Which?: HTC Desire is a step up from the Google Nexus one

We got to play with the new HTC Desire at Mobile World Congress, which is essentially the same as the Google Nexus One but with the HTC Sense UI put on top of Android 2.1. Get the full report at http://www.which.co.uk/mwc2010

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[ryanonpiano]

Hi thanks for this video. Can you advise me does the Desire have a notification light for missed calls texts etc. I know the Nexus one has trackball for this option light. Thanks

[WhichWebsite]

@ryanonpiano Nope, there's no light. Instead you get a missed call icon in the title bar at the top of the screen.

[setheroon1]

0:58 no pinching the home screen does not show you the apps running. it zooms out of all of your "home screens" what widget and app shortcuts and folders are at a glance.

[WhichWebsite]

Yeah, your right. Sorry about that. Wrong words slipping in to the right places.

[setheroon1]

I shouldn't have even said anything. I've been sick therefore in a bad mood this week. I'm sure there is a better way of saying that.

[WhichWebsite]

No problem, always better to make things clear

[faddys123]

i was goin 2 get nexus 1 but now i am gonna wait 4 dis

[allhellhere]

@bolqr

true. I'm waiting for Desire in UK :D

[FatalityJulz]

Desire is average. G2 all the way.

[DanNixon2007]

@petererinkveld Yeah but that dosent make it a Nexus One, there are still HTC modifications that you can do nothing about, such as the Gallery app, but on the other hand at least HTC are taking updates more seriously than say Samsung and Motorola.

[xxGjbbyxx]

I don't think so. I think it's just another version of the same phone. Crazy for my N1. Also the (N1), other than a few small differences from the EVO, incredible, Droid x and 2, just to name a few. Yep, Samsung You too. Will always be ahead of the curve for a good while, with being the first to updates. Now I'm wait for the multi cores to come out. Should be next year, I think.

[petererinkveld]

@DanNixon2007

You can turn of the sense interface. If you do the phone will have the exact same interface as the nexus one

[DanNixon2007]

How can the HTC Desire possibly be a step up? The Nexus One is pure Android without any crap put on top of it, put it this way, do you thank PC manufacturers from loading new PCs with software you dont need, and the Nexus one gets all of the Google updates first and is a lot faster. 

[coolex74]

@ryanonpiano i say yes to that, you have a small light next to the htc logo in front, that you can with like the "handcent" app choose in witch color it will use for different notifications.

[Makemyday0126]

@ryanonpiano Yes it does have a notification light, did the reviewer look at the phone at all?

[dragondeth48]

Get the iPhone 4! It is the best phone out!

[setheroon1]

@xelectriquex those are not necessarily running apps, just the most recently ran apps.

[salesupport]

@ryanonpiano yes it does