HTC Desire HD

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Quite hard to find proper information on this so I'm making a thread to syndicate what I've found. And hopefully help future googlers as UKBF tends to get at least top 3 for most terms..

What I know:

HTC released the HTC desire HD yesterday and I want it. (awesomeness)

It will be super awesome.

What I do not know:

Which carrier will be supplying it, when I can get one!

They released the HTC Z as well, but it looks slow so forget that.

The rest of what I've found a bad MFA tech-sites that pull articles from AMA or article ranks..
 
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I've seen it compared the Samsung Galaxy S and iPhone 4 but SGS, for some reason I just don't like it and iPhone 4 I hate on principle because I hate apple, arbitrarily.

Basically, Android is set to demolish the market. Because its really really good. However apple will hold a massive chunk of die-hards who like being ***** together. Whatever, my phone will be better.

In other news I am very impatient and really want this darn phone!

Actually considering all this good PR i'm doing for them they should just give me one now.
 
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I've seen it compared the Samsung Galaxy S and iPhone 4 but SGS, for some reason I just don't like it and iPhone 4 I hate on principle because I hate apple, arbitrarily.

Basically, Android is set to demolish the market. Because its really really good. However apple will hold a massive chunk of die-hards who like being ***** together. Whatever, my phone will be better.

In other news I am very impatient and really want this darn phone!

Actually considering all this good PR i'm doing for them they should just give me one now.

... Android may be taken off of the market if Oracle (run by Steve Jobs best mate) gets their own way.

I'd say Android, size and battery life will all be big drawbacks of this device. They are doing what all PC manufacturers do, compete on specs. Whereas Apple compete on usability and stability.

:)
 
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Copied, improved and rolled out at a lower price. God bless capitalism.

The iPhone, Blackberrys, top Nokias, HTC all cost almost the same SIM free which is how I purchase phones. And iPhones are the only phones which retain a second hand value making cost of upgrades a lot cheaper.

And my experience with Android, is Copied, made harder to use, add useless option.
 
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The iPhone, Blackberrys, top Nokias, HTC all cost almost the same SIM free which is how I purchase phones. And iPhones are the only phones which retain a second hand value making cost of upgrades a lot cheaper.

And my experience with Android, is Copied, made harder to use, add useless option.

*Fingers in my ears going lalalala*

Samsung GS and HTC mobiles have expandable storage and support flash on T'interweb.
 
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The iPhone, Blackberrys, top Nokias, HTC all cost almost the same SIM free which is how I purchase phones. And iPhones are the only phones which retain a second hand value making cost of upgrades a lot cheaper.

And my experience with Android, is Copied, made harder to use, add useless option.

Depends on your usage, if you are happy for Jobs to control what you can and cant do (i still remember when iPhone users shouted from the rooftops because they finally got MMS), personally I find the iphone too restrictive whereas my android phone is closer to what i need from a smartphone, i.e. good apps that improve functionality or productivity (not games - i barely play them) and proper multi-tasking.
 
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Depends on your usage, if you are happy for Jobs to control what you can and cant do (i still remember when iPhone users shouted from the rooftops because they finally got MMS), personally I find the iphone too restrictive whereas my android phone is closer to what i need from a smartphone, i.e. good apps that improve functionality or productivity (not games - i barely play them) and proper multi-tasking.

I'd love to know what you can do on your Android that you can't on an iPhone.

Why are these phones free on contracts but so expensive sim free... Anyone know? Compaired to an iPhone, they cost the same sim free but there is a massive different on contract.
 
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I'd love to know what you can do on your Android that you can't on an iPhone...

This is one of my favourites at the moment:

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oadboiipflhobonjjffjbfekfjcgkhco

That and the ability to customise / manage / integrate ALL aspects of of my phone the way I want it (not the way Apple want it) - without having to use iTunes.

In fact much can be done without using a PC at all as Android so tightly and seamlessly integrates with your Google account.

Regards

Dotty
 
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This is one of my favourites at the moment:

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oadboiipflhobonjjffjbfekfjcgkhco

That and the ability to customise / manage / integrate ALL aspects of of my phone the way I want it (not the way Apple want it) - without having to use iTunes.

In fact much can be done without using a PC at all as Android so tightly and seamlessly integrates with your Google account.

Regards

Dotty

http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/the-difference-between-iphone-and-android/

So true
 
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I'd love to know what you can do on your Android that you can't on an iPhone.

Why are these phones free on contracts but so expensive sim free... Anyone know? Compaired to an iPhone, they cost the same sim free but there is a massive different on contract.

Yea I like Chrome to Phone as well, didnt think there was much point at first.

Android benefits for me:

- i try a lot of different custom roms, google sync is awesome, reinstall my phone, apps download along with data, and all my numbers and emails sync
- people can contact me via IM no matter what I am doing on my phone, constantly runs in the background, personally I use google talk and even if it DC's I still get my messages. The multi-tasking aspect of android I can do more, tasker / locale allow my phone to dynamically change settings based on my location / time / battery power etc
- I have root access so I can overclock my phone to squeeze extra performance out of it.

Thats off the top of my head, there isnt that much in the two OS' imo it just depends what you want from a phone, for me, iOS is for the casual user who just wants it to work and do one thing at a time. I'm very into my tech and found that after using the iphone for a few months I wanted more with less restrictions. I want to be able to tinker and I want the freedom to customise the phone to fit my needs. I personally VNC into my home PC or Server, ssh into my server and get terminal access, use dropbox as a remote repo for any non-market apps like beta's, and no idea if iPhone has it but google nav is really good.
 
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not sure that there is much difference in giving control to Google / Apple ;)
except that Google are online and I do not want all my info going online, so it stays firmly here :)

we run a mix of PCs and Macs - have iphones and ipads - and normal laptops - all have a role...

but still for me the iphone - having said that we used to be entirely HTC - very innovative and this looks good...

Alasdair
 
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