14 DAY TRIAL // Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced today that its high-end HTC Desire smartphone was set to make an appearance on the Japanese market in late April. Moreover, the company also stated that the handset should be released in the country via SoftBank Mobile, becoming the first Android 2.1-based device to be available on the carrier's offering.
A WCDMA version of the new mobile phone will be released in Japan via SoftBank Mobile, and the news on the matter also says that it will be all dressed up in brown, and that the silver or black versions won't arrive in the country. Even so, Japanese users will still have enough features to enjoy with this phone, including all the capabilities brought in by Google's Android 2.1 OS.
The specifications list of the new HTC Desire shows a 1GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, coupled with 512MB of ROM and 576MB of RAM, and a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 32GB of additional storage space. The handset sports a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display that boasts a WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) resolution.
At the same time, the handset will also arrive in the country with a 5-megapixel photo snapper with flash LED and auto focus, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11b / g), and microUSB port, as well as with a Lithium-ion 1400 mAh battery that can deliver up to 390 minutes of talk time or up to 360 hours of standby time. The Desire measures 60 × 119 × 11.9mm and weighs in at 135 g.
Among the features that this Android 2.1 device brings along, we can count HTC's Sense solution, which has been designed to deliver real-time updates on social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and more, Adobe’s Flash Lite 4.0 technology, support for Microsoft Exchange, and more. No details on the price tag the phone might feature have been unveiled so far.