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HTC T8290 is the successor of the first Android phone, HTC Dream (Google G1). Main difference between the two is that Magic has no slide QWERTY keyboard, so you can take the only touch screen to write text. The advantage is that the new phone is lighter and thinner. Android is a great operating system. I think that is the only operating system that can compare to iPhone OS. If you take a HTC Magic, you will do it for the software for sure. Hardware is somewhere in between, there are many other phones (including Samsung) are looking beyond this point. However, if you use more Google applications on the phone or Internet, then Magic's not going to disappoint you.
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In size, the phone falls into the normal range for a smartphone. It has a length of 113 mm, a width of 55.56 mm and a thickness of only 13.65 mm. Weight does not exceed more than 116 grams. It is very comfortable in your pocket or palm the feeling of keeping it in your hand and use it is very pleasant. The phone design is excellent. HTC pays great attention to detail. Even if for making the case it was used only plastic, it is a quality plastic, solid and pleasant to the touch. The surfaces are glossy, but resists to fingerprints very well. The shapes are rounded, making the phone look so good.

HTC t8290 uses the Android operating system from Google, specifically the version 1.5. Google G1 has the version 1.0 of Android, but 1.5 comes with several improvements. Android looks like very well, and you can fall in love with him as easily as the iPhone OS. The menus are intuitive, you would very quickly get used to use them. Android version 1.5, called Cupcake, brings more enhancements to the virtual QWERTY keyboard. This sit better on the screen and responds immediately to commands.

Magic's known to work with all types of messages: SMS, MMS and email. You can use the virtual QWERTY keyboard, both in portrait mode, and in landscape mode. Obviously, the landscape mode is much more than that if you have written. Copy & paste function is implemented by the software of the phone, so you can send SMS or email links or text copied from other applications (like web browser). SMS and MMS editor is the same, to send an MMS just add a media file in the message.

Music player recognizes AAC audio files, AAC +, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC-LC, MIDI, OGG, meaning all popular formats. The music sounds good, but the big disadvantage is that you have to use headphones from the package. You have 3.5 mm jack, so you can connect your headphones. Converters are found from miniUSB to 3.5mm plug, but I do not know how many have the patience to look and buy. If you need to view Microsoft Office or PDF files, you can use the pre-installed version of Quickoffice. Unfortunately, there is a version of Quickoffice that doesn’t let you modify files.

From a producer that was known only among a limited number of users, HTC has become in the recent years a well known brand. Although have not yet the reputation of brands like Nokia, Samsung or Sony Vaio, in terms of hardware quality and software devices, HTC is no less important. Perhaps even the contrary.
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Recently, HAC discovered the potential of the Google Android. That after years in which they were monogamous and didn't cheated in any way the Microsoft. They have even been the locomotive of Windows Mobile. All is missing now is that HTC would realize that they can make phones with Symbian S60 (which is open source, and that means that it would not cost them) to have an almost complete portfolio of operating systems.

HTC Touch Diamond 2 is chronological, logical and from all point of view, the successor of HTC Touch Diamond, a device that impressed us when it was released but suffered from several shortcomings that a careful eye could not easily forget. Fortunately, the htc diamond 2 is not just a reincarnation, it brings many improvements at both hardware and software. HTC Touch Diamond 2 no longer glows and doesn't has the design fantasies of his predecessor. It is more sober, more business. Blending metal with black plastic gives it a serious air, not an immature one. And weight. Even though is not very far from a brick, htc diamond 2 includes its weight. You actually feel that you keep a phone in your hand.

The 3.2 inch touch screen site occupies most of the device. Commands that are made by touch are taken easier then the first Diamond and resolution of 480 x 800 pixels gives a very high pixel density. Image quality is also excellent. It suffers just outside, in direct sunlight. The most interesting new element to the hardware level is definitely the zoom function. Placed immediately below the screen is a bar type touch sensitive that allows the increase and decrease in images, web pages, etc. Its use is very simple: if get you finger on it from left to right it increases, if you get it from right to left id decrease.



Under the zoom function there are the only four buttons from the front of the device. Two of them are dedicated to the call management and the other two are for the back function and the Start menu. Start menu button functions similar with the one from the Symbian S60 menu: when you press once you get into the menu, and if you press twice gets you in the main tab of the main 3D Touch Flo interface.

Edges are exempt from phone buttons, the only exceptions are made by the volume adjustment button and the Power / Stand by one. The volume is longer and it has to be pressed on the edges to increase or decrease the volume. Touch Flo 3D is rapidly and it's moving almost instantly and it comes with many innovations. In the background, software improvements are the greatest profit to the Diamond first device.



Touch Flo 3D has two defining characteristics. The first is that it runs fluently. The second characteristic is, metaphorically speaking, the burial of Windows Mobile. Touch Flo 3D covers now more menus and applications of the operating system. The old and boring interface of Windows Mobile has been replaced with the much more handsome Touch Flo 3D interface. What does that mean? That you are not going to use that much the Stylus because the Touch Flo 3D menus are optimized for touch screen use. Many more menus and applications can be used with your fingers, without using the stylus.

Touch Flo 3D brings many improvements over the first version of the Touch Flo. Here are the most important of them:

Menu notifications. If you press any icon from the top of the bar menu, is shown a generally menu with all notifications of missed calls, received messages, and unstopped alarms.

Contacts manager. Replace the agenda of Windows Mobile and is optimized for touch. It has three sections: all contacts, favorite people and history. Actually, one contacts agenda with all calls and messages historic. If you go to a specific person you can see not only the contact information but also the entire history of calls and messages made with that person.



Web browser. Opera remained the default browser. The internet tab from Touch Flo 3D comes with two innovations: the search box on Google's so called Push Pages. These are some bookmarks that can be refreshed automatically. Browser connects to the Internet called every time to download those pages. In this way, added sites can be quickly accessed. If you do not want to waste the traffic, you can always disable this feature.

Weather. The tab responsible for weather forecasts looks as good as before. In addition, it has the forecast for the coming days, with maximum and minimum temperatures.

Calendar. This is a new tab which does not exist in the first version of Touch Flo. It has two display modes: day and month. The display mode on the day with meetings and tasks is displayed also the weather.



Start Menu. The start button no longer results in the appropriate menu of Windows Mobile, but in a custom menu where the user puts favorite programs. Only when you pres the function menu in All Programs it comes with all the applications that are installed, It is also optimized to be use by the touch of your finger.

HTC phones have never excelled in terms of camera. Images taken with the HTC Touch Diamond 2 are not extraordinary, the colors are faded, the contrast is incorrect and the details suffer. However, compare with previous models, photographs taken with Diamond 2 are better. However, you should not claim too much for the camera, even if it has 5 MP.

There are not so many reproaches that can be made to HTC Touch Diamond 2. It is excellent from many points of view.

There are about 71 htc cellphones but in this article I’m going to write about  the best rated mobile phones released by HTC. The best rated HTC mobile phones are: HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch, HTC Touch HD, HTC Touch Pro, HTC Touch Cruise, HTC Touch Diamond 2, HTC S730, HTC HD2, HTC Touch Pro 2 and HTC Diamond.
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HTC Touch Diamond is redefining the notion of smartphones. HTC Diamond is one of the most stylish smartphones currently existing, endowed with top functions and a stunning 3D interface. It is based on Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 TouchFlo interface. Its functions can be used with your finger, not with a stylus. TouchFlo has 10 tabs (or windows) that provides access to 10 types of content. Switching from one tab to another can be realized in three ways: by a simple touch gesture (crossing finger across the screen from right to left or vice versa), pressing a finger on the icons at the bottom of the screen or using the controller.

HTC Touch is the first device with intuitive touch screen technology. With a touch screen easy to use and with a friendly interface, the HTC Touch with TouchFlo makes quick dialing, navigation and selection look like a play. Chic, elegant and versatile, HTC Touch device will open a new universe were media, communication and social interaction are present. You can surf the Internet with Internet Explorer, send and receive emails from Hotmail and Yahoo accounts. You can also chat on Messenger and send photos to your virtual space through Windows Live.

HTC Touch HD is a PDA Phone that can impress you simply by reading the specifications. It has a generous display of 3.8 inches and a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels. The camera has 5 mega pixels with a simple design, and it doesn’t have flash or a protective cover.



HTC Touch Pro. The keyboard is the most important element that this phone received in addition to Diamond. If you liked the Diamond as it was, with its good and bad things, but you felt the need for a QWERTY to write emails, text messages, or to surf net and do other activities that involve intensive writing, then you are going to love the Touch Pro. This gadget device has  TV out option, higher capacity battery then the HTC Touch Diamond, increased Ram and Rom and memory card expansion- micro SD 2.0 capable of 32 Giga Bites.

HTC Touch Cruise combines personal navigation and communication very easy. No matter in which location you are, this phone will help you browse easily. With all the functionality you need in one powerful phone, HTC Touch Cruise has all you want plus GPS navigation and Tom Tom software. If you move your fingers on the surface of the screen the innovative TouchFLO interface will respond to every move. With this smart phone you can make ease passage between calls, emails, messages, music, pictures and any other applications.



HTC Touch Diamond 2 uses the latest 3D TouchFLO interface, which is a customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1. It has a 3.2 inches display high-resolution VGA. It has a new key- zoom bar- for quick panning of web pages, e-mail, text messages, photos or documents. The battery will last with about 50 % more and it has a 5 MP digital camera, a gravity sensor, a light sensor and not least, GPS receiver.



HTC S730 is also part of the htc cellphones. This smart phone has a new 3G Wi-Fi technology and QWERTY keyboard. HTC S730 PDA has installed Windows Mobile 6 with a Qualcomm 400 MHz processor and 256 MB flash memory. It has a 2 megapixels camera whish is ideal for photos. Because this smartphone has Windows installed, you can work with Microsoft Office documents, multimedia files, email and Internet standard protocol. HTC S730 is useful both as a cell phone but also easy to use in messaging. Some would say that is a good tiny PC.



HTC HD2. Some design features of this phone are much greater than can be expressed in words. For example, ring volume drops immediately when the phone detects that you have raised it, and the display is automatically adjust based on surrounding light intensity, and it closes to prevent any inappropriate touch to the screen during a call. But most importantly, this is the first phone from HTC that has Windows and HTC Sense- an integrated experience that has as a starting point the phones functioning in the most intuitive way possible. HTC Sense is based on three fundamental principles: created for me, near me and found the unpredictability. This phone can help you to search for a Wi-Fi access point for your laptop. You just have to connect your phone to the 3.5 G cellular networks and it becomes your wireless access point- anywhere, anytime.



HTC Touch Pro 2 has a QWERTY keyboard on five rows and the screen is touch screen. All applications HTC Touch Pro 2 offers facilities for business interaction, trough teleconferences and email. Smartphone HTC Touch Po 2 uses TouchFlo 3D interface and offers a wide range of Windows Mobile software, plus the opportunity to upgrade the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS.  This mobile gadget has many games that you want to play if you are bored, stressed or just a game lover. For the ones that love music this phone is also a nice music player and it has the ability to play MP3 or polyphonic tunes.



HTC Diamond is the first phone that includes Touch Flo 3D, a clever interface to decrease access to the most common features of the phone and at the same time to give them a futuristic look. Part of the range touch, is the fourth model after the HTC Touch, HTC Touch Dual and HTC Touch Cruise. It has a Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and a VGA screen. It also has a 3MP shooter, 4 GB of internal memory, an accelerometer, a quad-band HSDPA and HSUPA module.

If I had to describe nokia n95 and iPhone in some few words I could say that these are the most performance smart phones on the market.

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Nokia N95 is equipped with GPS, 5 megapixels camera with autofocus, 3G video calling plus almost all the gadgets available. But it is quite big and this is a disadvantage. But if you’re used to Nokia N Series phones the you definitely going to love it! Available in two colors (silver and black) for which you can choose the memory that satisfies your needs (4 GB or 8 GB). And what distinguishes it from other smart phones is that it performs the pest in terms of technical.

It is the most powerful phone on the market because of the built-in GPS, 5 mega pixels camera with Carl Zeiss and Tessar optics, Wi-Fi wireless connection to the Internet, 2.5 inch display with 16 millions colors and ultra fast data transfer HSDPA. Let’s start with the essential things. Nokia N95 is a 3G phone designed after the Symbian 60 series interface. Such phones tend to lock or switch off very quickly. These phones are large and heavy. The weight of 120 grams fits in the average of all smart phones models, N 95 is quite bulky despite its slide design. But because of its form and weight you will not forget in which pocket you put it! Nokia N 95 is equipped with key specially designed for the media functions. This is an asset is you like to have more keys to press but most of the times is quite confusing.
If you open the slide, you have access to the entire keyboard, but like the Nokia N 73, the keys are to small to be used easily. The first thing you remark at this phone is the display of 2.6 inches, 240 x 320 pixels and 16 million colors. A light detector is incorporated to automatically adjust the screen functions. Nokia N95 has the best screen on the market and that you can notice by watching some pictures on it. The 5 megapixels camera, equipped with a flash and an autofocus is the most powerful on the market. The number of pixels that this phone contains, can  successfully replace a digital camera. Nokia N 95 has improved camera capabilities by using Carl Zeiss optics and Tessar lens, but they forgot to implement a digital zoom.



The video camera is also amazing, with VGA (640 x 480 pixels) and up to 30 frames per second. It also comes with a specially designed front camera for video calling. GPS is another interesting feature of the Nokia N95. In fact, the N95 has a built-in GPS system that communicates directly with the satellite. This allows you to orient in space. But to use the mapping service from Nokia, you have to buy a license. These are the surprising features of the Nokia N95. But, like any phone today, it has incorporated almost all the gadgets you can think of: music player that supports all formats, FM radio, integrated handsfree, speaker, polyphonic ringtones, HSDPA (the fastest data transfer) and much more.



When it comes to connectivity, Nokia N 95 surpasses any other phone on the market with its Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, Infrared, Wireless LAN, TV-Out and 3.5 mm headphone jack. 160 MB of memory is also more than acceptable but this phone is equipped with a micro SD memory card slot of 8 GB. The battery life is reasonable considering the multitude of the features that this phone has to offer you.

Apple iPhone 3G is a next generation phone that allows users to enjoy a very fast connection speed, image quality, features, media and an interesting design. iPhone 3G is a compact and perfect dimensioned phone and that’s what makes it very easy to handle. This phone is available in two variants in terms of internal memory and color (8GB - black and shiny or 16 GB – white or shiny black). Apple iPhone 3G has a built-in good sized screen with 3.5 inches diagonally and 16 million colors. It is equipped with 3G HSDPA technology whish allows users to surf the Internet with pretty high speed. This new model from Apple has built-in the EDGE and  GPRS technologies and this allows the transfer of any information. But another way of transferring information is represented by the Bluetooth and USB options. It also supports Wi-Fi technology.

Apple iPhone 3G has coverage on all GSM networks: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 and 3G HSDPA UMTS. Battery life is acceptable and provides up to 300 hours of stand by and 5 hours of talk time in conditions of 3 G and 10 hours in condition of a 2 G. It has an integrated GPS navigation system allowing you to guide efficient and fast. Apple iPhone 3G has a Microsoft support and has also a build-in function called Mobile Me that allows synchronization of the phone with other compatible devices. With a build-in iPod, iPhone 3 G can easily replace an iPod Nano. Therefore, the music function is outstanding with very clear specifications. The camera has only 2 megapixels but the quality of the captured images compensates for any deficiency.



The iPhone has some amazing applications. And you can choose from several thousands at the App Store what application you want and just download it with one touch. Another good element is the integrated GPS receiver, with support A-GPS which brings increased speed to detect points of interest. Thanks to a generous 3.5 inch screen with multi touch interface, the iPhone is likely to surpass even dedicated GPS systems. All these new features could not be placed in the same slim housing of the old iPhone. The company from Cupertino had to enlarge a bit the magic box. iPhone 3 G is measuring 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm unlike 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm of the first phone made by Apple

So which one do you chose between n95 and iPhone?

HTC Touch2 is quad-band compatible and it supports 850/900/1800/1900 MHz frequency bands, and also HSDPA 900 / 2100. For a wireless Internet connection, HTC Touch2 offers both GPRS and EDGE, and of course HSDPA. In our tests, in the EDGE network, the device has reached a transfer rate of 184 Kbit / s for download and 83 Kbit / s for upload, while in the 3G network, the device has reached speeds up to 1836 Kbit / s for download and 307 Kbit / s for upload. The Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g can also be used in the available hotspots to have a higher browsing speed and to reduce costs.
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For wireless data transfer between mobile phones, HTC Touch2 uses Bluetooth 2.1, whereas for data synchronization with the PC, the device offers USB 2.0. This HTC smartphone includes a built-in GPS receiver, which surprisingly works with the Google Maps application. To take advantage of voice guidance, users will have to install Copilot navigation software, for which you will need to download the necessary maps. The localization works without problems, and the pin-pointing link is very fast, even if you are inside.

HTC Touch2 is compatible with all the protocols and the e-mail clients (POP3, IMAP) and can be synchronized with your PC. The device is also compatible with SMS, EMS and MMS. The instant messaging includes Windows Live Messenger, but other IMs can also be installed. The interface is quite simple and easy to use.

The sound quality during a call is above average but could be better. The GSM signal is also good, as long as you do not keep the device set to the 3G band, where the reception is only mediocre.

HTC Touch2 includes a Qualcomm MSM7225 processor from the ARM11 family, which runs at speeds up to 528 Mhz. In general, we experienced no restraint or lag. Since the phone does not have animations or transitions, you will not have any problems when browsing the menus or when you run more applications.

The HTC smartphone includes 256MB of RAM memory and 512 MB of ROM memory. The storage space can be expanded up to 16GB via the microSD slot, which is hot-swappable.



The Internet applications include Streaming Media, which does exactly what its name suggests and is designed to be easily used with the fingers, Live Messenger and Windows Live Search, Internet Explorer for Web browsing, MSN Money, Market, and Microsoft MyPhone. The last two services are new and have been highlighted even at the officially announcement of the operating system - version 6.5. The Market service, as its name suggests, is where you can download applications compatible with Windows Mobile. The MyPhone service allows you to synchronize and save the Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Messages, photos, videos, music and documents with your MyPhone account on the PC. Basically, you get everything mentioned above, from the PC and you can add new contacts, events, and then you will be able to synchronize with your Pocket PC.

On the multimedia part, HTC Touch2 offers Windows Media Player for audio and video playback, and Pictures & Video to navigate through photos and videos and to modify the images.



Regarding the communications, the device includes Internet Sharing, which allows this HTC smartphone to be used as a modem, Communications Manager for enabling / disabling and changing settings for data connections, Bluetooth Explorer for managing the Bluetooth connection.
Then, there is a File Manager, a search tool, a Zip utility, a tool to encrypt files on the memory card, a function to reset the device and to come back to the factory settings, an application for GPS connection setup, JBlend Java emulator and a very useful Task Manager, which can be used to switch between applications and change the behavior of the "x" button to close the applications from the memory.



In general, the Pocket PCs do not receive an extra attention to the multimedia functions, but HTC Touch2 makes an exception, or at least it tries. First, HTC Touch2 includes, now, a 3.5 mm jack port, which says something. Second, the standard application used for playing audio and video is much more advanced compared to the older HTC devices, and that is because it has a sound equalizer and a very interesting interface. The music player supports files in MP3, WAV, eAAC + and WMA format files.
The sound of the music is very good, especially since you have access to a wide range of equalizer modes, but you can also make your own settings. Windows Media Player version 10 supports MP4, WMV, H.263, and H.264 video files.

The smarpthone also includes an FM radio, which can auto-scan and store up to 20 stations. The radio can be run in background or heard through the loudspeaker. There is also a YouTube customer included, which enables you watching movies on this website. In general, I had a good multimedia experience, and I think that the gap between smartphones and music phones is slowly equilibrating.



HTC Touch2 is powered by a Li-Ion 1100 mAh, which, according to the official specifications, the device offers an autonomy of up to 5 hours and 30 minutes in talk mode (6 hours and 10 minutes for 3G) and 500 hours in standby mode (370 hours for 3G).

In our tests, the battery power is exhausted after 4 hours and 43 minutes of standard use, with the backlight set to maximum. While it is far from official numbers, I would say that the battery life is satisfactory.

I was pleasantly surprised by the new HTC smartphone for medium budgets, especially as regards the design, but also a little disappointed with the new version of the operating system. While visually there are some changes, I still believe that Windows Mobile is far from the Android and iPhone in terms of performance, functionality and graphic interface. However, HTC Touch2 is a good smartphone, but only if it will sell at a lower price, otherwise I think people will look for more advanced solutions, and Android is much better at this time.

The package contains

HTC Touch2;
Li-Ion 1100 mAh battery;
Stylus;
User Guide;
Charger;
MiniUSB data cable.