Tuesday, October 12, 2010

HTC Desire Z

Last week I've wrote on the HTC Desire HD, so now, let me give you my thoughts on the HTC Desire Z.
If I've failed to mention it in my previous post on the Desire HD, please forgive me, both the Desire HD and Desire Z are android phones.

From the photo, you might have realise what's the difference between the Desire HD and the Desire Z is that the latter has a QWERTY keyboard that slides out. Very very useful if you have big thumbs and fingers that often "touch" on the wrong letters on the touchscreen keyboard. It's called the Desire Z partly because of Z hinge it uses for its QWERTY keyboard. The Z hinge allows the QWERTY keyboard to slide smoothly out and gives your fingers ample spaces to rest on, ensuring you a fast typing experience.

The HTC Desire Z also has a 3.7 inch screen which makes watching videos, photos and surfing the internet quite an enjoyable experience. Text is automatically resize as you zoom in and out of the webpage. With Flash 10.1 built-in to the phone, you can view the webpages exactly the way they are.

What I like about the Desire Z is the ability to view all your emails on one screen. No more browsing each email accounts if you've multiple acc. They all download into one inbox so it saves you time when you check your emails.

The HTC Desire Z also lets you view, edit and create Microsoft Office documents if you need to. Good if you've deadlines to meet you and you don't want to waste time doing nothing on your way home or to work. 

Most importantly, HTC Desire Z is coupled with HTC Sense. Just to refresh your memory, HTC Sense is a service concept that HTC has come up with. With HTC Sense, you can manage your HTC Desire Z from a remote secure web portal: HTCSense.com. Features of this HTC Sense include you can use the remote portal to change from "silent mode" to "ringing mode" if you've misplaced your phone in your home and is trying to call your phone (which has silent mode turn on) to locate its position. It also allows you to lock your phone if you've realised that you dropped your phone while shopping so that the person picking it up will have no choice but to call you back and return your phone. Just you case you are worried that your data in your phone will be stolen, you can back them up in the portal and delete them from the phone using the portal. No more worries about your pictures getting posted online when you lose your phone!

With all the above mentioned features & functions, no wonder it's called a HTC Smartphone.

Just in case you need more info regarding it's specifications, here they are:

 
HTC Desire Z Specifications
CPU Speed
800 MHz
Platform
AndroidTM 2.2 (Froyo) with HTC SenseTM
Memory
Internal phone storage: 1.5GB
Ram: 512MB
(Actual available storage may differ depending on the software configuration of your phone)
Dimensions (LxWxT)
119 x 60.4 x 14.16mm
Weight
180grams with battery
Display
3.7 inches touchscreen with 480x800 WVGA resolution
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)
Onscreen navigation
Trackpad
Keyboard
Z-slider QWERTY keyboard
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
5.0 Mega Pixels colour camera with auto focus & 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)
Recording: .3gp
 Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1300 mAh
Talk time:
-          Up to 400 minutes for WCDMA
-          Up to 590 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
-          Up to 430 hours for WCDMA
-          Up to 430 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


HTC Desire Z will reach your local reseller including US at the end of Oct 2010.

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