The HTC Desire was one of two Android phones announced by HTC at Mobile World Congress 2010. It featured a new version of the Sense user interface, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a large 3.7-inch touchscreen. The Desire was a Europe-only phone until hitting U.S. Cellular in the summer.
Announced: Feb 16, 2010
Released: Mar 26, 2010
HTC's more entry level Desire 516 will land in August in Europe to take on Motorola's Moto G and other budget handsets. The phone will be arriving in Austria and Switzerland and will cost around $270 or €199 unlocked and contract-free in either white or grey hues. For its price, the Desire 516 won't have the high-end specs that you would expect to see on more flagship handsets, like...
Desires 300, 501, 601 and 700 fill out HTC's entry-level and mid-range lineup HTC has today expanded its mid-range and budget portfolio for its home market of Taiwan, announcing the HTC Desire 300, 501, 601 dual-SIM and 700 dual-SIM. We've already become acquainted with the Desire 300 and 601, recently introduced in Europe as single-SIM phones, but the 501 and 700 appear to be new...
A solid budget offering coming to a major prepaid carrier HTC's new mid-range handset, the Desire 601, is ready to be sold on Virgin Mobile in the U.S. according to a new leaked image. The handset, which we didn't necessarily expect to hit the states, packs a 1.4GHz Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4.5-inch qHD LCD and the latest in Sense 5 features along with Android 4.2. The...
HTC Desire series gets LTE, BoomSound and Snapdragon 400 in new hero device In contrast to last year, HTC has kept its premium “HTC One” branding for only its top two smartphones in 2013, leaving the Desire series to occupy the mid-range and entry-level space. We’ve already seen Desires 200, 500 and 600 arrive in various European territories over the past few months, and now it’s time...
HTC 'Desire 200' gets certified in Taiwan, 'Desire 600' spotted in benchmarks HTC looks set to restore the "Desire" brand for upcoming entry-level phones, according to details spotted across the web. The first comes from Taiwan's NCC certification body, which recently saw new entries for a "Desire 200" handset alongside the model number "102e" -- a number previously tied to the rumored...
UK satellite broadcaster Sky has announced that it'll be bringing its Sky Go service to selected HTC and Samsung smartphones from February. Sky Go, which has been available on iOS for some time, allows subscribers to view live TV and archived content from certain channels on the on mobile devices. Initially, Sky will be limiting its roll-out to a handful of (fairly) recent HTC and...
Good news for anyone involved with tinkering around with software for the venerable HTC Desire. In accordance with open source rules, HTC has just released the kernel source code for the device's Gingerbread update, which was offered as an optional RUU for GSM Desires back in August. The move follows the release of a slew of other source code for more recent devices over the weekend,...
Almost exactly a year after the device first received an update to Froyo, the venerable HTC Desire now has an official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update available. The update is provided in the form of a RUU (ROM Update Utility) directly from HTC's Developer Center. In order to fit Gingerbread and HTC Sense onto the Desire's tiny 512MB of internal storage, HTC has removed certain bundled...
Good news for HTC Desire owners on British network Three -- the carrier has confirmed today that it'll be pushing out the official Gingerbread update for the popular handset as soon as it's made available by HTC. No waiting around for network testing or the addition of carrier-mandated bloatware, instead Three-branded Desires will get the update at the same time as unbranded phones. In...
Since HTC made the announcement that it would be bringing Gingerbread to the HTC Desire (minus some applications) they've been letting owners know where the update's at in testing. Most recently, HTC updated its Facebook page with the following details: Hi everyone. We have more news about our build of Gingerbread for Desire. Our testing has gone well so we will begin rolling out the...
As promised, HTC has offered Desire owners some news on the status of the phone's Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, saying they've begun testing on it this week. In a post on its official Facebook page, the manufacturer said -- Hi all- We're excited to share that we are testing our build of Gingerbread for HTC Desire and will start doing quality assurance for it this week. When we have...
The plot thickens. Last week HTC kicked up a bit of a storm by announcing that the Desire wouldn't be getting an official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update due to memory constraints, saying there wasn't enough space on the phone for Gingerbread and HTC Sense. Then, 24 hours later the manufacturer responded to feedback from Desire owners and changed its mind, committing to delivering...
Ah. So that answers that. If you were wondering how HTC plans on getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread and its Sense user interface onto the HTC Desire after it previously said it couldn't be done, we now have your answer. In an update on Facebook, HTC explains: To resolve Desire's memory issue and enable the upgrade to Gingerbread, we will cut select apps from the release. Look for status...
What a difference a day makes. Just 24 hours after disappointing a smartphone owner or two, HTC on its UK Facebook Page says the Desire will get Gingerbread after all. Contrary to what we said earlier, we are going to bring Gingerbread to HTC Desire. Of course, you can always still go the custom route, if that's your thing. Source: HTC UK Facebook
Update: ... And apparently HTC has changed its mind and decided to update to Gingerbread after all. Go figure. So you woke yesterday morning to the news that your trusty HTC Desire will be left without an official upgrade path to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and now the world seems a cold and uncaring place. Fear not -- we’ve got the complete lowdown on what today’s news means for Desire...