HTC Touch HD

Arguably ne of the best smartphones in the market today, the HTC Touch HD comes with an impressive 480x800 pixel screen, a 5 MegaPixel camera, HSDPA and WiFi support, inbuilt GPS and most importantly its a windows mobile.

As the name itself suggests, the best part about the HTC Touch HD as you might think is its display. An impressive and a state of art 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen which is certainly the best in the smartphone business today. Undoubtedly it can be picked on top of any smart phone's display, even the iPhone 3G is not a match.

The Touch HD features GPS support, so it can be used with Google Maps or another application. This is a quad-band GSM handset with EDGE and GPRS data, plus support for UMTS 900 / 2100 and HSDPA, giving a maximum download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps. The Touch HD can also support HSUPA giving a maximum upload speed of 2 Mbps. It also has 802.11b and g WiFi connectivity.

The standard Windows Mobile 6.1 interface has been enhanced with HTC's excellent TouchFLO 3D add-on. Perhaps this isn't as impressive as the iPhone, but it certainly makes the Windows Mobile experience much more enjoyable.
The standard multimedia support is enhanced by an FM radio and standard 3.5mm audio socket. The HTC Touch HD can play back various AAC, AMR, MP3 and Windows Media formats, plus widescreen video.

The HTC Touch HD has a processor which is a fairly standard Qualcomm MSM7201a running at 528 MHz, but there's a useful 288MB of RAM too which should help with applications. There's also 512MB of Flash memory which can be expanded using microSD or SDHC cards. The large 1350 mAh battery can power the Touch HD for up to 6.5 hours on 3G with a maximum of 18 days standby time, oddly enough the battery life on GSM is just 5 hours talktime and 16 days standby. The whole package measures 115 x 63 x 12mm and weighs 146 grams.

There's no doubt that the HTC Touch HD is a hugely impressive device but lacks a QWERTY keyboard which would have made a difference. For windows mobile users who love multimedia, the HTC Touch HD is the perfect thing to go for.