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With advanced visuals and sound, and cutting edge smartphone technology, the new HTC Desire HD is considered to be the best smartphone on the market, but is it better than the Apple iPhone 4? HTC have loaded the phone with the latest version of Android and coated it in there intuitive HTC Sense interface. As you might have gathered from the name, the new phones is HD capable and with its HDMI cable, compatible with your HD ready TV at home.

The Desire HD is quite iconic in design; the humongous 4.3 inch display may give the phone a few extra millimetres here and there but with its super slim chassis it is still very pocket friendly and feels luxurious to handle as there is a little weight to it also. The screen makes the most of its 480 x 800 pixel resolution to bring you super crisp and very clean on-screen imagery. Utilising capacitive technology the interface can be interacted with via the multi-touch input method which supports the pinch and zoom action.

The new Desire HD is no different from the old Desire where the interface is concerned; the same seven page home screen system allows you to view all screens at once by pinching the screen. You also get FriendStream which enables users to view all of there communications in one application; live feeds from Facebook, Twitter and other networks can all be filtered into the one stream of information.

Accessing the internet can be performed via Wi Fi when access to local WLAN hotspots is possible, and 3G also allows the phone to communicate over the 3G network. The web browser is one of the most advanced browsers on the market, with the use of tabs; multiple sites can be accessed and interacted at once, while saving bookmarks and adding direct shortcuts to the home screen is also possible. Tethering can also be performed wirelessly via Wi Fi or by the USB connection.

The HTC Desire HD has been equipped with the facilities to enable full management of various e-mail accounts, social networks and SMS and MMS formats. A universal inbox can be used for a full overview of communications while Facebook and Twitter can interacted with via dedicated clients.

The digital camera is highly capable and one of the more advanced options on the market; at 8MP’s it can shoot HD video and capture beautiful still imagery, it is loaded with a range of settings and features and it comes complete with LED flash and Auto-Focus. Both the video and music players will handle pretty much any file you run while there are memory expansion options which allow up to 32GB via a microSD card.

Access to the Android Market allows users to fill there Desire HD with the apps they want while the A-GPS receiver supports the phones HTC Footprints and Google Maps application for navigation guidance.

HTC have made there intentions clear with this phone; the Desire HD is one of the most advanced smartphones on the market today, and coupled with the iPhone 4, gives us an insight into what the future holds for mobile technology.

The release of the new Windows Phone 7 operating system has seen a number of new handsets also released. Amongst them is the HTC 7 Mozart. The manufacturer has seen some phenomenal success stories with its recent Android OS smartphones, but how will this new platform compare?

The HTC 7 Mozart offers a dazzling 3.7 inch S-LCD capacitive touchscreen which boasts the ability to display up to 16M colours within a pixel resolution of 480x 800. This makes for clear, crisp and vibrant display of on screen imagery, making the HTC 7 Mozart an ideal handset for viewing multimedia such as videos and photos. The screen also features an accelerometer sensor for auto rotate of the UI, along with proximity sensor and multi-touch input. The large screen means that the handset is not the smallest in the world; however this is rarely seen as a disadvantage these days. The handset is also lightweight at just 130 grams, making it highly portable and unobtrusive.

A generous 8 GB of internal storage space is provided, meaning users can potentially store their entire digital music collection along with loads of photos, videos and other files. The internal phonebook can store a large number of contacts, and features the photocall function.

Class 32 GRPS & EDGE are utilised to connect the handset to its relevant cellular networks, whilst access to the internet combines 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. In areas covered by 3G, an HSDPA connection provides download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps (alongside HSUPA at 2 Mbps) whilst a faster connection can be achieved thanks to Wi-Fi whenever users have access to local wireless networks. Bluetooth and micro USB connections allow users to connect the HTC 7 Mozart to compatible hardware devices.

An impressive 8 megapixel digital camera is on hand to allow users to take high quality still images, as well as to record HD video footage. Autofocus, Xenon flash, face detection and geo-tagging are all included as standard. The camera is capable of shooting video footage in HD at 720p, amongst the highest quality available on a mobile phone camera.

The new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS works in conjunction with a 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, which allows for a lightning fast user interface which can handle demanding applications with ease.

There are entertainment options aplenty within the HTC 7 Mozart such as a versatile internal media player, and a selection of games, along with productivity features such as an organiser and voice memo recorder.

HTC are one of the biggest players in the smartphone game, with Windows being a goliath in the software industry. With these two companies working together on the same handset, it is certain that it will prove popular.