HTC Desire with Sense UI and Verizon branding spotted
By Ross Miller 
posted Oct 22nd 2009 4:22PM
posted Oct 22nd 2009 4:22PM
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whats with the touch sensitive buttons. such a pain in the a**.
They stole my sprint hero exclusive UI! zi basterds!
im pretty sure those buttons are physical
I agree that they are annoying, but I disagree that there is any proof in this shot that these are touch sensitive buttons. That's almost exactly what my MyTouch looks like in the dark, and it has physical buttons.
everything except for the call and end buttons look identical to the MyTouch. HTC has a tendency to have minor aesthetical changes between carriers for the same phone (think HTC Snap/T-Mobile Dash). this could very well be Verizon's version of the mytouch.
go back and take a look at the video of the Verizon Execs on the Verizon/Google red carpet.
Physical KEYBOARD, people! Not buttons!
***Picture not video, sorry.
found a decent pic
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/10/22/oh-hey-there-htc-desire/
HTC takes the same parts, shuffles them in a bag and dumps it on the floor. That becomes a new android phone design.
3 carriers with multiple androids, only one with OS X, shouldn't be long now.
I honestly don't think AT&T cares, they're far too busy sucking on the cash-printing iPhone and finding ways to screw customers even more.
It looks like a MyTouch with Sense. hopefully it has a faster processor than the other android phones
and why the hell cant this site figure out what my avatar is supposed to be?
Dude, it can't figure mine out either. Every now and then it shows an avatar that I deleted over a year ago.
you're some bird thing with glasses. i swear if mine is DSG again ill kill everyone on here
Why did you put a lame Luigi smiley on the awesome Sweetish Samus cosplayer =(?
Has skynet been launched on Verizon..robots are taking over
if this is what skynet does to big red, the I welcome it wholeheartedly!
That's one big analog clock.
That's just to make sure you didn't miss the one in the upper right corner of the screen. You can never have too many clocks!
Big time!
(see what I did there?)
and there's my next phone. I got a chance to play with the Sprint Hero this weekend...I was sold after about a minute of messing around with it
the hero is really nice... was messing around with my this girl's own couple days ago... its pretty responsive... nice and heat look... doesn't feel cheap
I was messing around with my girl a couple of days ago... Mmmh, wait...
Funny that everytime I see an HTC phone I automatically compare it to the HD2... this looks cool though. Until we get some more specs...
It is now becoming really clear how it's been a big mistake for Apple to not get the iPhone to other carriers. With Windows Mobile 7 a ways away, Blackberry not coming up with any thing exciting and new, and iPhone only on ATT....the Android platform has been given a free opportunity to proliferate unimpeded.
I really don't know why it took this long for Verizon to get their head out of their ass and realize they needed some quality phones! About a year ago I was forced to buy a Blackberry 8330 Curve which was already old in the tooth because it was the best Verizon had at the time. It's pathetic that they are so behind on the reality that they need some cool phones.
I can't wait to lay my hands on an Android phone as soon as my contract is up. Hell new every two isn't what it used to be, maybe I'll just get one sooner.
You make some great points there. iPhone and Android are the only REALLY interesting platforms out there, and while iPhone does nothing, Android is free to roam from carrier to carrier and spread itself among the carriers. And WTF is up with Verizon?? I like that they are becoming so open, but it's really odd like they might just take away that openness in one fell swoop and boom back to the old Verizon.
Why isn't WebOS an interesting platform as well? Its more polished than Android.
@Teerim
I don't think Verizon is full of it. They did announce yesterday that they are parterning with Google on -- wait for it... -- THE SUPPORT OF NET NEUTRALITY. Yes, VERIZON = supporter of Net Neutrality! Who would have thought?
Poor poor Americans, see in my country Bahrain and all other middle eastern countries and part of Europe , we buy the phone unlocked for the full price, and we choose whichever carriers we want, see we don't have to be forced to select carriers base in the mobile model we want or select mobile model base in carriers we want.
The moral of the story is you should make a low to force mobile company to offer unlocked phone in the US.
I'm getting scared... there are so many Androids running around !!!
Mr blurrycam, meet your cousin, mr darkcam.
who wants lights around when you're still partying like a rockstar at 10am! lights hurt!
Actually, it was shot by an iPhone, no flash!
whoever gets the dragon, or any phone like the dragon first, get my money.
Who says iPhone is not on different carriers, it is in europe and other countries, it's only in the US because of the ass backwards way the US wireless carries monopoly is setup.
Until the consumers voting with their wallets or government forcing them to stick to one standard GSM, CDMA or whatever it's going to be like that for a long time....
Found this site, gives a better look at the HTC Desire, though its a bit grainy. You thought sprint remolded the hero, look at the difference on this sucker. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/10/06/htc.desire.and.moto.droid.seen.in.shot/
also included: a top view of motorola droid :P
Those photos are ancient. This photo is at least closer up.
I really don't get the carrier tie down of phones you have over there. Sounds cumbersome and annoying. Here in good, ol' Norway we can have any phone on any carrier, and it seems to work well for the service providers as well.
very true. i only posted though so people could see a clearer pic, tis all...
Pretty sure I'll be getting rid of my Tour for this.
You would have to be a fuckin idiot to get a verizon hero over Sprint hero - Sprint = free mobile to mobile and faster EVDO Rev A
But i might cancel Sprint for the Droid!
I... have been thinking the same thing. Especially if it has a Cortex A8 in it. This Qualcomm 528 lag is driving me insane.
We need the specs on this phone.......fast
Verizon is getting all of the good Android Phones :-\ I'm with T-Mobile and they make phones that are tween friendly. Will they ever make a phone for adults like the Droid???
really looks like a HTC tattoo there!