Aug 16, 2010 13:10 GMT  ·  By

Leading designer of smartphones HTC Corporation announced the launch of the company's HTC Desire handset in India on the airwaves of TATA DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited. The handset runs under Google's Android OS with the enhanced HTC Sense experience on top of it and should sport a price tag of Rs. 28,900 at the carrier.

The new mobile phone comes to the market in India with a wide range of highly appealing features, including a great 3.7-inch AMOLED display that delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast and true colors.

Among the main features of the HTC Desire, we can count a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor meant to offer enhanced speed levels to users, improved responsiveness, and ease of use when it comes to the HTC Sense experience on top of Google's Android operating system.

The handset's display was meant to enhance and maximize content, so as to offer the best possible experience when it comes to viewing content, including videos and photos, or web pages.

“The HTC Desire underlines HTC’s leadership in offering cutting-edge technology and a superior mobility experience. Globally, one of HTC’s core strengths has been its innovation-packed converged 3G devices and the HTC Desire is yet another testament to our technological capabilities,” said Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India.

“HTC Sense on the new HTC Desire not only delivers one of the most dynamic and personalized user experiences possible, but also one of the easiest ways to interact and integrate social networks into your life,” he continued.

The new handset lands in India with an exclusive offer aimed at TATA DOCOMO's users, including free data download of 500 MB per month for 6 months for TATA DOCOMO Postpay subscribers.

“This launch marks the strong relationship TATA DOCOMO enjoys with HTC and, going forward, we will continue to work together to launch more innovative mobile offerings for Indian consumers on the TATA DOCOMO platform,” GurinderSingh Sandhu, Head Marketing, Tata DOCOMO, commented on the announcement.