HTC Desire HD Review

The next big beast is coming - HTC will be familiar with the big size smart phones like HTC HD2, HTC HD 7 and HTC EVO 4G. All the big size phones coming with 4.3 inch screen. And here is the next phone for jumbo size line up, the HTC Desire HD - this phone is coming with 480 x 800 pixels 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen which uses S-LCD technology. The fantastic display supports up to 16 million colors and very easy to read a text and operate on the screen.

Design - An aluminum unibody design ( like HTC Legend but more pretty )on HTC Desire HD makes you feel massive when you hold the "HD" in your hands. The aluminum case on HTC Desire HD also warps around the edge of the screen and that makes the HTC Desire HD more sturdy. On the back side of HTC Desire HD have 2 shared cover which designed for SIM card and microSD slot and battery slot on the right side of the phone, and 8 Megapixel camera on the top left - with auto focus, geotagging, face detection, dual LED flash and 720p recording features.

CPU and OS - The power source for HTC Desire HD is the second generation Snapdragon CPU, 1GHz QSD8225 Qualcomm built under a 45nm process with Adreno 205 graphics. 768MB of RAM on HTC Desire HD is the most RAM that smartphone can get. HTC Desire HD runs the latest version, Android 2.2 ( Froyo ) with HTC Sense 2.0 - there are many feature which coming with Android 2.2 like Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering for use your HTC Desire HD as wireless modem for share wireless signal to others device and speed up web browser. The browser on HTC Desire HD is pretty good - it can load large web page in a very fast speed includes smooth scrolling and pinch-to-zoom feature,stellar rendering performance and Flash Player 10.1 which you can watching and playing back videos smoothly.

HTC Sense - With the new version of HTC Sense on HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z, you can boot the phone in 10 seconds. New HTC Sense also given the smart phone's ringer feature which ring louder when the phone is in a bag and ring lower when the phone was out, and you can also flip the phone for silent the ringing sound. HTCSense.com is another feature for HTC's phone with HTC Sense UI which allow HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z owners organize their phone on website for example if your phone is stolen you can go to HTCSense.com for lock your phone or transfer your personal data, HTCSense.com can also locate your phone on a map, back up, install application and theme online, create and share photos and videos.

Others - HTC Desire HD Dimensions : 11.8mm x 68mm x 123 mm and 164g weight.Internal memory is 1.5 GB and can be expanded up to 32 GB. There are stereo FM radio,3.5mm audio headset, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n on HTC Desire HD. As the web browser phone, HTC Desire HD has many connection options including HSPA+, HSDPA with 7.2 Mbps max speed, HSUPA speeds at 2.0 Mbps and GPRS and EDGE support.

So, if you don't worry about size and looking for super-fast phone with incredible media features, 4.3 inch screen, 8 Megapixel Camera and Android 2.2 with new HTC Sense on HTC Desire HD may be your answer.

HTC Desire HD Root

If you are HTC Desire HD owners and want to root your HTC Desire HD - you can download VISIONary app to your phone and follow this introduction. VISIONary is an application which offer you a one-click temporary root but you can choose Run On Boot option for re-root your HTC Desire HD every time you reboot the phone. However, this still be a temporary boot that means you can't edit the hboot or the recovery image and can't port any custom ROM which require permanent root. Why should we root ? - you ask me, for root HTC Desire HD you will be allowed to installing applications and themes that require a root and can use Titanium Backup.

HTC Desire HD Root Guide :
- Open your HTC Desire HD and go to Android Market for download VISIONary (or you can scan a QR code in below for download app)
- Install VISIONary to your HTC Desire HD
- You will find VISIONary app icon on your home screen
- Launch the app and follow the instructions

Note - Choose "Run On Boot" option if you want to re-root your HTC Desire HD when reboot.

SoundHound on HTC Desire HD and Z

SoundHound the instant music search and discovery to be embedded in HTC's Android phone. The popular music search and discovery service have announced as HTC partnership and the first devices to get the service into are HTC Desire Z and HTC Desire HD. For others Android phones from HTC will be supported SoundHound in nearly future but no confirm from HTC or SoundHound that all previous HTC's Android phone or just new release phone will get this service. For download SoundHound into your HTC Desire Z or HTC Desire HD scan the QR code in below

HTC Desire HD on TELUS

The HTC Desire Z is already available on Bell Canada and if what HTC Sense portal revealed is true - HTC Desire HD might be launched in Canada too. Rumor is that HTC Desire HD will be available on TELUS in early 2011. HTC Desire HD offers 4.3 inch WVGA SLCD display, 1GHz CPU processor, 8 Megapixel with HD video recording - for incredible powerhouse phone HTC Desire HD will costs under $200 on contract on TELUS. Are you waiting for this ?

HTC Desire HD OTA Update

The second OTA update for HTC Desire HD released to the phone owners. This's just a minor update for fixes YouTube and screen issues on HTC Desire HD after the first update which released last week has already improved the screen control on HTC Desire HD. Another issue has been fixed is light adjust issue for camcorder which adjusts to light changes by over and under exposing the shot. Have you got it yer ? Check now for 1.32.405.6 version.

HTC Desire Z on Expansys

Without pre order available on any carrier before (we think because of it's a sim-free resellers exclusive) but now HTC Desire Z the new QWERTY keyboard with Android 2.2 and new version of HTC Sense now available on Expansys. HTC Desire costs £429.99 for a sim-free or you can grab it for free by start paying £30 per month on Vodafone contract through Expansys.

HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z

HTC Desire HD - The first impression on the HTC Desire HD is the size, HTC Desire HD has 4.3 inches LCD display and that will make you feel more comfortable when using software keyboard on HTC Desire HD. HTC Desire HD is a big size phone like the HTC EVO 4G but it’s not too heavy – it’s only 11.8mm thin. With aluminum body on HTC Desire HD you will feel sturdy when you hold this phone in your hands and like others super-fast phone HTC Desire HD has a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU processor, 8 Megapixel with duel LED flash and 720p video recording. The others main point on HTC Desire HD is the latest version of HTC Sense, HTC Sense 2.0 and Dolby Surround speakers and earphones.

HTC Desire Z - Finally, HTC release the latest QWERTY phone to the Android phone market. HTC Desire Z coming with slide-out QWERTY keyboard with hinged design. HTC Desire Z is slimmer than HTC Desire HD ,and that very easy for using QWERTY keyboard and interact on the screen at the same time. There are more feature in QWERTY keyboard on HTC Desire Z that is a good key space and 2 customizable buttons on the bottom right. HTC Desire Z also has HTC Sense 2.0 like HTC Desire HD.

HTC Sense 2.0 - The latest version of HTC Sense which coming with HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z bring more feature to these phones. The key feature for HTC Sense 2.0 is htcsense.com which gives HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z owners more interactive in online space like installing application to the phone from your pc, back up, tracking, locating, locking and “self-destruct on phone data". You can also find nearly Android phone around you even if that phone is on silent mode or you can set your phone on divert from website which can helps you when forget your phone at office.

There’s more feature on HTC Sense 2.0 – some feature are available via app on Android Market but more feature on HTC Sense 2.0 still very useful for HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z owners. Here is others HTC Sense 2.0 feature :

-Super-fast boot in ten seconds
- Customizable status bar and home screen by using skin and theme – yon can also preview it before applying
-Reject call by flip the phone
-Cache option for maps you can use maps even if offline, save your time for loading a maps while zoom in and out. HTC Sense 2.0 also include some feature to the compass which can point to where you need to want go.
-Long press on a word and you can highlight on a word and search it through Google, Wikipedia and more.
-Smart volume adjust – the phone will ring louder when it in your bag and ring lower when it was out
-Show latest update from social network site of your friend when they call.
-Get a layer at the bottom of the screen instead of phone-in screen when your receive a call while using the maps or navigation application
-Connect your phone with TV via DNLA
-Improved camera and gallery application – more beautiful gallery display which allows you to crop and adding effects images on your phone. You can using a bar on screen for digitally zoom and when you upload an image to Facebook you can tag friends too.
-Built-in Ebook function



The weak point on HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z are no front-facing camera on both phones –in the time that video chat is the important feature on smart phone – for missing front-facing camera is very disappointed. Others weak point on HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z : no kickstand for good quality screen and Dolby surround phone so, what should we do when want to watch a movie on the phones and no dedicated camera button. One another thing about HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z that’s you can’t using fast boot when remove the battery out but this isn’t a main point. However, HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z still be the high-end phones and working well with the new HTC Sense UI.