HTC Desire Z - An Impressive Qwerty Smartphone

Sep 28
06:22

2010

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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The HTC Desire Z is a newly released smartphone from the manufacturer, offering an impressive range of features geared towards both entertainment and practicality.

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The combination of a touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard gives the handset comprehensive appeal. Those who send a lot of text messages and email are sure to appreciate the efficiency of the keyboard,HTC Desire Z - An Impressive Qwerty Smartphone Articles whilst retaining the functionality of touchscreen navigation.

 

The handset itself measures 119x 60.4 mm wide, whilst remaining relatively slimline and lightweight at 14.2 mm and 180 grams, impressive for a handset which incorporates a separate keyboard unit. A superb S-LCD capacitive touchscreen provides the ability to display up to 16M colours within its pixel resolution of 480x 800. The dimensions of this screen are 3.7 inches making it ideal for viewing pictures and videos with high quality display of the on screen content. Additional features of the screen include accelerometer and proximity sensors, whilst an optical trackpad and touch sensitive controls aid navigation of the highly customisable HTC Sense user interface.

 

In order to alert users to incoming calls and messages, the HTC Desire Z makes use of vibration and ring functions, with the added bonus of being able to assign MP3 files as ringtones, meaning users can hear the son of their choice whenever the phone rings. Handsfree communication is achieved by a speakerphone system along with a 3.5 mm audio jack which can accommodate both handsfree headsets and earphones for listening to music via the internal media player.

 

Plenty of internal storage is provided for keeping music files and video etc whilst additional storage of up to 32 GB can be attained by utilising the micro SD card slot. This is sure to prove ample for the needs of most users as this amount of storage can store a huge number of files.

 

Surfing the internet is a breeze with the HTC Desire Z. Thanks to its HSDPA connection (in areas covered by 3G) and Wi-Fi connectivity, users can enjoy a fast browsing experience which is enhanced by HTC’s web browsing software. This has some neat little features, such as automatic resizing and repositioning of text when zooming in.

 

A handy 5 megapixel digital camera is built in, providing a great tool for those who like to take spontaneous snapshots when out and about, as well as those who take their photography a little more seriously. This is thanks to a comprehensive package of image enhancing features, including autofocus, LED flash, face detection and geo-tagging which functions thanks to GPS.

 

A number of entertainment features are included as standard, keeping users entertained for hours on end. These include an MP3/MP4 player for music and videos respectively, a stereo FM radio with RDS, and a selection of pre-installed games.

 

Whatever you are looking for in a new smartphone, the HTC Desire Z is worthy of a closer look, thanks to the winning combination of style and substance, with loads of impressive features under the hood.

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