Background Information & Look n’ Feel

The HTC Legend has been machined out of a single block of aluminium which gives it its smooth lines, continuous surface and good looks. The black plastic sections on the phone are there for a reason. Without these plastic strips the signals from the Wi-Fi, cellular and GPS antennae would get blocked. The device is very slim at only 112 x 56 x 12mm, but it’s surprisingly heavy for its size at 126 grams.

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Hardware – Display, Keyboard, Battery, Communications, Memory, Connectors

The looks of this device are greatly enhanced by the 3.2 inch, AMOLED HVGA display which has a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. Whereas this phones predecessor used a trackball this mobile device has been rework to be more elegant by replacing the trackball for an optical device.

Although this is an Android 2.1 device HTC have added their own applications such as the new social networking feature called “Friend Stream”. This application allows you to centralise all of your communication from Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites. The HTC Legend comes with 3G and has maximum download speeds of up to 7.2Mps and uploads of up to 2Mbps. The device also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and supports mini USB v2.0.

HTC Legend Mobile Phone Review

The HTC LEGEND has a good built in 5 mega pixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) which also includes autofocus, an LED flash, geo-tagging, and video. It also comes with a multimedia player, a FM radio and a 3.5mm audio socket. To power all of this hardware and software the phone uses a 1300 mAh battery which is quoted as giving up to 6 hours talktime on 3G and 560 hours (23 days) standby time.

Software

As previously mentioned the HTC Legend is run on Android 2.1. To keep things ticking over at a good lick the HTC Legend has a 600 MHz Qualcomm 7227 processor, which is pretty much standard for this type of device. The internal memory is 384MB of RAM which should be enough for most users.

HTC Legend detailed closeup

Availability & Pricing

All in all this is a really nice phone as it is a small but powerful touchscreen smartphone. The phone should be available for general release in Europe in April.

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General
Status Coming soon
Announced February 2010
Network (2G) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 / GSM 850
Network (3G) HSDPA 2100 / HSDPA 900
Form factor Block
Antenna type Internal

Size
Weight 126.0 g (with battery)
Dimensions 112.0 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm

Display
Type Graphical
Coloured Yes, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 3.20 inch
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels
- Sense UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Optical trackball

Memory
- Photocall
- microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB
- 384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
- CPU Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz processor

Ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones Yes
Ringtone profiles Yes
- MP3, WAV ringtones
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Networking
HSDPA speed 7.2 Mbps
GPRS Yes, Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB Yes, miniUSB v2.0
Bluetooth Yes, 2.1 with A2DP
WAP Yes
Browser Yes, HTML
Email client Yes
- Android OS v2.1 (Eclair)
- Push Email
- Instant Messaging
- GPS with A-GPS support

Features
Vibration Yes
SMS Send / Receive
MMS Send / Receive
Camera Builtin, 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, video
Java Yes, via third party application
Games Yes, (changeable)
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Calculator Yes
Calendar Yes
To-do list Yes
Voice memo Yes
Multiple numbers / contact Yes
Handsfree Yes
Headset jack Yes
FM Radio Yes
- Dedicated search key
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
- MP4/H.263/H.264 player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
- YouTube, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Organizer

Standard Battery
Type Li-Ion
Amperage 1300 mAh
Standby time GSM: 440h / 3G: 560h
Talk time GSM: 7h / 3G: 6h 10m

The HTC HD Mini is a nice looking compact phone which packs quite a punch. It weighs 110g and is 103 x 58 x 12 mm in size which is 30% lighter than its predecessor, the HTC HD2. “The demand for the HTC HD2 has exceeded our expectations, and the HTC HD mini fulfils a desire from some customers to bring the capabilities and experience of the HTC HD2 to a more compact design,” said Peter Chou, HTC’s chief executive officer.

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Hardware – Display, Keyboard, Battery, Communications, Memory, Connectors

The display of the HTC HD Mini is a 3.2” TFT capacitive touchscreen with 65K colours and a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. The HTC HD mini includes capacitive touch for viewing, zooming and resizing websites, Microsoft Office files, PDF documents and pictures with just a pinch of your fingers.  The phone also has an accelerometer sensor so you can auto-rotate the screen.

Multimedia options include FM radio, Windows Media Player, a 3.5 mm audio jack and a 5 megapixel  camera with autofocus.  The phone also comes with GPS (including digital compass), Assisted-GPS, and Wi-Fi.  Assisted GPS, ( A-GPS), is a system which can improve the start-up performance of a GPS satellite-based positioning system.

Software

The HTC HD Mini uses the Windows mobile 6.5.3 operating system in conjunction with numerous bolt-on’s from HTC. For example, the  HTC Peep enables you to tweet and follow your twitter stream.

HTC HD mini front and back

The phone has a 600MHz Qualcomm 7227 processor which is nearly half the size of the HD2’s 1GHz processor. As the HD Mini has a far smaller display than the HD2 it does not require the same processing power. To power the phone a 1200 mAh battery provides up to 7 hours talk-time on 3G and 20 days standby time.

Availability & Pricing

In summary the HTC HD Mini cannot really be called progress on the HTC HD2. It is however a small triumph for creating an already successful mobile phone and miniaturising it into something more portable for the masses. The HTC HD Mini will be generally available to customers across major European and Asian markets at the beginning of April.

HTC HD mini back

General

Size

Display

Memory

Ringtones

Networking

Features

Standard Battery

Background Information & Look & Feel

Another big announcement has come out of the Mobile World Congress, this time by the announcement of HTC that it is to launch a new phone called the HTC Desire.  This new touchscreen smartphone runs on Android 2.1  is an upgraded to HTC’s Nexus One. To look at the HTC Desire certainly looks the business with its large screen and thin looks. Owing to the size of the screen this device weighs a hefty 135 grams which is normal for a mobile phone like this.

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Hardware – Display, Keyboard, Battery, Communications, Memory, Connections, Multimedia

The processor to run this beast is a 1 GHz application processor. As you would expect from a phone like this the HTC Desire has  512 MB or ROM and 576 MB of RAM. The HTC Desire also has a microSD memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB. The user interface is a large 3.7 inches AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display which has really cool touch and pinch-to-zoom navigation. The HTC Desire has an impressive 480 x 800 pixel (WVGA) resolution.

The HTC Desire supports HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz and GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz frequencies for Europe and Asia.  This mobile phone also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS. The Desire has both a USB port and a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack.

The 1400 mAh rechargeable Lithium-ion battery that comes with the phone provides up to 6.5 days of talk time on GSM (up to 390 minutes on WCDMA) or up to 15  days of standby time on GSM (up to 15 hours on WCDMA).

Software

Google’s Android 2.1 operating system.

Availability & Pricing

This phone will be available in April 2010. It is expected to cost around £480
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