HTC Incredible S - Android™ Smartphone

HTC Incredible S

(rehashed since April 2011)

HTC Incredible S is actually the 11th incarnation of HTC Android phones. Incredible S is actually built for Gingerbread (Android 2.3). However, the release version is Froyo, and schedule for FOTA update to Gingerbread. Since Google decided to choose Nexus One's original planned manufacturer, Samsung, to manufacture the 2nd Google phone,Nexus S. Sounds familiar? That is because Samsung is trying very hard recreate what their success of the Galaxy S onto the Nexus S. It is apparant that this wave of Androids decided to tag an "S" to the name. As a matter of fact, Incredible S is not the first of its kind, the Incredible S is an incarnation of the U.S. only version, Droid Incredible, which looks almost exactly like the Incredible S.

So what is the difference between HTC Desire S and Incredible S?

HTC Desire HD - Android™ Smartphone

HTC Desire HD

(rehashed since Dec 2010)

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The latest Android™ smartphones from HTC are "spin-offs" from the original HTC Desire. They are HTC Desire Z and HTC Desire HD. Then there was the small form Androids, HTC Aria and Wildfire which came before HTC Desire along with HTC Legend earlier this year in 2010, which added to the earliest line-up of Dream, Magic, Hero and Tattoo. Both Desire and Legend are operating on Android™ 2.1 Eclair which is a newer operating system, compared to the earlier models. HTC Desire was actually the Google Nexus One in a HTC outfit. Just look at their similarities in form. If you didn't know, the hyped Google phone or Nexus One is actually manufactured by HTC. Apparantly, Google decided to choose Nexus One's original planned manufacturer, Samsung, to manufacture the 2nd Google phone, Nexus S. Sounds familiar? That is because Samsung is trying very hard recreate what their success of the Galaxy S onto the Nexus S.

So why the same name again? Is HTC trying to take us for a ride by improving on the internals of Desire and market it as a new phone?

HTC Desire - Android™ Smartphone

HTC Desire

(rehashed since May 2010)

HTC Desire along with HTC Legend are the latest addition to HTC line-up of Android™ smartphones, which includes the earlier Dream, Magic, Hero and Tattoo. Both Desire and Legend are operating on Android™ 2.1 Eclair which is a newer operating system, compared to the earlier models. There is possibility that Desire and Legend gets an upgrade to the latest Android™ 2.2 Froyo. HTC Legend is a replacement model for the Hero, which is quite obvious from the unique arched candy-bar form. HTC Desire is not a replacement, but the Google Nexus One in a HTC outfit. Just look at their similarities in form. If you didn't know, the hyped Google phone or Nexus One is actually manufactured by HTC. The HTC Desire gives users the chance to experience a similar (same specification with slight improvement) to the Nexus One, especially for us who cannot get the Nexus One from our local Telcos (yet?).

HTC Tattoo - Android™ Smartphone

HTC Tattoo
(rehashed posted since April 2010)



The new HTC Tattoo is the Taiwanese company's answer to the growing market of Android™ smartphones. Tattoo is marketed as a simplier and budget Andriod™ handset compared to its earlier Dream, Magic and Hero. As the name "Tattoo" suggests, the cover art of the Tattoo can be customized with designs according to the end-user's liking. This is done through the service provided by Garskin (for Asia) on TattooMyHTC. Tattoo is probably targetted at the mass-market who wishes to put a finger on beauty of Android™ devices.

For those new to Android™, Android™ is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel. Android™ was subsequently bought over by Google, and lately by the Open Handset Alliance, which allows developers to write codes in the Java language and control the device via Google-developed Java libraries. With this alliance, it means that there will be more apps developed for the Android™ Market.