![]() On our big plasma, it's like looking at a gigantic phone across the room. So, if you're a One series owner, you're good to go. It's also worth mentioning, in case it isn't obvious, you have to have a new HTC handset for this device to work. The first time you see your phone's launcher appear on the TV, we're pretty sure you'll be at least a little tickled by it. ![]() Hopefully, HTC will keep updating the phones to make this playback better, because although we like the Media Link HD, we think it has even more potential. Sometimes things were slow to work, or wouldn't work until we tried several times. We enjoyed this too, and it looked good - even 720p video played well, and all wirelessly. MKVs are supported, which means a lot of internet video will work well. We never managed to get over how cool it was having our phone handle these things, and allow us to control the playback.įor other video, there's enough codec support to play most common files. In our tests, video via this service looked superb and was quick to load. If you use HTC Watch a lot, then this is a must-have device, as it is built to handle that content and do so well. It's tiny, and you can plug it in to anything with HDMI, so for that it's ideal. Business users might find it useful to show video, presentations or websites when they're out and about. Have a look at our HTC Desire HD photo gallery below, for lots more hands on photos of the Desire HD.The HTC Media Link HD is a lot of fun for certain things. Overall we really liked the Desire HD, I would say it is one of the best Android smartphones we have tested to date and definitely worth considering if you are looking for a new Android smartphone. One thing I would point out about the Desire HD, is the battery life, it isn’t the best we have seen on a smartphone, and you can expect to have to charge it daily if you are a heavy user. The size may take a little getting used to if you have only used a standard size smartphone before, one you get used to it the 4.3 inch display is great. It is definitely well built, and feels like a quality smartphone. The HTC Sense UI makes it a pleasure to use, and everything seems to work well and flow together. The Desire HD is a great Android smartphone, probably one of the best we have tested to date. Overall the camera does a pretty good job at taking photos, everything you would expect from a smartphone camera, the quality is pretty good, you can see a sample photo below taken with the Desire HD camera on standard settings. There are also a range of built in effects which include depth of field, distortion, vignette and many more, these can be quite fun to use and do produce some interesting photos. The Desire HD feature an 8 megapixel camera, it comes with built in auto-focus and a dual LED flash, it is capable of recording HD video in 720p, and also comes with built in face detection software. The HTC Desire HD comes with Android 2.2, and HTC Sense UI, this is where the handset really shines, as the Sense UI is stunning and great to use and it definitely one of the best user interfaces we have seen on an Android smartphone to date, the Sense UI on the Desire HD is the new updated version, and HTC has done a great job on improving an already great UI. The design of the HTC Desire is very nice, it certainly feels very well built, the body is made from metal and it feels like a quality smartphone, although the size does take a bit of getting used to as it is quite a bit larger the the majority of handsets. The first thing you notice about the HTC Desire HD is the display, the 4.3 inch display is a fair bit larger than other smartphones, the display is sharp and clear and everything looks great on it. The Desire HD features a 1230mAh battery which will give you up to 320 minutes of talk time on 3G and up to 490 hours of standby according to the manufacturer specifications. It also features a microSD card slot, which can take up to 32GB cards and there is also a 3.5mm audio jack, plus a digital compass, proximity sensor, G-sensor and an ambient light sensor. For connectivity you get 3G/GPRS/Edge and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, plus Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. The Desire HD camera also features geo-tagging, and the video camera is capable of recording HD video in 720p. The camera on the Desire HD is an 8 megapixel one that comes with a wide range of features, which include a dual LED flash, auto-focus, face detection, and a range of effects which can be added to your photos. The Desire HD features a 4.3 inch WVGA touchscreen display, with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, there is also a 1GHz processor, plus 768MB of RAM and 1.5GB of internal storage. We have been using the Desire HD for about a week here at Geeky Gadgets, which gave us a good chance to test all the smartphones features, as well as quite a few of the apps.
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