Monday, August 16, 2010

Nexus One Twin (HTC Desire) reaches India

The wait is finally over. HTC announces the launch of the Nexus One twin (HTC Desire) in India. The phone has the similar configuration as that of Nexus One in terms of the processor, memory, camera, resolution, etc. HTC has tied up with Tata DoCoMo to launch the phone in India. The cost of the phone is R 28,900/- which is quite reasonable when compared to the cost of iPhone 3GS in India. Trust me, it is powerful than iPhone 3GS. The new HTC Desire will be available starting today at all authorized HTC resellers across the country.  HTC Desire Few differences

  1. Optical trackpad instead of a trackball which I have hardly used on my Nexus One.
  2. FM radio. Though the Nexus One uses the same Broadcom BCM4329 WiFi/FM transmit/receive chipset, Google has not enabled it officially. Need to use a modified kernel and ROM for listening to FM Radio on Nexus One.
  3. No dual microphone to cancel the noise in HTC Desire.
  4. HTC Sense UI.
  5. Android 2.1. Froyo update will be available soon.

If you are planning to buy an Android based smart phone in India, this is the best phone available. The next version of it, HTC Desire HD HTC Ace, has already been spotted on Engadget.

-- Varun

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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 12:11 AM

    HTC wildfire is speculated to be around ₨ 20K. How about that?

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  2. Varunkumar NagarajanAugust 17, 2010 at 12:20 AM

    HTC Wildfire is already available in India for 16K. Its a nice phone. +Stylish
    +Eclair
    +Economical
    -Lower resolution
    -Less CPU

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  3. sattanaathanAugust 17, 2010 at 7:41 PM

    BUT rumors are on air that its performance is really bad especially with Multimeidia.....and its 14K as of day at Poorvika mobile World chennai.Wished HTC would Launch Aria Sooner

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  4. UnknownAugust 17, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    Hi, I bought HTC wildfire for 15k in chennai..

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  5. Varunkumar NagarajanAugust 17, 2010 at 8:15 PM

    @Sattanaathan
    Are you talking about HTC Desire or HTC Wildfire?

    I have seen both of them and they seem to be pretty good.

    I strongly recommend them.

    -- Varun

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  6. Varunkumar NagarajanAugust 17, 2010 at 8:16 PM

    @Akhil: Saw the robot on gTalk. Have fun. :)

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  7. UnknownSeptember 13, 2010 at 3:34 AM

    guys... where can i get wildfire in chennai.... no stocks at most of shops at tnagar/anna nagar... any idea... pl drop me a mail at [email protected]

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  8. Varunkumar NagarajanSeptember 13, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    @Rupesh: Get it online from Univercell, Infibeam or Flipkart.

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