The Desire HD From HTC Has An Eight Megapixel Digital Camera With Hd Video Recording

Jan 10
09:02

2011

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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Whatever you are looking for in a new smartphone, you are sure to find it within the HTC Desire HD.

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The spec list includes an array of features ranging from an 8 megapixel camera to a 4.3 inch touchscreen,The Desire HD From HTC Has An Eight Megapixel Digital Camera With Hd Video Recording  Articles as well as impressive social networking features, downloadable apps, and the exceptional Android Froyo OS.

 

The handset itself measures up at an impressively compact (considering the size of the screen) 123x 68x 11.8 mm. It is also surprisingly lightweight at just 164 grams. The fascia of the screen is dominated by the 4.3 inch LCD capacitive touchscreen which boasts the ability to display up to 16 million individual colours within its 480x 800 pixels. Proximity and accelerometer sensors are included as well as multi-touch input support and the innovative HTC Sense UI which has multiple customisable homescreens.

 

The HTC Desire HD comes with an ample 1.5GB of internal storage capacity; however the integrated microSD slot comes with a pre-installed 8GB card. Although generous in itself, this can be replaced with a card of up to 32GB. Therefore, you can keep you entire digital music collection with you at all times, or any other files you wish, be they video files, photos or downloaded apps from the Android Market.

 

The HTC Desire HD is a welcome change from the norm in terms of its browser and connection speeds. The full HTML browser is compatible with flash content embedded on web pages, and there is also a feature called text auto-reflow. This resizes text so that it fits the screen, rather than the frustrating task of constantly zooming and scrolling you get on many other smartphones. Browsing the internet is also impressively fast with the Desire HD. 3G coverage allows the HSDPA connection to download data at 14.4 Mbps, whereas Wi-Fi provides an even faster connection whenever you have access to local wireless router networks.

 

One of the crowning features of the HTC Desire HD is its 8 megapixel camera. This comes with a number of built in features such autofocus, face detection, and dual-LED flash. The latter means that low lighting condition won’t prevent you from taking that perfect snapshot. Whilst the still images are impressive to say the least, users are also treated to the option to capture HD footage using this camera. This is in 720p quality and can be wirelessly streamed to a compatible TV thanks to DLNA.

 

The renowned Android Froyo OS (upgradeable when new updates are released) works alongside a 1GHz processor. Whilst rival smartphone may have similar processors, they are often underclocked, but the unit within the Desire HD runs at capacity meaning that demanding applications are handled with ease. Android Market allows user to increase the functionality and versatility of the handset by browsing thousands of free and paid apps from every conceivable category.

 

The HTC Desire HD is a very special smartphone indeed. The manufacturer has a reputation as one of the finest smartphone makers in the world, and it is easy to see why with offerings such as the Desire HD.