Tom Goskar

Freelance consultant for digital heritage

Tag: HTC Desire

  • HTC Desire and Android 2.3 Gingerbread

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    I have had an original unlocked and unbranded HTC Desire for more than a year, and it’s still a very fast and capable smartphone. HTC were quick to upgrade it from 2.1 to 2.2 Froyo, and getting those new features have helped to keep the phone ‘fresh’, as it were, for the first six months…

  • Life with the HTC Desire Android smartphone

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    It’s been well over a month since I bought my HTC Desire to replace my trustworthy Nokia E71. How am I getting on with it? Here’s my mini review of the handset and its Android operating system. It’s all about integration One thing that I have strived to do on the E71, and failed, was…

  • Bye bye Symbian, hello Android

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    Last week I waved goodbye to my trusty Nokia E71. After watching the iPhone and Android communities evolve over the last 18 months, Symbian (the operating system that runs on the E71) has increasingly felt rather outdated. I am now the proud owner of an HTC Desire running on Google’s Android platform. People who know…