HTC Desire HD

Yesterday, I was invited to the HTC Desire HD & HTC Desire Z's launch and was rather impressed by the concept of "HTC Sense".

Yes, HTC Sense is NOT a phone but rather a "service" & a "concept" that HTC came up with. Well, I will elaborate further as I introduce you the new HTC Desire HD with HTC Sense.

Since the name is sooo long, I shall name it "Desire HD" from nw onwards. Desire HD has the shortest start-up time, 10 secs only, currently is the World's Shortest's Start-Up time. I personally witness this and I'm impressed. Really good when you are traveling, you don't have to wait so long to just get your phone on and working. 

Desire HD also has a 4.3" screen! This means easier typing on the touch-screen qwerty keyboard & better for your "eye sight" to read and watch your fav. ebooks or movies. :) 

If you like to take photos & videos with your phone, you would love the Desire HD. 'Cause, it allows you to take high quality photos with it's 8 MP camera & 2 LED Flashlight. Not forgetting the various camera picture effects that you can play with like Sepia etc. Desire HD also lets you take HD Video so you can capture videos & share it on your HDTV! So if you are taking a video on your trip & your want to show your whole family, you can easily share it on your HDTV so your family members don't have to crowd round you, just to see what you have recorded. 

I mentioned about HTC Sense in the beginning, and let me go into the details now. You can log into a web portal HTCSense.com to remotely manage your phone. All your msgs (from the time you start using your HTC Desire HD to the next time you want to change your phone) is automatically downloaded to the portal so even if you delete the msg from your phone and you want to retrive them, you can do so easily from the portal. 

If you lose your phone, you can lock your phone through the Web-portal too! so the person picking up your Desire HD, will not be able to use the phone and the only option for him/her is to call you back. If you are worried that the data inside your Desire HD is stolen while your phone is still on the lost, you can easily erase all data from the portal. Which is really cool! No more worries about your photo & videos being posted online or on weird websites!

The HTC Desire HD is only priced at SGD 888, which is definitely not an expensive smartphone considering the functions.    

HTC Desire HD Specifications
CPU Speed	1 GHz
Platform	AndroidTM 2.2 (Froyo) with HTC SenseTM
Memory	Internal phone storage: 1.5GB Ram: 768MB (Actual available storage may differ depending on the software configuration of your phone)
Dimensions (LxWxT)	123x68x11.8mm
Weight	164grams with battery
Display	4.3 inches touchscreen with 480x800 WVGA resoultion
Network	HSPA/WCDMA: -          Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz -          Upload speed of up to 5.76 Mbps and download speed of up to 14.4 Mbps Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHZ (Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent)
GPS	Internal GPS antenna
Sensors	G-sensor Digital compass Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor
Connectivity	Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer. A2DP  for wireless stereo headsets, and PBAP for phonebook access from car kit Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g/n 3.5mm stereo audio jack Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
Camera	8.0 Mega Pixels colour camera with auto focus & 2x LED flashlight 720p HD video recording
Audio supported formats	Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media  Audio 9) Recording: .amr
Video supported formats	Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3) Recording: .3gp
Battery	Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery Capacity: 1230 mAh Talk time: -          Up to 320 minutes for WCDMA -          Up to 550 minutes for GSM Standby time: -          Up to 490 hours for WCDMA -          Up to 420 hours for GSM (The above are subject to network and phone usage)
Expansion Slot	microSDTM memory card
AC Adapter	Voltage range: 100 – 240 V AC 80/60 Hz DC output : 5V and 1A
Special feature	Dolby® Mobile and SRS surround sound Support sharing pictures, video or music to your big screen TV or PC display via DLNA® (Digital Living Network Alliance)