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Right now, Apple and BlackBerry are still on top of the Smartphone industry as the two try to battle it out for supremacy. However, not far behind is the Taiwan-based manufacturer HTC. They have continually supplied us with excellent Smartphones that match, and in some cases even outclass the likes of the iPhone. One of the best mobiles to ever come out of their busy kitchen is the HTC Desire.

Truly Desirable

One look at this Smartphone will almost instantly give you a desire to get one for yourself. The compact design is impeccable and the 3.7” AMOLED capacitive touch screen displays the most vivid of colours (resolution is at an amazing 480 x 800 pixels). 3G HSDPA, EDGE and GPRS are all on board the HTC Desire as is high speed WLAN compatibility.

The proprietary HTC Sense user interface is definitely a feature that will make this Smartphone the envy of your peers. It doesn’t only deliver user friendliness at the highest level, but its aesthetic value is also way up there.

At Par with the Big Boys

The HTC Desire is definitely at par with the big boys in today’s Smartphone scene. In fact, one could even make a case that it is even better than the BlackBerry’s and the iPhone’s out there. Alongside this mobile’s highly rated Google Android mobile operating system (version 2.1 or Eclair) is a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

With an astonishing clock speed of 1 GHz, this remains to be the most powerful processor in the market today. The HTC Desire even has a 5-Megapixel camera on board (complete with geo-tagging, an LED flash, autofocus, etc.) which is far better than the iPhone’s 3-Megapixel built-in snapper.

The HTC Desire is truly a remarkable Smartphone and we wouldn’t be surprised at all if this device bagged the awards as 2010’s Smartphone of the year.

A lot of critics and consumers alike consider the HTC Desire to be one heck of a Smartphone. As much as we’d like to bash on this Taiwan-based piece of technology, the truth is, we totally agree with the Desire advocates. The Desire is as impressive as they come.

Multimedia Mad

Aside from all the voice and data connectivity options on mobiles, one defining aspect of an excellent Smartphone is its multimedia features. In this regard, the HTC Desire definitely doesn’t disappoint. It starts things off with its highly impressive 3.7” AMOLED touch screen display which delivers 480 x 800 pixels of resolution. The Desire also packs in a functional 5-Megapixel camera which sports features such as geo-tagging and smile detection. The pre-installed multimedia player is also noteworthy as is its external memory which goes up to 32GB.

Sensing a Difference?

One more thing that makes the HTC Desire stand out is its user interface. Not only does it sport the highly-acclaimed Google Android operating system (version 2.1 or Eclair), but it takes things a step further by combining it with HTC’s proprietary Sense UI. The two work together amazingly well as they bring out the best features out of one another – much like how we expect all our romantic relationships to be. Joking aside, the Android hasn’t looked this good and surely, Google has to thank the Sense UI for this vast improvement.

Bang for Your Buck

Lastly, the HTC Desire is very reasonably priced. It was launched just this March and today, it retails at approximately £400. At this considerably affordable price, you can already get your hands on a wonderful Smartphone that gives you all the features you’d need and want. It’s even over a hundred pounds cheaper than the iPhone 3GS which retails at over five hundred pounds.

A rumor has been started from a Russian tech podcast that speaks of the upcoming Android 3.0 operating system. While the new features that were detailed are definitely impressive, there is a large part of the news that would have many Android smart phone owners worried regarding the arrival of the new OS. According to the rumors, the new OS will only be compatible with high-end smart phones.

Considering that Microsoft has already taken this route with the Windows Phone 7, one would think that Google might also try the same approach –determine a minimum hardware requirement for a new OS. In this way, the overall user experience is standardized throughout all devices. At the moment, the Android OS is suffering from cross-handset compatibility issues for some features and apps due to the fact that the hardware used for Android handsets vary depending on the manufacturer.

The podcast goes on to point out that the new OS will only be compatible with mobile phones that have 1GHz CPUs or higher.

While this move makes sense, it is unlikely that Google would actually go in that direction. Unlike the Windows Phone 7 which is an entirely new OS from Windows Mobile, the upcoming Gingerbread is still an update of the current 2.1 Éclair and 2.2 Froyo. Jumping to an entirely new OS would leave a vast majority of Android’s users alienated and that is something that Google cannot risk. After all, it would very likely upset a large number of people if Google brought out an update that made, say, the Samsung Galaxy S obsolete, but supported the HTC Desire.

One of the key topics that Google discussed in the I/O conference and is constantly tackling is the compatibility issue with the Android OS. Their goal is to make the upcoming Gingerbread a standard OS for all the Android smart phones –to set a compatibility standard so that apps and features have no problems running.

Naturally, Google’s newer operating systems would indeed adapt to newer technology, but right now, cutting off any smart phone with a CPU slower than 1GHz is not a viable solution for Google.