- CONNECTIVITY TO PC: works without problems (I tested on WinXP SP3 computers and Win7 Home Premium)
- Stable connection in the WLAN and Bluetooth: also no longer a problem. Connect each 1H spent to router (54Mbit) and Nokia Bluetooth Headset with surfing or listening to music: no crashes during this time.
- There are no more problems in gmail with page breaks, and it works.
To a number of corrections NEGATIVE POINTS the above has been mentioned in the reviews:
-there is a speech-to-text function (see Fig. Nexus One)! The device is obviously designed. But the "voice mail" is empty, you can not do anything more with this feature. You will probably have to download in the future, "Language" in its respective national language in the marketplace in order to also apply Speech to Text can.
-AUSLAGERN Of data on the SD card: true, is bad in fact, since there is obviously no reason function by the Android OS here:
you can install directly on the memory card manifestly no apps.
However, there are several free apps that you can correct this flaw partly (eg "Appsaver" to store on the included 4GB MicroSD). But it really is a bit annoying that it's not just here the opportunity (ie in front of the download itself) to define the location PRELIMINARY. An app with which you can do this really easily, I have not found it yet.
-Battery Life BOTHER? There is not any. One can see at any function key, how high their share of consumption in relation to the total consumption in the power management. You realize that the battery runs down, you look in there, see which of the functions which is most "eat" just not used, and then disabled (with the app "Open Advanced Task Killer", originally developed by the really small to conserve memory of older Android devices, the tool can also apparently use to save energy). Would want to be you can save energy by intelligent presets, with Push Mail, Friend Stream, GPS and other functions "on its own" like permanently "ON". No yes Must be that more and all features are enabled ...
My other experience so far:
- DISPLAY: TOP, bright high-contrast, sharp
- "Pinch to Zoom" (the rearing of web pages with two fingers): TOP, just as "smooth" as the iPhone
- Kinetic SCROLLING: TOP, almost as accurate as the iPhone. Especially when scrolling through a long Twitter timeline, you realize how important it is to have this function.
-handling And menu navigation: a whole is not as intuitive as the handling of iPhoneOS. The Sense interface with the basic functionality is great, can instinctively operate. However Androidspezifische settings in the background are a bit more complicated. After a few attempts you have it out but.
-MUSIKPLAYER: Weak. No comparison with the Iphone. As Jukebox the Desire is not suitable: Let's hope that a resourceful developer sees this gap and soon a neat music player app to download "nachschiebt"
Videos: make clips in good quality. Filming Ordinary YouTube videos is not a problem. HD video can be but not create them!
The watching video also makes a lot of fun: Youtube music videos can still take a look good on the small screen, and look sharp (if the clips are of good quality). Have tested it with some official music videos.
Camera: is OK (some pale colors), as with most manufacturers. The race for pixels in "camera phones" is over. Only Sony can not and will obviously not here to score. HTC has the camera function paid no special attention in terms of image quality: you can make good snapshots, but nothing more.
Speed: TOP, no matter how many applications are running "at the same time," there will always be "switched" quickly. So makes multitasking fun.
-Internet: Well, the browser is fast, "Pinch to Zoom" (zooming in and out of screen outs by finger movements on the screen) is also solved perfectly.
Sorry but you have to share a key while browsing often. One can probably not as easy as the iPhone, with right / left finger movements on the screen in front and backward. The Multitabbing function in the internal browser also appears not so pleasing to me. At age tive browsers, especially Opera Mini 5 is the tabbing, and the "leaves" and managing bookmarks IMHO better solved.
The automatic display of mobile sites with the internal browser often works on many sites not (although the relevant pages support a mobile ad, and although in the browser, the mobile feature is activated!). Here you can manage with the Opera, there are all the pages "forced" into a mobile view, if one so desires. This is a pure reading very pleasant because you do not have additional zoom or scroll horizontally.
That seems to be a small bug in the internal browser. Here you will have to wait for an update.
FLASH: it can obviously but does not work with me. A player is indeed installed, but still it does not go. An update via Adobe also is not because the "device" is of course not recognized ... Here you have to manually create hand and play a matching Flash Player.
KEYS AND WRITING SPEED: SUPER, very good error correction, easily operated keypads, both in longitudinal and in landscape mode. Have noticed no real difference for Iphone
Really negative:
- The ON / OFF button: has a weak pressure point and stands slightly away from the body, so it is not plan to. Ergo: easy access it and pushes it in "Gone Wipe" by mistake: the unit is on, you can switch quickly once the screen (only the screen, all other functions remain ON, also can call one also if it "dark" is ongoing calls are not interrupted!) accidentally made. One must then again shortly afterwards to press the screen again to make. So is not really bad.
To turn the unit completely, you have to press the button a bit longer, and then appear also a menu that asks whether you really want to turn off: can completely account for you so it does not by mistake.
Conversely: if the device is in fact actually completely made, enough a minimum pressure on the button and it will start up. This happens very easily in this unit when it is in the jacket, or if it moves into a cell phone pocket, and this easily comes to the button.
Then you have to take out again, wait until it has booted, and then make up again ....
- The speakers in speakerphone mode: you have to take the maximum volume to be able to hear well, but the sound is REALLY painful squeaky and tinny. That was far better at my previous device (Nokia 5800).
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, a great device. The button and the lousy speaker quality (only in handsfree mode!) You can get over in view of the otherwise great performance. More smartphone for money IMHO there is not currently
Buy recommendation? Yes, but not for everyone!
My parents I would not give that thing. There is much to discover, to make and do: everything is not difficult, much too often self-explanatory, but in the "sum of its parts", this also requires a entprechend existing interest and a little technical understanding (far more than the iPhone!) , Anyone who wants to do nothing, nothing at all, but simply wants to have a smartphone that is concerned, everything sorted itself out and running, which should better buy an Iphone (possibly wait until June, then comes the new model, which will then cost the same as the current model 3GS currently have).
You often have it, "mess around" (change settings in Android, Apps for certain improvements Search) CAN AND ALSO WANT! Since some basic things were not well resolved: Storage Management, Flash Player ???
THERE CAN BE TECHNICALLY MUCH MORE than the iPhone, but you have "more" OFTEN EVEN INDEPENDENTLY tease. Who is a "egg Wollmilchsau" expect (that's not meant to be derogatory), the "fluppt" equal without configuration, will be disappointed. By HTC Sense interface, the device is indeed in the basic functions easier to use, but the Android operating system requires the user to continue "working".
The closed system of the iPhone OS is indeed much more convenient, but offers the user less options. The Android OS, however, is so far a "eternal construction site" to which one must also get involved. In the purchasing decision, one should be aware of its advance!
Who but now a new device searched hopes to harness real-time Internet seamlessly with, wants to play around, wants to test the possibilities ... whatever, and this is ready to accept that Android is just constantly evolving and changing, and we accordingly sometimes hand must create their device, etc., gets IMHO with the Desire currently not only the best price / performance ratio, but generally the best device currently on the market: It has a better screen than the iPhone is faster, can multitask ( is the IPHONE 3GS version with the new OS4 but also dominate), Networks and Gmail binds clever one, is better to use than the Nexus One and the Motorola Milestone, more workable than the Milestone, and as the "plastic egg" Palm Pre, and what has, in some cases even more expensive with half-baked IMHO equipment of X-series or the "flagship" N900 Nokia to offer, there is always miles ahead. Apple and HTC are arguing just to the smartphone market. Although Samsung is the screen forward, but slips up with the operability, Motorola alienate users with premature wear and tear on the Milestone devices and Nokia runs with the stale S60 devices and unausgereiftem Maemo, the bad Ovi Store and no clear premium device other afterwards ...
Since the free Navigation saves not much.
So if Apple does not want, and will have a great device at a reasonable price, the above-mentioned expenses is not afraid, I would advise to the device.
Since the device is only one day old, and I will rümstöbern far in this Smartphone "piñata", I'll update this review also soon: whether good or bad will show the next day. Until then, I remain, despite small weaknesses (which are IMHO but marginal in relation to those of devices of most competitors) at 5 stars.
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UPDATE:
After a system update to Android 2.2 (! On 02/08/10 so far only for PROVIDER free devices, without Tcom / Vodafone software branding, erhätlich) The following improvements are:
+ App2SD: the outsourcing of apps on the SD card is now possible without problems, however, only comes with apps that have been adapted or developed for Android 2.2. The somewhat limited memory of Desire is relieved.
+ Device can be used as a Portable Wi-Fi hotspot now. Works without problems!
+ Browser speed is significantly faster
+ HTC Sync now allows to sync with iTunes
+ Video recording at 720p (HD) possible
+ Improved multilingual keyboard
+ HTC AppShare widget: with just a few clicks allows apps friend (in Twitter, FB, ...)
Unfortunately disappointing:
- Adobe Flash Player 10.1: Just like on the Nexus One: the videos jerk with me, whether streams via WiFi or video files from the SDCard. In addition, the unit is very warm, because the CPU while running under full load, and accordingly, the battery power is significantly lower!
However, this is in my opinion not to a weak hardware, but the Flash player, or the Flash format itself.
Apple supports this format ja generally not. When I look at the result here, then this decision is quite understandable.
But are not acceptable for video content in news sites just as "OK", films or clips.
Youtube videos are of them but generally not affected, they are not played back from the Adobe Flash Player, and run absolutely smoothly!
