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Release Date: Q2 2010 Q2 2010

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International - Discontinued International - Discontinued

The HTC Desire is a Google Android 2.1 smartphone with a advanced AMOLED touch screen display. At 3.7-inches the WVGA LCD is one of the most advanced displays available on the market today, to view photos and videos and browse the Web. The Desire runs HTC Sense for a customized seven-panel home screen. Consumers can also add widgets that collect text messages, emails and call history and even Flickr streams and Facebook updates for contacts and organizes it in a single contact card on the home screen. Additional features include a 5.0-megapixel, MP3 player, FM radio and Wi-Fi and 3G high-speed Internet.


Main Features


  • Large 3.7-inch AMOLED touch screen display delivers vivid and vibrant colors, sharp contrast, and true colors
  • Fast 1GHz Snapdragon processor for a responsive handset that multitasks from app to app without skipping any hesitation
  • Personalize the home screen with widgets that grab rich content from the lastest sports scores to current events and news
  • New People widget collects call, message, email and social networking updates from different circles of friends to easily keep in touch
  • Friend Stream lets users interaction with friends across Facebook, Twitter and Flickr by bringing updates, photos and shared links into a single easy to follow stream
  • New 'Leap' thumbnail view lets users jump to any one of seven panels on the home screen
  • Polite ringer automatically lowers the ringer volume when the phone is picked up

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Product Specifications


Technical

Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA 900 / 2100
Form Factor: Block / Google Android OS v2.1
Dimensions: 119 x 60 x 12 mm
Weight: 135 g
Antenna: Internal
Navigation: Touch Screen (HTC Sense) / Optical Joystick
Battery Type: 1400 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time: 6.7 hours
Standby Time: 14.2 days
Memory: 576.0 MB
Expandable Memory: microSD / TransFlash
 

Safety

Radiation (SAR): Medium Radiation
(1.06 W/kg)
 

Imaging

Main Screen: AMOLED (Accelerometer / Proximity Sensor / Ambient Light Sensor)
16,700,000 colors (480 x 800 px)
External Screen: No
Camera: 5.0 MP / Flash / Zoom / Auto-Focus / Face Detection / Widescreen / Geotagging / Video Recorder
 

Audio

MP3 Player: MP3 / AAC / WMA / M4A / WAV
FM Radio: Yes
Speakerphone: Yes
Push-To-Talk: No
 

Multimedia

Wallpapers: 480 x 800 px
Screen Savers: 480 x 800 px
Ring Tones: MP3
Themes: Yes
Games: Android Market
Streaming Multimedia: MPEG-4 / 3GP / 3G2 / WMV / YouTube
 

Messaging

SMS: Yes
EMS: Yes
MMS: Yes
Email: POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP / Gmail
Chat: AOL / Google / Windows Live / Yahoo
Predictive Text: Handwriting Recognition
 
 

Applications

Phonebook Capacity: Unknown
Calendar: Google Calendar
To-Do List: Yes
WAP: 2.0 (Webkit / Google Search)
Voice Commands: Yes
Calculator: Yes
 

Connectivity

Bluetooth: 2.1 (A2DP / AVRCP / HFP / HSP / OPP / SPP)
Infrared Port: No
High-Speed Data: HSDPA
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g
GPS: Compass (Google Maps / HTC Footprints)
PC Sync: USB 2.0
 

More Information

Website: Product Website
Discussion: Smartphone / PDA Forum

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