14 DAY TRIAL // Two months after it has been officially unveiled, HTC’s Desire HD makes its way on the Romanian market. Packed with a whole new HTC Sense experience the manufacturer’s new flagship Android smartphone will be available through Romanian major carriers “in a few days.” HTC Desire HD is the first smartphone that is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 1GHz processor, unlike previous HTC devices which embedded the QSD8250 1GHz CPU. The device comes with Android 2.2 (Froyo) out-of-the-box and packs 1.5 GB internal memory and 768 MB RAM.
Along with HTC Desire Z, the Desire HD is fully compatible with all services offered by the newly launched HTCSense.com portal.
HTCSense.com works like a cloud-based service and offers users the possibility to access archived mobile content such as contacts, text messages and call history from a PC.
Another interesting feature included helps users locate a lost or stolen phone by forcing the handset to ring loudly even if it is set to silent, or to flag its location on a map. The feature was recently introduced with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 devices and is called “Find my Phone.”
People that have their phones stolen or lost get more options when using the HTCSense.com, as they can copy the information on the phone, erase it or simply lock the phone to make it unusable.
The last option can be set to display a message with a phone number where the owner of the device can be reached in case the finder wishes to return it.
One of the most appealing features available on the HTC Desire HD is called HTC Locations and offers users instant access to maps previously loaded into the phone.
HTC has created its own mapping service that doesn't require a data connection at all. Users will only need to download the map they need from an HTC server directly on their device. HTC Desire HD is also fully compatible with Google Maps.
When clicking the Locations option in the phone's main menu, the application automatically detects the location of the device and notifies the user in case a map needs to be downloaded into their phone.
The process can also be done manually in case the user needs a specific map.
HTC claims that its map app is at least as accurate as Google's Maps and that it will continue to be improved.
Check out the smartphone's full hardware specs here.