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HTC has positioned themselves as a driving force in the Android handset market, making some impressive gains this year according to the information technology research company Garner. In the second quarter of this year it’s reported that HTC has increased their growth 139.1% year on year and made the 8th place in the worldwide handset rankings.

I had a chance to test drive HTC’s Desire for a few weeks, making this my third steamy affair after the Nexus One and The Legend.

HTC Desire -Android 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense

For starters, I’m a huge fan of HTC Sense, HTC’s user interface built upon the Android OS. Sense is highly intuitive and brings some serious polish to an Android device. It includes a series of widgets, themes and a new web-based control center to manage and customize HTC devices.

Also, Sense provides numerous options to add various preloaded themes (social, travel) and widgets allowing users to quickly trick out the style of their homescreens. And notifications are displayed under the curved dock when the phone is in lock mode.… Continue Reading

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HTC, the manufacturer that brought us the first Android device, aims to dazzle us once again with one very sexy device — The Legend.

I’ve been test driving the Legend for a few weeks and the experience so far has been sweet.

Look At That Body!

The Legend sports a solid aluminum unibody design, a style similar to the very sexy unibody MacBook pro. Media, apps & widgets look beautiful on the 3.2” HVGA AMOLTED display with 7 revolving home screens.

The soft, smooth and boxy casing with a slight curvature (flipped) at the bottom, feels great to hold. The screen on the Legend is a tad smaller than the Nexus One which has a longer body and a sort of rounded feel on the edges.

The solid piece of aluminum covers the entire front & back and doesn’t have the usual large battery slot accessed by removing the backing of the phone. Instead the battery, MicroSD and SIM sit under a small rubber slot which provides a rubber groove on the backing offering a struggle-free removal. Nice touch. The camera, located on the back of the device (no front facing camera) is protected by the same soft rubber used to support the battery at the base of the device.… Continue Reading