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Sprint officially unveiled the HTC EVO Shift 4G, the third carrier 4G smartphone. EVO Shift, which was prematurely leaked by Walmart, has a 3.6-inch capacitive touch display, a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and of course, support for Sprint WiMAX ( INFO) driven 4G network.

EVO Shift offers a quick  Qualcomm MSM7630 processor running at 800MHz to ensure that the functions, including the site of the browser of the phone look good on the phone WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) touchscreen display.

Sprint claims that the phone should be 3 to 6Mbps download speeds, on average, while in areas covered 4G, and notes that its Mobile Hotspot service can be used for a data connection with up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices to share.

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The HTC EVO Shift 4G includes an updated version of the HTC Sense user interface that includes multi-service application can Friendfeed, which reflects multiple social networking services at once, including Facebook and Twitter shows.

Other features of note include visual voicemail support, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and an FM radio receiver, and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi support.

The Shift weighs 167g (5.9oz) and measures 117mm x 58mm x 15mm (4.6in x 2.3in x 0.6 in) in size. A built-in 1500mAh battery is claimed that up to 6 hours of talk on the phone, and Shift microSD memory card slot comes with a 2GB card loaded and is able to support cards as large as 32GB in size.

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We have our Windows Mobile 7 Verification using an HTC Surround AT&T smartphone . Now that we got the cross-validation comeback from Microsoft in the mobile operating system world out of the way we wanted to concentrate on the HTC  Surround. It is interesting how AT &T will come with three Windows Mobile 7 Device Start 8th November.

The Samsung Focus has that super-and AMOLED display is nice and thin, and the LG Quantum has a slider QWERTY keyboard that makes it thicker. The HTC Surround is also a big slider, but as a keyboard, they packed into a pair of Dolby Mobile and SRS WOW virtual Surround speakers and a stand. This is evident on the Windows Mobile 7 customers who directs its establishment as an entertainment device for music and video use plans, and its got 16 GB of internal memory to hold the stuff. Is it worth your interest? Keep on reading for our opinion!

Hardware and form factor

The first look at the HTC Surround, it is certainly not to look unique. In fact, it looks like a generic Android smartphone. It did feel quite the HTC, so not necessarily a complaint. You have added a gray front with a nice 3.8-inch LCD display with 480 x 800 pixels. Around the back you have a soft touch matt black. Because of the slider mechanism, the phone is 0.51 inches thick and weighs 5.82 ounces.

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In comparison with the thinnest AT & T start  Windows Mobile 7 device, the Samsung Focus,  Surround 0.1 inches thick and 1.6 ounces heavier. It should be said that the actual software on the devices is the same so that the phone’s hardware is a kind of on their own and thus the need to Surround speakers to the impressive nature to justify the purchase of a two-vis the other AT&T will  devices.

The LCD screen on the Surround sound is really nice and bright. We had not expected it so vividly because it was not the Super AMOLED display that has the focus sport, but if you have a Surround, the screen will not disappoint if you are looking for a screen with astonishing color reproduction on a small mobile device . Let’s be honest here, even with the stand, I do not think many buyers are looking for the ultimate brilliance on their phone.

On the right you get the volume rocker and dedicated camera key. As we had mentioned in the Windows Phone 7 review, the camera button will wake the camera actually taking the castle and turn right into the image-stitching mode, which is very nice. All Windows Mobile 7 device also sports a return home and search button below the display, so expect that appear naturally on the Surround.

As with the slider, it feels solid. There is a single button on the slider that changes the Surround modes that provide the speakers and to go you have folded in a side stand. The stand is nice if you watch the content, or if you simply want to create just the phone to play music stored on the device or streaming from Zune, but it is not stable enough to hold the phone upright on its own, while to interact with it. Maybe a few light touches here and there, but it’s pretty easy to knock it.

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Mobile Surround Speakers

So if you pick up the HTC Surround the main reason you do it, because it as an entertainment device that uses the speaker would want to use. On the positive side of things, not the speakers have some volume to them, and they do a good job of sound, in a small room. For example, if you travel frequently, which remains in the hotel room, you could certainly start Zune and support this thing on its stand and enjoy music in your hotel room.

On the negative side, we could not really figure out what actually reaches the small button on the speaker. To our ears, when you pressed the button to toggle between SRS Surround and Dolby Surround-switches, one of them sounded much better than the other – but there was no indication to leave something on the screen that you know which was the.

The other thing about these speakers, you should usually use it in landscape mode with the side stand … But the navigation and music video is a portrait view-only. This means that one to share things with either reading at a 90 degree angle, or get it each time you navigate to a new song or video clip. That’s just absurd, but that’s not the fault of HTC – Microsoft just does not include a landscape in enough of Windows Mobile 7 … and which can be easily corrected in software. But in its current form it is a limitation that can be pretty annoying pretty fast.

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Let’s not beat about the bush. The HD7 is the HTC phone, HTC HD2 should have been: a mammoth smartphone that all screen with a working OS. Windows Mobile 7 is that a panacea, but there are some differences – plus some serious competition from the likes of Samsung and you do not LG.

A few changes to the hardware side, since the HD2 The start was a year ago, however. The physical set of keys at home is now replaced by the three authorized Microsoft keys, Back, Home and Search. You are now sensitive to touch, but without the work incident. It is also a newer 1GHz CPU, but we can not confirm this – there are more internal memory of the time. Our review model had 16GB, but HTC says the European units will ship with 8 GB. It should be enough, although we would the opportunity to strengthen them with microSD like – to support the Windows Mobile 7 technical. The lock button is now on the top right HD7 HTC, for 3.5 mm audio-and micro-USB for syncing and charging sit on the floor.

He is now stand an interesting addition to the HTC HD7. We have not really seen this on a high-end phone from the Sony Ericsson W995, but if a screen on any merit, it is surely the HD7 large plate on the HTC. Honestly, does support that Windows Mobile 7 is limited video format (the same as the iPhone, pretty much) to you may not see too many, but it’s nice to have the opportunity: it is like well, and perhaps important, not add to the thickness or ever felt, it could open up and raced through the random drawing of the HTC HD7 from his pocket.

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One of the most striking physical difference between the HTC and the desire HD7 HD is the former physical camera button where you would expect on the right. Windows Mobile 7 easily solved by having the camera is reasonable with a long push, even when the screen is locked, which is welcome for spur of the moment shots, and the five-megapixel sensor on the HTC HD7.

Shots landed quite loud most of the time, and the phone has an annoying habit of only focusing on the screen at the very last second so that it can be difficult to frame shots with precision. The dual-LED flash is welcome, and to do the job – this is not a Nokia N8 though. What we were satisfied, however, the HTC was HD7, 720p video recording. As you can see in the clip above can, while not particularly sharp, the autofocus is extremely responsive.

All in all, the HTC HD7 dressed the plate of sharpness we expected. What really surprised us about the HTC HD7 but we have almost sorry to say, the screen. While it is quite appealing and sharp at 800x 480 resolution, it is unfortunately also shows for something washed out top of the line, and the Windows Mobile 7 by default black background, it even more. You know how blacks look on older TVs do more than anything else? It is so. Perch a Samsung Omnia 7, complete with Super AMOLED screen next to it, and the difference is amazing. HTC really needs to work on this aspect of all of its mobile phones, now that the supply produced by Samsung AMOLED panel disappears.

Of course, the sheer size of the screen goes some way to making this on. The 4.3-inch screen sounds great, but at least with our hands around, it is absolutely perfect for typing and tapping icons. We have never missed a stroke on the excellent Windows Mobile 7 Keyboard, and it’s definitely the right way.

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You can read more about Windows Mobile 7 itself in our full review, but the HTC HD7 1GHz CPU is absolutely flying. We have never experienced any slowdown, and if anything, you’re going to wait on the screen flashing transitions – see for yourself in the video below, we doubled and recorded with the Samsung Omnia 7. Some third-party applications (especially games) not to take a long download, but the HD7 is a game for the Omnia 7 when it comes to speed. We have some crazy bug that caused the screen to repeat again and again to offset a few pixels, then run the whole thing was not readable. But a reboot fixed this, and it is possible this glitch be fixed by launch.

HTC has tried to differentiate themselves a bit with the software, but HTC HD7. On board you will find the HTC Hub biased, which lets you use various HTC widgets in it (stocks/ weather). Unfortunately, it is quite useless, since it opened as a third party app. We do not think HTC is a name for himself with this in the way of it with a scythe on Android, and we unpinned it from the startup screen very quickly, and have not looked back.

Battery life on the HTC HD7 is pretty much par for the course with a modern smart phone these days. 1230 mAh sounds like not sound much for a 4.3-inch WVGA Smartphone, but we never have any trouble using it through a day of solid, even if they do not stretch to two. Of course, Windows Mobile 7 does not allow third party applications running in the background, so you no chance, there in the same manner as an Android phone drain – swings and roundabouts.

The HTC HD7 is unusual, perhaps more than any other smartphone this year, we had expected. It seemed obvious that HTC would be nice design with Windows Mobile 7 to connect. And it works: We would even go as far to say that it still makes it a better choice than the fugly Samsung Omnia 7, despite its clearly inferior screen. It’s big, beautiful and good or bad, has all the advantages and disadvantages of Windows Mobile 7 brings.

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You probably already know that Sprint has first 4G mobile phone with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and sports an 8-megapixel camera capable of 720p HD video. They also have 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen of the EVO 4G’s, Android 2.2 includes browsing experience, and video chat with permission of the 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The HTC EVO 4G is raised as one of the premiere models on the market. The next contender to have all phones we reviewed this year appeared to be the Droid X, even though the iPhone 4 also put up a real fight.

Design

Even with all the new phones that the market hit the HTC EVO 4G, this phone still has one of the best designs, if not the best. It is one of the few phones have a stand in the back to support it horizontally for video screenings. The HTC EVO 4G has located a mini-HDMI connector on the bottom of the phone next to the USB jack. In the back of the HTC EVO 4G has an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash on the left and playback speaker, for his rights. But the digital image processing is not everything, as the EVO 4G has embedded a 1.3-megapixel camera in the upper right corner of the 4.3-inch touchscreen LCD, just waiting for video chat action.

Yes, the HTC EVO 4G one of the largest displays on the market, and it has a 800 x 480-pixel resolution with 65,000 colors. When we talk about ads, the big question is “Does this beat the iPhone 4 of the retina display?” .The HTC EVO 4G comes damn close, but it gets strong competition from Apple’s packaging pixel retina and the Samsung Super Galaxy S AMOLED displays. We prefer the EVO 4G screen on the Motorola Droid X because it’s something seemed polished and refined.

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Structurally, the HTC EVO 4G ergonomically more favorable than the Droid X because his back has rounded edges, while feeling the Droid X itself as a large rectangular stone in the pocket. The EVO 4G, HTC signature bright red interior when the rear wall is removed, exposing a large battery to have to be removed to get the MicroSD card. Here is a little more quality would be expected from one of the most powerful phones on the market. The back is constructed of a thin plastic and remove the microSD card is like trying to fish an amoeba from a cell. Apart from the HTC EVO 4G built one of the solid phones in existence. Plus, with an OtterBox case, the EVO an intimidating bodyguards.

Interface and navigation

The HTC EVO 4G was obtained, the first smartphone to support Android 2.2 this year. Android brightened 2.2 Our overall experience with the ability to embedded video right in your browser, voice calling over Bluetooth, improved gallery, and an overall faster performance. The HTC EVO 4G is fast as hell. When it comes to speed, the Evo X 4G and Droid are probably bound as long as both the Android must update 2.2. Applications fired up swiping from the home screen on home screen was a breeze, and we could pinch and zoom in a split second while surfing the Internet courtesy of the Now Network. The EVO 4G to zoom, tap water, and all seven home screens can be accessed in a range of pinching and zooming on each panel.

Everything we have on the EVO 4G was effortless, thanks to the 1GHz Snapdragon processor and Android 2.2 platform. But the HTC, the HTC EVO 4G Sense, one of the interface is intuitive and sleek outside. With Friend Stream we got a live feed of all our Facebook, Twitter, Twitter, and contacts, including status updates, photos and links. There were also full Exchange support and a widget that allows us our mail on the fly control. Of course, the HTC EVO 4G a fully customizable home screen experience allows us, icons, widgets, applications and folders any way we want is . This includes a Google calendar that synchronizes our events, full of power panels, which enabled us Bluetooth/ WiFi, etc. compounds and a specialized car panel with Footprints, Navigation, Voice Search, Maps, and the ability to toggle a speakerphone call.

The HTC EVO 4G uses his dual LED flash lights by taking a flashlight at the application level, we could forever continue. Perhaps one of the most impressive features of the EVO 4G is its video-chat that can be done with Sprint Now Network or Wi-Fi networks. The EVO 4G comes with Qik summoned to chat via video, but you have to pay for the premium version. The good news is that the Standard membership is free. As projected from the EVO 4G Incipience of existence, the phone is really a multimedia powerhouse.

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Voice Quality/ Battery Life

And it’s just getting better and better, was outstanding for the HTC EVO 4G voice quality. We called many different phones, one of which was an LG envy, and sound could be heard clearly and completely. There were no cracks or speak has static, and the EVO 4G-microphone trick. Unfortunately, the EVO is not 4G, a second microphone, so the phone is some background noise picked because of its lack of noise suppression. Wind noise, construction, loud music, etc., were potential threats to the lone microphone HTC EVO 4G’s, so this was a minor error. IPhone 4′s excellent noise suppression system gave us the best noise suppression so far. The battery life is according to the manufacturer, a 6 hours of talk time, 3G, and we can tell you that the EVO 4G battery life is reasonable, given its high activity. It took us a whole day with the camera, surf the Internet and play games, then that is acceptable enough.

Still Image /Video Quality

All good things must come to an end, and it stops right here for the HTC EVO 4G. The 8-megapixel camera gave us a mediocre performance for still images and 720p video. We would compare it to the cranked mediocrity by Droid X. Both cameras are equally lackluster. Increased noise, lack of fine detail, and the inability to really focus in on close-ups pulled the magic carpet from under us.

The HTC EVO 4G has hired a good selection of image controls that we change the saturation, sharpness, contrast, exposure, white balance, image aspect, face detection, geotagging and. We also have the touch to focus on the ability EVO 4G, but it could not be used in video mode, like the iPhone 4th The two LED flash was a strange, pale ray, but we have a light in the video mode to use. One of the best parts about the HTC EVO 4G was its digital filter that we apply to our images. Hopefully the upgrade to the EVO 4G it will increase the image quality department, because no telephone, the iPhone has surpassed four when it comes to grab the trigger.

Conclusion

The Jolly Green Giant of smartphones has been updated and we would say that the HTC EVO 4G is one of the best models is to spend time with her to many competitors. No other phone has such a device with a large arsenal of tricks so fast, slim body. The EVO 4G excelled in the speed department meant a lot of applications and widgets that offered optimum browsing the Internet, and proved to be a multimedia powerhouse.

See With the ability to video chat via Qik, keep up with our contacts on Friendster and stream HD video, while our EVO 4G resting on its little stand, our experience is well rounded and fun. However, the HTC EVO 4G Achilles heel of its imaging performance. We hope that HTC will fix this for the next version of the HTC EVO 4G.

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What’s in a name? A few months ago this smartphone was known as the HTC Touch Diamond 2. Now it’s the HTC Pure called. Rebranding aside, improves the listeners well above its predecessor, supported the Touch Diamond, with better specifications, sophisticated design and new features of Windows Mobile 6.5. Unfortunately missing from the phone multimedia verve, while maintaining WinMo trademark inertia.

The HTC Pure looks sleek and stylish despite relatively inexpensive. Measuring 4.3 inches by 2.1 inches by 0.5 inches and a weight of 4.2 ounces is that Pure slightly larger and heavier than the Touch Diamond. Rectangular with rounded corners, it is well shaped for hand and pocket.

The handset design is quite minimalist, with four hardware keys (Talk, Windows Start, Back, and End Home) is running under the display. A touch-sensitive zoom bar, similar to the HTC Touch Pro 2, is located between the keys and the display. The bar can enlarge and reduce the size of Web pages with a flick of your finger, and in my practice tests, it worked quite well. The power switch is located at the upper end of the phone and remove the large volume rocker on the left side of the spine. Like many HTC phones manufactured, with the Pure a proprietary headphone charging jack, which you use an adapter if you want to connect means in your own headphones.

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In total, the phone feels great in long conversations, without complaints. The call quality over AT & T’s 3G network, however, disappointed me. I heard a hissing sound distracted during most of my calls and some calls sounded, soft voices and far. A 3.2-inch WVGA touch screen (a nice upgrade from 2.8-inch screen of the Touch Diamond) with a 800-by-480 pixel resolution dominates the face of the phone. I’m spoiled by multi-touch technology? I felt that I have to press harder on the screen had received a response – not a very intuitive layout. Nevertheless, I definitely noticed Windows Mobile 6.5 ‘s was improved support for touch screens, navigation through the interface much more pleasant than on older WinMo phones.

The software keyboard felt a little cramped, but it was maintained for short messages. The haptic feedback is a nice touch, however, and they have a bit more comfortable typing. If you are looking to use your phone for messaging and e-mail, you should have the HTC Tilt 2, which has a full QWERTY keyboard and AT & Tcome in a few weeks to check.

The HTC Pure runs Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system with custom HTC interface, TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D is a bar of shortcuts (for applications such as Internet browser, e-mail and the music player) that runs along the bottom of the screen. Flick on the Shortcut Bar to find an application and it will immediately pop up on the screen. TouchFLO 3D it is a little more customizable now how you can rearrange and remove new one from the interface through the Settings menu.

The spruced-up Windows Mobile start screen shows the icons in a honeycomb pattern. You can use the Start menu with a background image and add more widgets and applications to it on the Microsoft Marketplace. Move your favorite icons to the top by clicking on it for a few seconds. Fortunately, you no longer need the small scroll bar to scroll through the menu, but you can scroll down the screen flick. The icons are much sharper, too, and jumps out nicely on the screen.

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In addition to the new boot screen, Windows Mobile 6.5 has some useful interface. My favorite is the screen lock, which you can see missed calls or messages without unlocking the phone. When a reaction that simply unlock the message and take you directly to the application – pretty cool. The accelerometer was a bit slow sometimes a shortcoming we are on the Android-based HTC Hero noticed as well.

The Pure ships with two browsers: the new Internet Explorer Mobile and Opera Mobile 9.7. To enlarge on a page in Internet Explorer Mobile, tap twice on the area you want to magnify. Although the effect is not as smooth as the multitouch pinch-to-zoom control, it works fine. Scroll through pages on the Internet Explorer Mobile is not as smooth as the iPhone’s Safari, but browsing to function adequately. The Opera 9.7 display system open pages is not ideal (it will shrink to thumbnails and tiles next to each other).

For some reason, Microsoft decided to fade Windows Media Player to ignore in this update. I had high hopes before Windows Mobile 6.5 was officially announced that the player would be a makeover for the wonderful players on the Zune look like getting. The TouchFlo 3D player is a bit more aesthetically pleasing than Windows Media Player, with an iTunes-like album art navigation system. The sound quality was generally good, but the absence of a 3.5 mm headphone jack limits of pure attractiveness as a music player.

The Pure’s 5-megapixel camera, on the other hand, was very impressive. Despite not having a flash, grabbed the camera is great-looking pictures both indoors and outdoors. Colors looked accurate, details were sharp, and I saw no traces of graininess or pixelation. While the updates in Windows Mobile 6.5 may incrementally on paper, is the upgrade to version 6.1 of the usability a big deal. And pairing the new operating system with high quality hardware to the HTC Pure operating system even more attractive.

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The conversation filled HTC HD2 is bound for T-Mobile this spring, but we just could not wait that long. Since we got a look at the HD2 at the CTIA Fall 2009, we were dying to get our hands on this device and thanks to Expansys USA, we have an unlocked version of the smartphone to get for review. In short, do not disappoint HD2. The phone’s luxurious 4.3-inch touch screen is the absolute highlight of the device while the user experience makes sense HTC Windows Mobile quite bearable and usable and 1GHz Snapdragon processor keeps humming along smoothly Smartphone.

There is no question that the HTC HD2 is the best Windows Mobile smartphone on the market right now. What remains to be seen whether the HD2, any appeal by the time it at T-Mobile, considering that Windows Mobile 7 Series on the horizon. The size of the phone alone is enough to scare some people, but the promise of something completely new and exciting to keep potential buyers at bay? Obviously, it’s a bit hard to say without Windows Mobile 7-series to compare it, at the moment. Plus, we still have a long way to go until we sell all Windows Mobile 7 Series handsets actually see, we think the HD2 could have a chance.

Design

Whether you have a commitment to any particular brand or operating system, you must admit that the HTC HD2 the design is pretty impressive. Of 4.74 cm to 2.64 cm wide and 5.54 ounces, the smartphone requires your attention and we do not deny there is an animal. In fact, we suspect, its size will be a turnoff for some, it is not exactly the portable device and it is quite a handful to hold during a call. That is, we give credit where credit is due. For the HD2 to a massive 4.3-inch touch screen and all its functions and stay package is just 0.43 cm thick, no small thing. In addition, the hardware feels solid with a mix of stainless steel and soft-touch finish. Of course, what really makes the HD2, among the sea of touch screen phones is the display. The HD2 is 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen is the largest we’ve seen on a smartphone before. Couple the size with a sharp WVGA (480×800) resolution and you have a nice cup. It is vivid, sharp and readable in various lighting conditions.

Photos, videos, Web sites and messages are all that much easier to see, thanks to the extra real estate. The virtual keyboard is also benefiting from the larger screen as well as portrait and landscape formats are spacious and very easy to use. As a person, preferably the physical keyboards and has a hard time adjusting to virtual, the HD2 is spacious layout definitely made for an easier transition and allows me to type faster than other on-screen keyboard. As you might have guessed from the above-mentioned portrait and landscape formats, the display has a built-in accelerometer. It was pretty fast during our period, changing the orientation of the screen in a second or two, turning the phone. It also has a proximity sensor so that the display is not active when you are on a call not to prevent accidental “mispresses” because your cheek. Another feature is to note the HD2 is multi-touch support. Yes, you can take the coveted prize-to-zoom gesture in various applications, including the browser, photos and e-mail. Below the screen there are a handful of quick-access controls, including Talk and End buttons, a Home button, Start menu, and a back button. You also get a volume rocker on the left side, and you’ll find a 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro-USB connector on the bottom. The camera and flash would be expected on the back as you, while the microSD expansion slot is located behind the battery compartment.

Our unlocked HTC HD2 packed came with a power supply (although the pin UK standard, so you need to get an adapter to use it in the U.S. or elsewhere), a USB cable, a 2GB microSD card, a wired stereo headset, a soft protective case, and reference material. Other add-ons, see our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page.

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User Interface

At its core, the HTC HD2 is another Windows Mobile 6.5 device with the clamp applications such as Microsoft Office Mobile Suite, Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Media Player and Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Microsoft My Phone Backup service. But the HD2 also employs the HTC-sense user interface that masks the traditional Windows Mobile interface, and that’s a good thing.

Similar to the versions offered on Android devices from HTC Sense a tabbed toolbar at the bottom of the screen that you go through and reboot allows different applications by releasing the finger from left to right or vice versa, and if You can reach the desired program. There are 11 available registers in total, including those for people, calendar, internet, music, and stocks, and you can add more or remove tabs from the home screen by pressing the menu button or go to the settings and check the corresponding fields in the list. If you do not see an application or task on this list, do not worry. The home screen offers extra fast connection boxes where you choose to create a shortcut for almost any application that build the phone as well as contacts and bookmarks. Also on the Home screen to all the upcoming appointments and get real-time weather information. The forecast is updated automatically, depending on your location and you can even choose which (such as snowflakes fall appears to be the screen or when it rains, a windshield wiper will clear away the rain drops) weather animated wallpaper that is a bit spurious, but also kind of cool.

HTC Sense is not just pretty things or the user interface more accessible from the home screen. Sense also extends to other areas of the phone. You will see HTC Touch in all of the people/ contacts page to check the calendar to the media player. Oh, that’s for sure Windows Media Player still there, but why do you want to use outdated application if HTC’s own media player that has a much more attractive Cover Flow-like interface and an intuitive menu system offers? There are also small, thoughtful things like the fact that the HD2 automatically the volume of the ringtone, how to pick up the phone, so you do not annoy your neighbors by blasting them away with your samba music.

HTC Sense is not the panacea for Windows Mobile. Once you dig into some of these core applications such as Outlook, you will see some of the infamous Windows Mobile usability issues rear their ugly heads. That is, Sense makes a big difference with this Windows smartphone easier to use and more personal and functional.

Features

We dive deeper into the HTC HD2 features when the T-Mobile version is released, but here is an overview of the basics. Beyond HTC Sense is the HD2′s feature set pretty much what you expect from a high-end smartphone. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, but the quad-band world phone offers no U.S. 3G support. Obviously, this is where the deal T-Mobile HTC HD2 that issue.

Phone features include a speakerphone, speed dial, smart dialing, voice commands, conference calling, and text and multimedia messages. The HD2 is a nice job of integrating communications features. On a contact page you can see all your interactions with that person, whether it be a call or SMS, and any updates they have posted on social networking sites. From an e-mail, you can, call the sender or receiver of the message with a single tap of the phone icon, there is a number with that of the contact is, and if several people in an e-mail thread may Quickly make a conference call to all with a similar method.

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We touched on the media player briefly in the section above and in addition to that, the HD2 is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, dual LED flash, video recording capabilities and default processing options. The image quality was very good. We have the image in a relatively dimly lit room. We were pleased with how the colors of the objects was found, and were certainly happy happy with the sharpness of photos. The flash can sometimes do more harm than good, blowing out an entire shot. There is also the least shutter lag. Recorded video clips looked decent. Some scenes could have been a bit blurred, but overall for a camera phone, the HD2 has a commendable job with video. Now T-Mobile version will offer more entertainment options. At the Mobile World Congress 2010, the carrier that the HD2 with both “Transformers” films, Barnes & Noble e-book readers, On Demand blockbuster video download application, and more ship. The unlocked HD2 comes with some extras of its own, not HTC Twitter app, Peep, the Opera Mobile Web browser and CoPilot Live 8 for voice-guided navigation.

Performance

We tested the quad-band (GSM 850 /900/ 1800 /1900) HTC HD2 in New York was good with AT&T  service and quality. On our end of the interview, voices sounded loud and clear with very little background interference. Every once in a while, would break up a call, but we think that is more an AT&T  issue than a phone issue, as we have seen the same on other phones with AT&T service in New York. Meanwhile, our friends had commented high praise for the quality of the connection, the luscious sound and the absence of background noise.

Unfortunately, the speakerphone did not quite produce the same results. On both sides of the call, we had a hard time listening to each other and had to keep asking the other person to repeat themselves as the end of the sentences often cut off. Also sounded quite tinny voices. Despite the occasional breakdown already mentioned, we did not find that dropped calls during our test phase and we had no problem pairing the phone with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset or the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones.

Without 3G support, browsing the Web via AT & T’s 3G network was, not surprisingly, a bit pokey. With the Opera browser, OUR full website in 1 minute and 26 seconds to load. Fortunately, you have to resort Wi-Fi when in range of a network. While we are partial to Opera, Internet Explorer Mobile 6 has the advantage of Flash Lite support for you to Flash sites and Flash movies directly from the browser view.

With a Wi-Fi, YouTube clips in just a few seconds of buffered and played back smoothly. We also have a few MP4 movie trailers on the device and had a great viewing experience of continuous playback. Obviously, the HD2 has extra large screen is much value to the experience. Sound quality for movies and music over the phone speakers sounded pretty weak, but after plugging in our Bose on-ear headphones, we were, how the phone could pump out the marvel rich sounding audio. The HD2 has 512 MB of RAM and a ROM 448MB microSD expansion slot.

Equipped with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, led the HD2, without a problem during our reporting period. Although we were not blown away by each flash your phone and much more vicious than other Windows Mobile devices. There was little delay in starting or working in multiple applications and even multimedia applications run smoothly. We do not even feel like the HD2 could not keep up with our demands, nor did we experience any kind of crash that would require a restart. The HTC HD2 comes with a 1230 mAh lithium-ion battery with a rated talk time of 6 hours and up to 20 days standby time. We are still conducting our battery drain tests but will update this section as soon as we have final results.

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Despite being called the Verizon XV6900, this device is not in any way, shape or form either a successor or a replacement to the XV6800. They are in fact radically different devices. The XV6800 is a business-oriented machines, while the XV6900 is designed to civilian customers. So to all those of you hoping for a sudden price drop on the XV6800, I fear, you wait in vain.

The XV6900 is Verizon’s version of the HTC Touch. An almost identical model was sold under the name of Sprint since last fall, while a version of GSM is widely used in Europe. This is a Windows Mobile device with a focus on the touch screen and supports Verizon’s EV-DO network.

Design & Construction

The new Verizon version of the Touch follows the style of the older Sprint and unlocked GSM versions almost exactly minimalist with a rounded design. The one big change is that the housing on the Verizon version, all white, which is a little unusual, and led Ed Hardy describe to make it look as a condition for the Touch like an egg. Nevertheless, some users are afraid to show dirt on the smartphone – the anti-stick-gloss surface comes to the grunge. It takes fingerprints, but they are not very visible when the unit at an angle to the light.

The entire construction is very solid, although a plastic housing. It feels good in the hand, rounded corners do wonders, so that the small size even smaller. HTC went to pass out of the way the device feel a smooth, aerodynamic, hiding the edges of the battery compartment and all other important functions of the device that might distract from their smoothness.

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Something I had completely forgotten about the touch-line before I started this post is the touch screen. Unlike most devices, where the touch screen is recessed and a bezel around it, like a desktop or laptop LCD screen, the Touch’s digitizer is flush with the face of the device. There is no gap, the digitizer adheres directly to the rest of the case.

For obvious reasons, the touch screen is probably the most important piece of hardware on the XV6900. Although the original Touch actually came a few weeks before the iPhone, the family is the device uniquely determined for comparison with the touchscreen-based slides and gestures invite the Apple device. To this end, while the Touch does include a stylus, it is very much, so you do not have conceived. HTC TouchFLO with own rocket and a few other custom pieces of software for the touch screen to go almost anywhere in the OS, without pulling the pin. Examples of this are you the finger up or down to summon or banish the TouchFLO home screen, the finger-friendly access to a limited number of contacts and common applications.

HTC has a special finger-friendly predictive soft keyboard that enables the user to input the text without the stylus. It works along the lines of the multi-tap system used on mobile phones and other devices with less than the full number of keys. Each large button gets a few letters: Tap etcetera once for X, Y twice. While it makes a little more finger-to-use keypad, the letters are switched from their normal positions, allowing for an additional learning curve before entering text. Pretty soon after getting the device, I installed Resco Keyboard, which is much more friendly and easier to use for text entry.

But “simple” should not be confused with “easy”. The touch well behind keyboarded devices able to enter text, and you’d be about on par with an experienced user on a T9 setup. Make no mistake, the data input of the major weakness of the touch. The combination of a relatively small screen with a lack of any kind of button input, nothing more than whether, in short words, is quite cumbersome. Frequent writer and those who need to edit Office documents would be well advised to look elsewhere.

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Communications and Wireless

Unlike the GSM version of Touch, the XV6900 no internal Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and only its CDMA/EV-DO. Verizon probably would rather direct civilian customers to its own high-speed (and high priced) network, instead of that unseemly “Wi-Fi” what the business users get the Mogul/XV6800. Performance on the local network, Verizon seemed typical of most current smartphones, with data speeds in the foreseeable 400-1000 kbps range with an average of 800 or so. Signal strength and I would describe as average, not always an excessive lock on the nearby towers, but not any unusual radio holes.

Note that the EV-DO Revision A does not include, even though the hardware supports it: the way the internal GPS, which is locked by software until such time as an update is available. The device is Bluetooth 2.0 module is unfortunately still reeling from the Microsoft Bluetooth stack, which is a great example of why people assume that Microsoft does not know how a user can be done. At least it is the newer Windows Mobile 6 version, which is more reliable than their ancestors WM5, if no work more pleasant.

Software problems

First off, as the Sprint version of the Touch includes the Verizon version has a built-in internal GPS receiver. Also disabled as the Sprint Touch, GPS is on the Verizon XV6900 in the software, making it impossible to access for users without hacking the device. This is possible, of course, but it requires a moderately high level of knowledge, some unofficial software, plus nerves of steel if not, at least cast iron. If you do not know what a ROM flash is left to the experienced gadget-heads. The Sprint Touch is scheduled to receive an update later this year that allows the GPS receiver, but no one knows at this point whether the Verizon version will get it.

The second software-related thing on the table, I had a problem with the device, the phone dialer application. Whenever I would try to punch in a row, it seemed a bit slow to respond to my input. Not so critical, but just enough to be annoying and potentially trip you up when you miss and quickly dialing a water tap. I hope this gets sorted in a software update.

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Battery Life

Because of its size, the Touch has a smaller battery than most Pocket PC phones. mAh With a weight of 1100, compares a similar number of non-slim touch screen devices, but is lower than the 1500 mAh cells, which by its bigger brother, the HTC Mogul/XV6800 be located. Obviously, because it is run by the same hardware, it means a shorter battery life. The official specs list 3.5 hours of talk time and 10 hours of other uses, both a bit generous because I can be useful. But not excessively. The touch is still quite useful, it requires only a little wary eye on the battery fee.

Conclusion

The XV6900 is an incredibly smooth unit, and you can not help but like it at least a little, even if it is not necessarily to your taste. The unusual design makes it a lot different in terms of how it feels to use than most Windows Mobile devices, despite the fact that, in principle, the hardware is almost the same. I personally am still not convinced that a phone is almost entirely without buttons really as reliable as it should be, but if that’s your thing, then the XV6900 offers an interesting alternative to the iPhone.

The new Sprint HTC Sport EVO some of the best hardware you can find on any mobile device on the market and offers some of the Burli specs that we’ve ever seen in a mobile (4G finally!). What is more, it is simply gorgeous, the kind of things that other forces on it if you ask it to take from his pocket.So the EVO biggest draw their 4G WiMAX compatibility. How was it? Uh … We do not know. We tested the phone in San Francisco, which is not currently wired for 4G. If you consider the EVO for its IT chops, look where 4G is currently in use.

However, he was able to do much better with 3G iPhone, than ours. We took the phone in three different locations in San Francisco where AT&T has coverage holes, and in each case had a 3G data connection (sometimes slowly), while our iPhone would not even call. While this may be less a problem in areas where AT&T provides the cover advertises it, those who are suffering from their lack of network happy to know there is a robust alternative.

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On the hardware front, the huge 4.3-inch screen of the iPhone and Nexus it is making in comparison Dinky, yet it remains small and light enough to slip easily into any pocket. It shines an 8-megapixel camera (with flash) on the back, along with a 1.3-megapixel sensor adorn the front. These dual-screen action, you can preview images to be well framed self-portrait of yourself and your friends.The camera also shoots 720p video – it will not replace your HD camcorder, but it is a fantastic shooter in their pockets. A rack on the back, you can consider it as a TV, while an HDMI port allows a connection to a TV. The 1-GHz processor Snapdragon feels faster than the Indy 500, while the phone appears to have more antennas than the average police car with 3G, 4G (WiMax), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FM and GPS connectivity.

All these antennas are good to use. The navigation system is on par with or better than most standalone GPS devices. Furthermore, the phone feels for the Internet from the get-go designed. At the start, you go through setting up your Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts. It imported our Facebook and Google contacts into the phone in seconds, thanks to Google and voice integration, we were able to use an existing number. We loved link the possibility of the phone. In just three clicks you can send to the establishment of a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet to your computer.Our only real hardware complaint is that could the OLED display a little brighter and sharper – it looks slightly out of focus in addition to an iPhone – and we noticed some strange effects of cyclic dimming when reading long blocks of text on Web pages.

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The entire surface is very good, just a user of all Android phones we’ve laid hands on. When we passed the phone off to a user who never tried before Android, it was immersed in seconds and do in the situation, e-mail, surf the Internet and tweet without instructions. It is worth mentioning that the phone is not with the newly announced Froyo (2.2) version of Android, but HTC announced that it will publish mobile phones in 2010 with the version of the operating system update ship.

Our main quibble is that the battery of short-lived show on the EVO as a plot line in a Seth McFarland. A typical application situation gave us about 6 hours of battery life. After passing through the city to test the GPS and 3G signals we ran out of juice in just over four hours. The situation became even worse when we turned on the 4G antenna. In short, it will not do it all day without recharging. While the battery is replaceable on the EVO, so that you can substitute a bear, we look forward to one day, Smartphone battery life reasonably matched power consumption.

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Overall, we loved this phone. The hardware is equipped smart and good, the interface is pleasant and easy, and it just worked. In short, it felt like a call from the future, we dropped not by AT&T

Android is now available on AT u0026 t live with the new HTC Aria! OK, may not be completely true, since Motorola launched the backflip on AT u0026 Ts network a few months ago, but if any of you actually played with the phone, you know that it is probably the worst ever Android phone in the U.S. market released. Yes, you can the Nexus, one of Google, get with the AT u0026 T’s 3G bands works, but since you can not really get the phone from AT u0026 T, we are not going to count that one. Aria The HTC is to launch the smallest Android phone from HTC on this side of the pond, but that does not mean this phone is a slouch hat in any way.

At first glance, the HTC Aria view may be a unique design from HTC. The elegant black panel on the front with capacitive buttons below the screen and the soft-touch back to give you the feeling of a miniature version of the Incredible DROID on Verizon. But if you are familiar with HTC Windows Mobile lineup, you will know definitely that the body of the HTC Aria almost an exact copy of the HTC HD mini. In fact, the only physical differences between HTC HD mini aria, and the capacitive buttons and the addition of the optical joystick on the Aria. The tip of the HTC Aria features the power button and 3.5mm headphone jack. The left side of the Aria has to switch the volume and the bottom of the phone, the Micro-USB slot and microphone.

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Flipping through the phone displays the handsfree speaker, 5-megapixel camera HTC logo and the same exposed screws on the HTC mini in the four corners of the phone. Once the unibody of the HTC Aria cover is removed, it shows the exposed bright yellow inside the phone. HTC has equipped the lower part of the phone with an interior semi-transparent yellow plastic, so that users get a look at some of the internal circuits may be that forces the Aria. Deep within, HTC has the phone with a 600 MHz Qualcomm processor, 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM, AGPS, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi and a 1200 mAh lithium-ion battery.

The 3.2 inch 320 x 480 HVGA capacitive screen on the HTC Aria is the same size and resolution as what many are used to from the Dream, Magic and Hero, but the smaller body of the phone makes the display look and feel deceptively small. The phone itself measures 11.7 x 57.7 x 103.8mm and weighs only 115 grams While the numbers do not seem too impressive, the aria’s length is almost 10mm less than HTC Magic

Taking pictures with the phone’s always been a sensitive issue for us. We love the idea of a device that can handle all of our digital media needs, but the reality is that image sensors and lenses for the most used on more handsets simply not up to par with even your cheapest digital camera from Canon and Nikon. The HTC Aria acceptance. The 5MP sensor has a descent job in collecting pictures, if you have no other choice, but the slow shutter speed makes the Aria images are prone to blur.

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Unlike most newer phones from HTC, the aria is not equipped with an LED flash. Some may think the lack of a flash these days is a serious mistake, but we could not agree easily. After the majority of the latest devices from HTC, we can safely say that the use is not the LED flash for photos which significantly increases image quality in low light conditions. If you update all of you used pictures for a quick Facebook or Twitter, we are sure they will look quite good. Just do not expect any descent 4×6 prints from each of them.

Probably one of the most impressive things about the HTC Aria is the phone’s battery life. The 1200 mAh lithium-ion battery, which is the phone capable of easily modified for use by a full day of heavy handset. During the test, the Aria I would unplug the phone is typically in the morning at about 6:30 clock and close it does not return until you go to bed between 10 und 11.00 clock in the course of the day I would be the phone for e-mail use , Market Twitter, Facebook, Web surfing, a handful of games and a good 15-20 minutes browsing the Android. If you are not a power user or not use Google Sync, the HTC Aria perhaps even bring it over two days before a need to recharge.

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While Android and IOS are the smartphone market in an intense battle for the consumer segment, the HTC Aria is not in any way in direct competition with the iPhone 4th Features and specifications are not easy match. However, there are plenty of AT u0026 T customer looking at a feature phone to a smartphone upgrade and have no interest in getting an iPhone. The HTC Aria is definitely an entry-level Android phone, but it is a few steps from the HTC Hero on Sprint or the DROID Eris (which Verizon is phasing out). AT u0026 T customers who have been waiting for a decent Android phone to go their way will definitely be with what has to offer HTC Aria, satisfied.

Super battle droids on the HTC is the future of computers in the palm of your hand. Super-sleek phone is less than half an inch thick, and still packs powerful components, such as 1 GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera and large screen with high resolution. Thanks to Android OS from Google, droid Incredible gives you access to all social networks, web sites, and thousands of applications, including Google diving turn-by-turn directions.

Super battle droids on HTC features a racing-inspired body design that measures only 4.63 x 2.3 x 0.47 inches (HxWxD), making it easy to slip into your pocket. Large 3.7-inch screen with HD resolution of 480×800 graces the front of the device. Respond OLED touch screen features saturated colors and easy to use.

1 GHz processor Snapdragon, 512 MB RAM and 8 GB of internal flash memory, droids Incredible delivers incredible performance, allowing you to run several applications without hiccups. The phone supports Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR so you can easily connect a handsfree headset and a speakerphone function is also available.

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Droid Incredible allows you to easily browse the web speed-3G at the biggest and most reliable 3G network in the country. Multiple HTML browser lets you view full web sites. When you’re at home or on the access point Wi-Fi, you can go and use the wireless network even faster Internet connection.

Google Android OS with thousands of applications
Droid Incredible runs on Android 2.1 operating system from Google, and Google device experience. Android 2,1 operating system designed specifically for devices with touch screen, and makes navigation and operation intuitive and enjoyable. You will have seamless access to all your favorite Google services and applications, including the Google Search, by Voice, Picasa, Google Talk, and much more. You will also have access to personal and corporate email, calendar and contacts support Exchange Server and Gmail. There is also a Google Map navigation, which provides GPS-based turn-by-turn voice prompts you to where you need to go. Useful tools, such as an alarm clock, a calculator, stopwatch, all included, and you can head over the Android Market, where there are thousands of applications available for download.

Android OS enables multitasking so you can listen to music, browse the Internet, receive e-mails, and much more – all at the same time. When someone calls, you can take the call, and then continue what you did without a break.

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If you watch a Hollywood blockbuster or the latest YouTube sensation, beautiful HD screen droid Incredible provides an impressive experience. To listen to your music collection, just plug in a stereo headset jack 3,5 mm. You can sync music from your computer, and create and manage playlists directly from your phone.

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Vital statistics
Droid Incredible measures only 4.63 x 2.3 x 0.47 inches (HxWxD) and weighs 4.59 ounces. It boasts a time of 312 minutes in standby mode up to 146 hours. It operates at frequencies 800/1900 CDMA, and EV-DO, Rev frequency 3G.