The HTC Legend Offers Style And Substance In The Same Package

Aug 13
08:18

2010

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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The HTC Desire is one of those phones which comfortably doubles up as both a versatile smartphone as well as a fashion statement in mobile phone form. Arguably the most sophisticated looking handset available, certainly from the manufacturer, it is sure to appeal to a whole cross section of mobile phone users.

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One of the first things to strike users about the appearance of the appearance of the HTC Legend is its gorgeous aluminium unibody. The casing of the phone is made from a single piece of brushed effect aluminium giving it a highly unique finish,The HTC Legend Offers Style And Substance In The Same Package Articles as well as unrivalled build quality. The handset measures 112x 56.3x 11.5mm, so it is reasonably compact and certainly very slimline. Coupled with its light weight of 126 grams, the HTC Legend is also pocket friendly and will fit easily into a handbag and feels very comfortable and sturdy when being used.

Running the popular v2.1 of the Android OS, this phone also features impressive software along with its stylish exterior. HTC Sense is the standard UI, which is the manufacturer’s custom user interface to replace the standard Android UI. Sense is a highly customisable UI which allows users to truly make their phone their own. Seven home screens can be customised by utilising apps and widgets of the user’s choosing, all of which are instantly available at a touch of the screen. FriendStream is a revolutionary social networking application which gives combines a number of social media feeds onto one screen allowing users to view it by contact rather than have to visit each website. All in all, the HTC Sense system works perfectly although it can be turned off should users prefer the standard Android UI.

The screen on the HTC Legend is a 3.2 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen which perfectly displays pictures and videos thanks to its ability to display up to 16M colours within a pixel layout of 320x 480. As well as touchscreen navigation, there is also an optical trackpad which offers an alternative method of navigating the user interface. An accelerometer sensor allows the content of the screen to be viewed in both portrait and landscape forms by automatically rotating it based on the orientation of the handset.

The HTC Legend features a 5 MP camera which operates at a pixel resolution of 2592x 1944 pixels resulting in high quality still images. Video footage can also be shot with the camera. Once a picture or video has been recorded, it can then easily be instantly shared to a choice of social networking sites such as FaceBook.

Many different types of music and video file formats are supported by the internal media player with additional entertainment features including a stereo FM radio player with RDS as well as a selection of pre-installed games. Access to the internet can be gained through both 3G and Wi-Fi connections, the latter providing a faster browsing experience. Obviously, access to the Android Market is included as standard allowing users to choose from thousands of apps to download, increasing the day to day versatility of the HTC Legend.

It is hard to find fault with this handset, as it ticks all the boxes and provides features which are sure to appeal to all manner of users.