Sold!

[andrewducker]

My mobile contract runs out in July.  Short of a better Android phone coming out before then I strongly suspect that the newly announced HTC Desire will be my next phone.

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[andrewducker]

On a related note, this follows the HTC Dream.

Are the HTC Death and the HTC Destiny far behind?

[mb2u]

And what about the HTC Delerium, Desire, Despair and Destruction?

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

I've had the HTC Hero for about 6 months now and am totally sold on android. I had the whole thing setup in less than 20mins which included syncing it with our exchange server at work. The only complaint I have is that the processor could do with being a bit faster, which makes me very tempted to buy a Nexus One now that it has multi-touch.

[andrewducker]

Thank you - that's useful. I understand that the latest batch have decent processors and thus run more smoothly. I shall look forward to having a play!

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'd been looking at the Nexus One (my contract runs out next month). Are there any obvious reasons I should be waiting for the Desire instead, except for the fabulous name?

[andrewducker]

Can't see any - the UI is HTCs own, and it's available through Orange (which is a big preference for me - I like getting my phones through the actual operator so there's no argument if there's a problem), but other than that it looks like a tweaked Nexus One.

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

I've been using a Nexus a bit lately, and although it is a lovely thing I don't think I could live with the on-screen keyboard fulltime.

My Motorola DEXT is in many ways less lovely, but it has a real typeable keyboard.

[andrewducker]

Good point. And Google don't seem to have got bluetooth keyboards working yet.

Hmm, maybe I should have a play with one first... Not that I write large amounts of text on my phone at the moment.

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

I write the occasional mail or (verbose) SMS, and even for those my accuracy on the Nexus is very low. Perhaps it would get better with practise...

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

I haven't used a phone with a full slide out keyboard, but the android keyboard is certainly easier to use than typing texts on a number-style keypad. In portrait mode, the keyboard is pretty much unusable as the keys are far too small. I have the same problem with the iPhone, but rotate the phone and type in landscape mode and it's OK. I found the on-screen keyboard a bit fiddly to start with, but the calibration tool really helps to adjust it to how you actually type.

Also I find the predictive text is much faster than my previous phone (Nokia N95). It works in a different way, but once you get the hang of it, it is very good at guessing what word you are starting to type. I find it is much quicker than the Nokia version.

[broin.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about getting a Nexus One when I eventually move back to Scotland, as the mapping will be invaluable.

I presume the Destiny is chained to your wrist, and Destruction is very difficult to find.

[andrewducker]

When's the planned return Scotside?

[broin.livejournal.com]

Towards Autumn. :)

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

You should investigate friending Andrew De Quincy(ADQ on LJ) He's an established geeky hacker of HTC stuff and has recently posted about getting USB stuff working. I'm shocked you guys don't already know each other( I know you know him by sight since you asked me at Gothboat who he is) I can't think of two people most suited to be friends.

[andrewducker]

Added - thanks!