HTC Desire – a quick review
The HTC Desire Phone - what an amazing little device!
Now I’m not one for having the ‘latest greatest’ phone, in fact, phone technology turns me right off.
Surprising for a techie gadget freak you may say, but the truth is that I have daily access to all the technology any über geek could want. 
But the time had come to retire my old Nokia 6210 – a simple phone, that I kinda liked. It made phone calls, pure and simple, and the battery lasted for ever (having it consistently connected to the in-car-kit meant I never actually used the power adapter!).
Enter the HTC Desire, one of the new ‘Android’ based phones.
Android being the operating system, developed by the good chaps at Google.
So eagerly I await the delivery of the phone – one of our good friends at one of the other offices signed for it – scaring the pant off me! I thought that someone had nicked my new phone… 
SIM installed – this was not a nice experience, you have to ‘pop’ the back off, and it feels VERY uncomfortable.
Battery in – simple enough, click the back back in to place.
Power on – connection to the mains for the initial charge – it’s playtime 
I cannot express how much I am impressed by this phone! 
It’s quick, simple navigation, and the way the interface is created in an intuitive manner makes the phone surprisingly easy to use.
Call quality and clarity is fantastic, as are the messaging functions (I connected it to our internal Exchange email server too – instant email on the move, as live and up-to-date as our Exchange server is).
Even the little ‘widgets’ and ‘apps’ are great – I have been playing with little post-it style notes (something I use all the time at my desk) and a great ‘app’ called ‘Shop Savvy’ which uses the camera (a 5M Pixel jobbie) to scan a product barcode, searches for it online, and gives you the best price!
Adding functions related to my job (network tools, WiFi scanners etc) makes this little marvel even more useful.
There are some great ‘show off’ type apps – I loved the wallpaper connected to the mapping functions (the phone has an integrated GPS receiver). drive about and the background shown a map of where you are, or the wallpaper which has little neon lights running about, press the screen to cause an explosion of light and colour – cute but essentially pointless.
There is one HUGE drawback though – all this technical magic takes power, and the battery life suffers immensely :(
For someone who was not used to having to actually charge the phone this proved a little hard to swallow – but turning off some of the wizardry brought some element of relief – now I only have to charge it around every 2 days…
I guess the final thought must be that I am hugely impressed by the HTC Desire – coupling the quality of the telephony and the connectivity makes this one useful gem, adding the widgets and apps to help me in the daily toil makes it indispensable…
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