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HTC Desire coming to Australia’s Telstra in April

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 4:40 AM

This one’s for our Australia-based Android fans. HTC announced that it is bringing its top-of-the-line Desire smartphone to the continent exclusively through Telstra. The handset is set to hit the market at some point in April at a still undisclosed price — all we know is that pricing will be announced “closer to launch.”

As you probably already know, specs wise, the HTC Desire is pretty much the same device as Google’s Nexus One (after all HTC made both phones). This translates into a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, HSPA connectivity, GPS, WiFi and a large 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen. The company’s own Sense UI is running on top of Android 2.1, allowing users to access popular social networking functionalities with only few taps.

Also, unlike the Nexus One which comes with a trackball, the Desire rocks an optical trackpad, which some say works better. Personally I would dump both a trackball and optical trackpad for the good ol’ D-Pad at any time, but that’s just me.

Anyway, Desire is coming to Australia and now we’re waiting for announcements for other places. The upcoming CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas will most likely be the place of its official announcement for the U.S. market and from then on, I would expect to pretty regularly get press releases for other countries. Stay tuned…

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • AusFest

    I would love to have this phone!

  • james

    Why is it on telstra?
    People dont like telstra. They have a monopoly on the australian phone network and those with them have no choice or are rare.

  • james

    I want one too and now i cant have one :( Stupid telstra.