Desire

The mobile phone issues after weeks of reading lots of reviews has been solved. I've brought the HTC Desire from Telstra. Here's the options and dilemmas


Google's Nexus One.

PRO's :: Can be updated any time with googles android operating system, pretty good specs.

CON's :: Vodafone plan $79, way to much, coverage including national roaming dosn't work in Leongatha!


HTC Desire 

PRO's :: The twin of the Nexus one, nearly the same phone except for HTC gui, pretty good specs, $49 cap plan pretty good, supprisingly from Telstra, best coverage in the country.

CON's :: Uncertainty of updates to 2.2 android, with Telstra

Samsung Galaxy S

PRO's:: Available for $49 from Optus, Best Specification,

CON's :: Reviews are pretty bad for Samsung's gui on it, no flash,  uncertainty of updates to 2.2 android.

There where also a lot of phones running android 1.6! This is a major downfall great spec machines yet they are using software that is out of date! eg sony expira x10.

Galaxy S

The expiry of the old phone plan is rapidly approaching. Optus has just announced the Galaxy S samsung android phone. $59 on the 'Social plan'. (Thanks for android.net for that tip) Close to the budget. Plus very good value for money on specs compared to other comparable phones on the market.





Nice Spec's as well::

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Status Coming Soon


Size Dimensions 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
Weight 118


Screen Type Super AMOLED – Capacitive
Colours 16 Million
Size 4″ (480×800 pixels)


Other RAM – ROM N/A – 512MB
Camera 5MP – Flash – Video: 720p @ 30fps
Android Version 2.1 (Cupcake)
CPU Samsung Hummingbird @ 1GHz

Big bonuses: very snappy processor and the recent operating system.

Downfalls: Camerea could have been a bit bigger and front facing camera.

But these are things I could live with.