3 player in the car via bluetooth (so about an hours worth of MP3 play at max volume output via bluetooth speaker).
Having said that if you have WiFi turned on all day along with GPS and are messing about with it all the time (like I was in my first week or two) you'll find yourself draining the battery inside of a day.
Has a single micro-usb connector for charging & data, aand will happily charge off any USB based charger or PC with a normal USB micro cable (I actually use the one from my old Nokia E71).
The headphone socket is a standard 3.5mm jack, so you can just plug any old headphones into it instead of having to deal with adaptors or the handsfree kit.
realnumber 1
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Just watched this review of the Desire and it looks fantastic. My contract is up next month and was thinking of changing network and getting an 3GS. Think I might stick with Tmobile for another 12 months now.
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ITB'd MK1
geeked out and went for a play with one this afternoon. I'm getting a desire, end of story. My mate works for Carphone warehouse and he bought the first one through the door, with his own money, outright. He NEVER buys things from work.
I'd have it now if their insurance pricing had been available, but it's not officially on sale yet.
I'd have it now if their insurance pricing had been available, but it's not officially on sale yet.
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riz
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Jaguar XFR
I have a HTC HD and its great and as far as i know the Hero is too. But the HD, inspite of being powerful is still laggy. And so is the Hero as it has a UI over Android. Will Desire be the same?
The Iphone is pretty sweet as it is so slick?
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the desire has a faster processor than any of the others. I'd have the legend if it had the 1Ghz processor
realnumber 1
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Check out some of the vids on the tube! Looks slick as... How do people find the apps on android compared to iphone then? The desire looks really good value but I have also been offered the 3gs for free on a £30 month contract instead of paying £180 for the handset so would work out similar.
Can't wait till the 26th of April either way so I can get shut of my crappy Vario 4...
realnumber 1
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I am leaning that way due to it being a bit cheaper for me hopefully.
Thats good to know
. I expect 90% of apps on both are crap as well lol.
Weeman sucks ****
iheld and played with the legend back in feb
Got my Desire today. Lovely lovely handset. Perfect size. The optical trackpad is a bit useless. The pinch zoom etc on the browser is faster than the iPhone and smoother. Theres is a little bit of lag if using a live wallpaper. Feels like a much more complete phone when compared to my G2/Hero. Touchscreen is brilliant as is the keyboard. Just gotta hope that the battery life isn't too dire.
Also HTC have confirmed DivX will be coming to it (yay warez!).
Overall very happy on day 1.
Also HTC have confirmed DivX will be coming to it (yay warez!).
Overall very happy on day 1.
ITB'd MK1
Orange are still not letting me upgrade to this. Grrrr.
can get it on orange through Carphone Warehouse. I almost did, but the insurance price took the piss, so i'm waiting for official orange release......sadly
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