Released a matter of days ago, there had been a huge amount of media coverage of the HTC Desire HD which was also released alongside the HTC Desire Z.
Building on the success of the original HTC Desire, this large handset boasts a number of impressive extras. A huge 4.3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, 8 megapixel digital camera, a 1 GHz processor and Android 2.2 (Froyo) are just some of the reasons why the HTC Desire HD should be at the top of your wish list.
The handset measures 123x 68 mm to accommodate the large screen; however it remains surprisingly slimline at just 11.8 mm. The 4.3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen utilises a pixel resolution of 480x 800 to display up to 16M colours providing stunning display quality of the on screen content. An accelerometer sensor, proximity sensor and touch sensitive controls are all included as standard.
The HTC Sense UI is a highly customisable user interface which allows users to assign up to 7 homescreens with different widget configurations, apps, themes and colour schemes. These can all be displayed in a thumbnail overview and then selected with a single touch of the screen. Social networkers will love the FriendStream app, which consolidates statuses and updates from a number of social networking feeds, and displayed them on a single screen.
The HTC Desire HD comes with a generous 1.5 GB of internal storage; however a micro SD card slot allows users to install a memory card of up to 32GB, providing plenty of storage for digital files such as music tracks, videos or documents.
Fast internet access is provided thanks to HSDPA and Wi-Fi connections whenever local wireless networks are available. When browsing the web, users can simply pinch the screen to zoom in, and then the text on the page will automatically move and resize to fill the screen, to make it easy to read text. When zoomed back out, it reverts back to its original layout.
An impressive 8 megapixel digital camera is also provided, meaning the HTC Desire HD is a powerful digital camera, which can rival many standalone digital cameras in terms of quality and functionality. The camera is equipped with a number of tools for enhancing and editing images, so it is sure to please people who like to take spontaneous snapshots as well as those who are serious about their photography. The camera also has the ability to shoot video footage in 720p HD quality.
A long list of additional features are provided as standard, and access to the Android Market gives users the chance to browse and download thousands of apps from every imaginable category. This means the HTC Desire HD is amongst the most versatile, as well as powerful and technologically advanced handsets out there.