After my first post, I have been neglecting the blog. I am telling myself to do a better job and post atleast once a week. So, this post is better late than never.
I have been itching to get a new cell phone for sometime now. A few weeks ago, I took the plunge and switched from a blackberry to an Android based phone. I stayed with U.S. Cellular because I have received great service from them since 2001. In August, they released 2 Android based phones – the Samsung Acclaim (which my wife got) and the HTC Desire (which I went with). The Desire is very similar to the Nexus One and considered to be its cousin.
I was a little worried about making the switch at first because I was not sure I would like the touch screen. Since, I am techy savy, I felt I would get used to it. Plus, they have a 30 day trail period, which I could have gone back to a Blackberry if it turned out I did not like the touch screen. US Cellular also rolled out this new program called the Belief Program in October, and I wanted to check that out. Basically, since I was a long standing customer, I did not have to sign a contract with them, which is a plus. They also have a 5% discount for signing up for automatic payment. Those were two pluses that I liked. The sales associates were also very helpful and friendly, I even impressed them with how much I know about the phones. I had been doing my homework for months.
Now back to the HTC Desire. I could not wait to get my hands on this phone. The decision was between the HTC Desire and the Blackberry Bold. I definitely made the right choice. Within several minutes of having the phone in my hands I was in love. Plus, a few days later I was used to the touch screen. This phone has all of the bells and whistles. It has a 3.7″ touchscreen (480x 800), 1 GHz processor, 5.0 Camera/Camcorder with LED flash, Full HTML browser with Flash lite support, on screen QWERTY keypad, blue tooth and wifi capabilities. It also comes pre-loaded with these apps, Facebook, Peep (Twitter), Myspace, QuickOffice, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Android Market, YouTube and many more. I immediately downloaded the real Twitter since Hootsuite was not available yet, as soon as it was available I downloaded that.
The 5 mega-pixel camera does its job by taking sharp quality pictures with no perceptual lag time. The video camera option works out ok, as it records slight dark in 1280x 720 but really all depends on lighting.
In all, if you are with US Cellular or it is available in your area, this is the phone to get with them. They currently have 3 Android phones on the market the HTC Desire, Samsung Acclaim and newly released Samsung Mesmerize. The Mesmerize was released within the past month. The Acclaim is the second option to the Desire and in my opinion I would save up to to get the Desire. I am extremely happy with the Desire and US Cellular.
