Brace Yourselves for the HTC HD2

With a feature set that is incomparable to most smart phones, the HTC HD2 is one of the phones to watch. To start off, this stylish phone has a 1 GHz processor that is coupled with a massive 4.3-inch touch screen. Yet stylish as it may seem, this latest installment of HTC’s HD series has more to offer. It could certainly rule the smart phone market once it is out in the market.

Built for Style

Comparing it with the original HTC Touch HD, the HD2 has shown significant improvement. It seems as if their goal is to build a mobile phone that has the biggest screen possible. So as not to compromise their design, their mobile engineers have settled with a 4.3-inch display screen. Certainly, this is way bigger than its predecessor.

Because the top feature of HTC’s highlight model last year was its large display size, the HD2 can top that claim with an even larger screen. However, the unit’s size will be relatively big as compared to other phones. With dimensions of 121 x 67 x 11 millimetres and with a weight of 157 grams, it definitely is bigger as compared to other smart phones.

Another key feature of the HD2 is that it is the first Windows mobile phone that has a capacitive touch screen. Because of which, this unit is designed to be operated with the fingers and not by a stylus. HTC’s newest offering will also come with a GPS receiver, a five megapixel camera with flash function and a 3.5 millimetre headset jack.

Phone Performance

The HD2 is powered by the Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro operating system via a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Clearly, its processor gives this unit an advantage for several Windows phone that only have 528 MHz processing chips. Because of this, the software operation of the mobile phone is faster despite controversies about the Windows Mobile OS.

This operating system is being given style by HTC Sense. Originally called HTC TouchFLO, this user interface gives a series of homepages with large icons. Of course, each of these icons is assigned for a specific function like e-mail reading, web browsing and media playing. Also, the HD2 has a new tab for Twitter connectivity.

Of course, Windows Mobile presents a set of advantages and disadvantages. On the bright side, having a Windows Mobile OS will certainly give a boost to the mobile phone’s software capabilities. In contrast, the HD2 will not have a stylus. Because many Windows Mobile programs were created to be operated with a stylus, this might be leave a negative mark on the HD2’s performance.

Without a stylus, there might be icons that are too small to be clicked by a finger. And with the HD2 having no trackball or D-pad, users with big fingers might have a hard time operating this unit.

Nevertheless, the HTC HD2 is one of the most complete phones that will hit the market, given its 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions. Therefore, this unit would be a good buy should you decide to purchase it from operator across Europe by the end of October 2009.