HTC Unveils Enhanced HTC Sense(TM) Experience
on New Android Smartphones
HTC Legend(TM) and HTC Desire(TM) take Android 2.1 to a new level
with HTC Sense
BARCELONA, Spain/PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World Congress - HTC
Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced an
enhanced HTC Sense experience that will be available on two new
smartphones that take Android to the next level, the HTC Legend and HTC
Desire.
"At its essence, the mobile phone is the most personal item you have
in your possession. HTC Sense was created to magnify your ability to
create and define your own unique mobile experience," said Peter Chou,
chief executive officer of HTC Corporation. "HTC Legend and HTC Desire
take Android to another level in both substance with HTC Sense and style
with HTC Legend's revolutionary crafted aluminum uni-body design."
HTC SENSE
HTC Sense is a user experience focused on putting people at the
centre by making phones work in a more simple and natural way. This
experience revolves around three fundamental principles that were
developed by observing and listening to how people live and communicate.
These core tenets of Make It Mine, Stay Close and Discover the
Unexpected continue to be the key to the new HTC Sense experience.
The new HTC Sense experience continues to focus on improving your
interactions with your most important people. This begins with a new
HTC application and widget called HTC Friend Stream that seamlessly
aggregates all of your social communication including Facebook, Twitter,
and Flickr into one organised flow of updates. This simple aggregation
makes it easier than ever to focus on what friends are doing as well as
to view the images and links that they share. In addition to Friend
Stream, people can be organised into specific social circles, such as
groups of friends, colleagues or any other way that makes sense.
The new HTC Sense experience also introduces broad improvements to
applications including the browser, email client and others. In
addition, the new version of HTC Sense includes a new newsreader
application and widget, as well as a new seven-screen 'Leap' thumbnail
view for quick and easy access to specific screens.
HTC Legend
Built around a newly enhanced HTC Sense, the HTC Legend boasts a
unique design with a smooth, continuous surface, machined from a single
aluminum block into a seamless compact frame. To complement its looks,
the HTC Legend includes a stunning 3.2 inch, AMOLED HVGA display. The
traditional trackball has also been replaced with an optical joystick,
surrounded by a narrow button to improve usability without interrupting
its unique design.
HTC Desire
HTC Desire is the richest way to visually experience news, friends,
photos, favourite places and whatever else is important on a mobile
phone. With one of the most advanced displays available on a phone
today, HTC Desire is designed with a large 3.7 inch AMOLED WVGA display
to enhance and maximise content, whether it is pictures and videos,
browsing the Web or checking on friends' status updates. HTC Desire is
powered by a one gigahertz Snapdragon processor and is Adobe® Flash®
10.1 ready. As with the HTC Legend, the HTC Desire also includes an
optical joystick.
Patrick Chomet, Group Director of Terminals for Vodafone said, "HTC
is a valued partner for Vodafone and has made a strong contribution to
the growth of the mass market appeal of smartphones. Vodafone endeavours
to offer our customers the widest and most compelling choice of
smartphones and to that end the HTC Legend, the HTC Desire and the HTC
HD Mini will be ranged in selected Vodafone markets across our
footprint. I'm particularly pleased that through our collaboration with
HTC, Vodafone customers will experience a differentiated experience on
the HTC Legend which will come customised for them with pre-loaded
Vodafone 360 Internet services."
Availability
The new HTC Legend will be available in Europe through Vodafone and
in the direct channel beginning in April. It will roll out to other
parts of the world including Asia in early Q2. HTC Desire will be
broadly available to customers across major European and Asian markets
in early Q2. The HTC Desire will be exclusively available in Australia
through Telstra. The enhanced HTC Sense experience will also be offered
as a free upgrade on the HTC Hero in Europe and Asia.
About HTC
HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the
mobile phone industry. By putting people at the centre of everything it
does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and
needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock
Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit
www.htc.com.
Source: HTC Corporation
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