Using on the success of the popular HTC Hero the producer has now launched an upgraded mannequin to take the design forward, the brand new HTC Legend provides lots of the previous fashions options inside the same designed handset nevertheless there way more to the Legend than meets the eye.
The HTC Legend nonetheless packs in a 5.0 mega pixel digicam with an LED flash and autofocus in addition to a very good multimedia participant, FM radio and that all important 3.5mm audio jack for utilizing standard headphones, nevertheless these features are now crammed right into a housing just like that of the Google Nexus One.
It's major physique is manufactured from a single piece of aluminium making for a strong unit, the gaps are crammed with plastic bumpers which house necessary communication know-how such because the GPS and Wi-Fi antennae (these clearly wouldn't carry out contained in the aluminium casing). These bumpers have been finished in a matt black colouring which appears to be like nice towards the primary silver body of the phone.
Working the Android 2.1 working system the HTC Legend presents the identical functionality as the Nexus One and HTC's personal brand Want handset which primarily is a reworked version of Google's handset with added Sense UI and flash support.
Powering the HTC Legend is a 600MHz Qualcomm processor which should make gentle work of the huge array of Android purposes, more enjoyable and instruments could be downloaded from the Android Market which continues to swell with new purposes every day.
Not like the earlier HTC Hero the brand new Legend handset swaps the trackball navigation button in favour of a brand new optical one, this can please many a Hero person as they have found over time that the trackball has worn with some having to switch it.
The HTC Legend is set for launch on the exact same day as the HTC Desire and one other newcomer the HTC HD Mini, the latter is a brand new, slimmed down model of the HD2 model which has swapped the massive 4.three inch contact screen for a smaller 3.2 inch display.
All three of these new HTC phones are set for launch on April twelfth 2010, the HD Mini is the most cost effective of the bunch with the Legend simply behind and the Desire demanding the largest price tag. The HTC Desire does nonetheless supply a larger 3.7 inch AMOLED contact display additionally discovered within the Google Nexus One.
The HTC Legend and HTC HD Mini are two of many new handsets set for release by the producer this year.
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