* The Official HTC Desire (Bravo) Thread! *

SteveOBHave · 21 Jan 2010 at 08:54

EDIT: Stoked - I have my Desire - much lighter feeling than the Nexus One.

Being dissappointed to find that the Desire has no Voice Search function I went away and found this:
http://nimbu.amorvi.com/2010/04/add-...to-htc-phones/

Also Turn by Turn Maps!
http://nimbu.amorvi.com/2010/04/add-...to-htc-desire/

There are some others as well:

http://nimbu.amorvi.com/

A few more apps worth noting, speech to text, nexus one launcher etc

Well we've all been looking out for a decent Android phone, some have found what they like in the Moto Milestone, some in the HTC Nexus 1, others like me are pretty happy with their HTC Hero.

I am coming to the end of my contract (as of Late March) and I have come across some Interwibble Scuttlebutt that states that the HTC Bravo is to be coming to T-Mobile UK in, as luck would have it, late March!
Source: http://androinica.com/2010/01/20/first-live-image-of-the-htc-bravo-optical-joystick-included/

So what do we know.
- Dimensions -56 x 112 x 11.7 millimetres
- 3.7in AMOLED 480 x 800 touchscreen with multitouch support
- Sense UI by HTC
- 5MP camera (with auto-focus and 720p HD video capture)
- WiFi a,b,g and n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR , a compass, GPS, FM radio and integration with Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and Microsoft Exchange.
- Snapdragon 1GHz Processor
- microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO
- removable 1400mAh battery
- Internal RAM 320MB, ROM 512MB

And of course the first actual shot

My first impression of the actual hardware is that it's not a bad looking phone but it's still a long way from the design chic of Apple hardware. They seem to keep doing odd stuff with their buttons, but at least they are hard buttons and not the irritating soft buttons on the Nexus. I think I shall be sitting tight to see what this one comes out like.

sunnysingh · 21 Jan 2010 at 09:10

I'm so looking forward to the release of the Bravo
So guttted my phone contract aint up till september
May be forced to buy sim free on release day

Izi · 21 Jan 2010 at 09:54

I want! This has got to be my next device. I'd love to get the X10, but sony's software looks like it sucks...

GeX · 21 Jan 2010 at 09:55

since i saw the leaked roadmap, i'd decieded it was my next phone - it still is!

Izi · 21 Jan 2010 at 10:11

SteveOBHave said:
My first impression of the actual hardware is that it's not a bad looking phone but it's still a long way from the design chic of Apple hardware. They seem to keep doing odd stuff with their buttons, but at least they are hard buttons and not the irritating soft buttons on the Nexus. I think I shall be sitting tight to see what this one comes out like.

this is true, it is fairly ugly - but not as ugly as the Hero

SteveOBHave · 21 Jan 2010 at 10:58

Izi said:
this is true, it is fairly ugly - but not as ugly as the Hero

See I think the Hero is a bit of a love it or hate it phone - I quite like the design of it - and it feels good.

Izi · 21 Jan 2010 at 11:01

SteveOBHave said:
See I think the Hero is a bit of a love it or hate it phone - I quite like the design of it - and it feels good.

i have one, i like it, but not the design.

Amp34 · 21 Jan 2010 at 11:57

I'm still very tempted by the HD2 which is a far nicer design, I'd like to try android however as well as the draw of the 720p recording...

Janesy B · 21 Jan 2010 at 11:58

I don't like that

Demon · 21 Jan 2010 at 12:11

It's not as slick to look at as a HD2 for me..

However, compared to the N1, I think it's slightly better looking..

However, with those specs, it's a total winner!

Alty · 21 Jan 2010 at 12:58

i can but dream about it being released on O2 but since it will be a major competitor to the iphone doubt it somehow

SteveOBHave · 21 Jan 2010 at 13:08

Alty said:
i can but dream about it being released on O2 but since it will be a major competitor to the iphone doubt it somehow

Dunno about that - I think O2s obligation to the iPhone is coming to an end soon.

djkav · 21 Jan 2010 at 15:26

Im looking forward to the Bravo now. My contract has expired and its now a monthly rolling one.

So I'm gonna wait for this to hit the stores. Its feature packed.

Meatball · 21 Jan 2010 at 15:32

Janesy B said:
I don't like that

Ditto

. I like the sound of the hardware though.

SteveOBHave · 21 Jan 2010 at 17:23

Meatball said:
Ditto . I like the sound of the hardware though.

Yeah - HTC designers are mostly blind I think.

subbass · 21 Jan 2010 at 18:03

I like it..think it looks good and the specs too. X10 looks great too but (to me) I think it's too big, the Bravo is the perfect size.

-Ad- · 21 Jan 2010 at 19:36

I think it looks lovely.

Great success as my contract expires at the end of march too. Wooot

muon · 21 Jan 2010 at 19:45

320mb ram vs 512mb ram for the nexus one.

http://www.google.com/phone/static/en_US-nexusone_tech_specs.html

A shame they couldn't match it.

GeX · 21 Jan 2010 at 20:41

I'm sure they could if they wanted.. HTC do make both phones :confused:

muon · 21 Jan 2010 at 21:08

GeX said:
I'm sure they could if they wanted.. HTC do make both phones

So why didn't they? It doesn't make sense not to, since for RAM more is better.

Clearly something prevented them from doing so. Be it price/cost considerations, product being at a development stage which is too late to change or something else.

No phone manufacturer (htc or otherwise) is limited to 320mb because they don't have the technological ability to use more. Therefore clearly I couldn't have been referring to that.

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