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The HTC Desire, codenamed ‘Bravo’ during development, is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation. The handset was announced on 16th February 2010, before being release soon after. The HTC Desire is based around a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, one of the fastest processors currently available to smartphone manufacturers. The operating system that HTC chose to go with for the Desire is the up-and-coming Android operating system, version 2.1. The phone also includes an active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) screen which is highly responsive and works well with the equipped web browser for effortless scrolling and crisp a display. Elsewhere, to the rear of the phone, there’s an integrated digital camera, stocking 5 megapixels for superb quality images. There’s also built in editing software to edit images and video, and then upload to social networking sites. Internally, much of the Desire bears a striking resemblance to the Nexus One, the HTC’s previous effort into the smartphone market, but there are differing features, and the Desire represents a shift in developing and design. The hardware of the smartphone actually has the potential to deliver high definition video, however, this is dependant on future updates from the HTC Corporation. Although, with other devices already offering users higher quality video recording and playback, it shouldn’t be long before the manufacturer introduces this for the Desire. The Android operating system that the phone comes equipped with has the ability to take advantage of the video circuitry onboard the aforementioned Snapdragon processor, which means that the handset could then capture video at a much higher resolution (720p on WVGA screen). This is where the Snapdragon really comes into its own and proves why it’s one of the best around. In Europe, carriers of the Desire have announced that it will be Vodafone UK, Vodafone Ireland, Meteor Irl, T-Mobile UK, O2, Orange UK, 3, and Virgin Mobile UK that will be offering their customers deals on the HTC Desire, however, in Australia the handset is exclusive to Telstra. In Japan, Softbank Mobile have already started sales, beginning in late April, and in South Korea, SK Telecom began selling the smartphone in April.