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Smartphone review: HTC Amaze 4G

Rob — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:18:58 +0000

What do you launch next if you already have the Sensation? HTC ups the ante by releasing a faster and cooler smartphone in the form of the HTC Amaze 4G. The phone tries to raise the bar for those who love Android phones and make sure the elements are there to be more inviting than the rest of the phones out in the market.

This phone does not come with the Beats Audio but makes sure you can surf in LTE speed one like on T-Mobile’s 42 Mbps network.

Hardware

The HTC Amaze 4G drops the thin is better mantra but commands the bigger is better with its 5.1×2.58 inch body. It is comparable to other smartphones at 0.46 inch of thickness and tips the scale at 6.1 ounces.

The LCD display is big enough at 4.3 inches with Gorilla Glass coating. Comparing it to other LCD equipped Android phones, the screen is a bit dull. The colors are not as vibrant and the viewing angle range is not that wide. We were hoping that HTC equipped the Amaze 4G with Super AMOLED Plus screen which is a sure winner. It is a good looking handset nonetheless in its unibody made of plastic and metal encase its internals.

The camera of the Amaze 4G comes with an 8-MP module similar to the myTouch 4G Slide. The camera comes with a user friendly software with several scene modes. The video comes in good HD as promised.

Software

The Amaze 4G does not have anything revolutionary for its interface as it runs on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread that comes with Sense 3.0. Maybe HTC is reserving the bigger punch of the Sense 3.5 for another offering.

The Qualcomm chip though makes the phone run smoothly without any hiccups. Going from one screen to another or from one web page to another goes very smoothly. Being an Android, it comes with the usual bloatware. The injected apps are Adobe Reader, 411 & More, More for Me, Lookout Security, Qik Video Chat, and Polaris Office.

Verdict

The phone can actually be renamed HTC “Awesome” 4G. The Amaze 4G will take a few hours from your work time, and make your fingers a bit more busy tinkering. The battery though can be improved.

Check Out The Upcoming HTC Touch HD 2 Smartphone!

Heather — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:32:00 +0000

We all know that the HTC Touch HD is one of the most famous phones in the world. It actually was one of the first touchscreen phones and it still has a very special place in my heart. However, the latest and greatest thing to come from HTC is the HTC Touch HD2 – this is a phone that will not only look awesome but it is a phone that will certainly be a lot faster than it’s original version.

HTC is a phone company that I did not expect to come out all that good but as soon as the HTC Touch HD came out – I know I was doomed to be hooked to HTC. Now that the HTC Touch HD2 is going to be coming out … I am so excited! It will run on an Android as its operating system and will have a 628MHz processor.

While this might not be the official picture – I think that it is going to look pretty close to this.

Find Your Hero with T-Mobile

Heather — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:51:52 +0000

Following hot on the heels of their first two ventures into the world of Google Android phones, T-Mobile is now preparing the launch the HTC Hero, the big name cell phone provider’s third Google Android phone, following their myTouch 3G.

The HTC Hero features some things which are noticeably missing on the myTouch 3G. On the HTC, it is called the Sense. In short, HTC Sense takes on a new approach to the functionality of smartphones. These include Stay Close, Discover the Unexpected, and Make It Mine. Stay Close allows users to keep in touch with their family members and friends through a variety of mediums; Discover the Unexpected allows users to share a number of experiences right through their cell phones; and Make It Mine, as one might expect, allows users to personalize their phones in any number of ways.

As far as design goes, you can plainly see the sleekness of the Hero, which features angles and bevelled edges.

HTC Touch Pro

Rob — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:25:30 +0000

The flush touch screen of the HTC Touch Pro cell phone will amaze you. Attractive to look at this cellphone has an excellent VGA display and runs on the Windows Mobile platform. This mobile phone also supports third party applications. Let us check out at what does this mobile offer to you. The 2.8 inch 65,000 color TFT color touch screen LCD offers VGA resolution of 480 x 640 in portrait mode. There is support for landscape mode. At 140 grams this phone is a tad heavy. The 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus lens along withy a LED flash, offers 2048 x 1536 max photo resolution. There is a CIF 352 x 288, 176 x 144, 128 x 96 resolutions for video.

The video capture formats are H.263, 3GPP2 and MPEG4. This is a CDMA dual band digital 800/1900MHz mobile that supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 along with serial port, AD2P, PAN and AVRC profiles. Included with this phone are Windows Media Player and voice recorder. Memory support is SDHC microSD card slot. The best part of this phone is that it supports many programs and this phone comes with a huge number of them including mobile versions of Excel, Word, OneNote and PowerPoint. If you love to use the Opera browser, this cellphone supports that too.