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Woohoo! It's the HTC Desire HD ..

The HTC Desire HD has a gorgeous, 4.3 inch SLCD screen with a resolution of 480x800 pixels. It's bright and clear with vivid colours, enabling you to enjoy HD movies and media at their very best. The technical specifications of the Desire HD are equally impressive. It has a 1GHz CPU, the latest Android OS and HTC's Sense user interface. This combination provides an unparalleled experience when using the thousands of apps available from Android Market.

The optical package is superb too. An 8 megapixel camera boasting face tracking, geo–tagging, dual LED flash plus 720p HD video recording. With these specs and that huge HD display, the Desire HD will make most dedicated digital cameras redundant.

The media player can handle Xvid movies with SRS surround sound and memory is expandable, to 32GB. The Desire HD supports HTC's new cloud–based service, HTCSense.com. The phone can be backed up over the air and it can be remotely locked or wiped if lost or stolen. If you can't find your phone, HTCSense.com lets you see it on a map and you can make it ring at maximum level, even in silent mode. HTCSense.com is a free service for all compatible devices.

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HTC Desire HD Specifications

Size: 123 x 68 x 11.8mm
Weight: 164 grams
Screen Size: 4.3 inches
Screen Resolution: 480x800 pixels
Camera: 8 megapixels
Talk time: 330 minutes (3G)
Standby: 430 hours (3G)
Operating System: Android
Video recording?: Yes, HD 720p
Video Streaming?: Yes
Compatible Video: DicX/Xvid/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9
Internet?: Wi-Fi, HSDPA
Browser: HTML
Memory: 1.5GB
Music: MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9
Email?: Yes, push
Video Calling?: No
GPS?: Yes, A-GPS
3.5mm Audio Jack?: Yes

HTC Desire HD Review

The HTC Desire HD smartphone is designed for those who want more on the move. With its large screen, bucket loads of features and Android 2.2 at its heart, its right up there with the best of the smartphone crowd. Read on for the lowdown on HTC's latest phone.

Screen:

The HTC Desire features a super large 4.3-inch WVGA touch screen. This is more than enough for browsing the internet, watching video and writing emails, amongst other things. The Desire HD's screen resolution is a detailed 480 x 800 pixels.

Size:

Let's not beat around the bush here - the HTC desire is a big phone, even for a smartphone. After all, it's designed for total functionality on the go. The HTC desire measures in at 123 x 68 x 11.8 mm. It weighs 164 grams, including its battery. Thankfully, the HTC Desire HD has the true feel of a quality handset. It's certainly a sturdy, (and strokeable) phone.

Camera:

On the camera front, the HTC Desire HD features an 8 megapixel camera with auto focus and dual LED flashlights. It’s certainly a step up from the 5 megapixels of HTC’s previous model, the plain ol' HTC Desire. Camera quality on the Desire HD is impressive owing to the large 8mp sensor.

The desire HD also features stonking 720p half HD video recording, so you can record video on the go and at fantastic HD quality. This is where the desire gets its HD-ness.

Battery life:

The battery life of the HTC Desire HD is good for such a functional phone. Talk time is rated at 320 minutes for conversations via 3G and 550 minutes via 2G. Standby time for 3G is a very respectable 20 days, with 2G rated at 17 days. That's a lot of standby life.

The battery in this baby is a Lithium-ion 1230mAh affair.

Connectivity:

As you would expect, the HTC Desire HD comes with lots of lovely connectivity. Bluetooth® 2.1 is featured here, along with the latest wireless standards, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n. Other connectors include a 3.5 mm audio jack, microUSB and a microSD expansion slot.

The biggest surprise for the HTC Desire HD is the inclusion of DNLA technology. DNLA allows you to stream your videos and music to other DNLA compatible devices, such as a TV or a laptop. DNLA is a great inclusion for the Desire HD and makes up for the lack of an HDMI port.

Features:

Audio playback over the HTC desire is a pleasant surprise due to the inclusion of SRS virtual surround sound. The sound quality is fantastic on this phone, just try not to play it too loud on the bus, tempting though it may be.

Another nice feature of the HTC Desire HD is the ability to completely block incoming callers. This is a godsend to those plagued with sales calls. No more annoying cold callers thank you.

The HTC Desire HD also features a digital compass, a proximity sensor (so the phone knows to lock itself before it hits your face while taking a call), and an ambient light sensor.

Storage

Internal storage for the Desire HD weighs in at 1.5 GB, with the ability to expand this via a microSD slot at a reasonable price.

Processor & operating system:

The HTC Desire HD runs goggles' latest incarnation of its operating system – Android 2.2 Froyo. Google Android is fast becoming the de facto smartphone o/s due to its functionality and ease of use.

The Desire HD runs the super snappy snappy 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at its heart, with an impressive 768MB of ram making this phone super responsive. Eat your heart out, iPhone 4!

Conclusion:

The HTC Desire HD is an impressive smart phone and a worthy successor to its big brother the (HD less) HTC Desire. With a huge, beautifully detailed screen, a reasonable price tag and more functions than you could throw a kitchen sink at; this phone really is one of the top smart phones of 2010. Why not compare the best contract deals for the HTC desire below.