<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
(	O
codenamed	O
:	O
"	O
HTC	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
smartphone	B-Application
by	O
HTC	B-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
unveiled	O
at	O
a	O
press	O
event	O
in	O
London	O
hosted	O
by	O
HTC	B-Application
on	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
sale	O
in	O
October	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2011	O
in	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Desire	O
was	O
HTC	B-Application
's	O
fourth	O
flagship	O
Android	B-Application
device	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
their	O
new	O
line	O
of	O
flagship	O
model	O
,	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Sensation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartphone	B-Application
has	O
an	O
aluminium	O
unibody	O
design	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.5	I-Application
(	O
Gingerbread	B-Application
)	O
and	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
a	O
4.3-inch	O
gorilla	O
glass	O
WVGA	O
TFT	O
LCD	O
capacitive	O
touchscreen	O
,	O
8-megapixel	O
camera	O
(	O
can	O
record	O
720p	O
video	O
)	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
HSPA/W	O
-CDMA	O
and	O
quad-band	O
GSM/GPRS/EDGE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
phone	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
new	O
1GHz	O
MSM8255	O
Scorpion	O
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
second	O
generation	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
uses	O
a	O
low-power	O
45-nm	O
process	O
technology	O
for	O
higher	O
integration	O
and	O
efficiency	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
205	O
doubles	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Adreno	B-Device
200	I-Device
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
for	O
longer	O
talk	O
and	O
standby	O
times	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
even	O
with	O
a	O
smaller	O
capacity	O
battery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
has	O
768MB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
1.5GB	O
of	O
internal	O
flash	O
memory	O
data	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
incorporates	O
Dolby	O
Mobile	O
,	O
Sound	O
Retrieval	O
System	O
WOW	O
Surround	O
Sound	O
,	O
DLNA	O
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
10.2	O
,	O
and	O
DivX/Xvid	O
video	O
playback	O
support	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
not	O
many	O
audio	O
codecs	O
are	O
supported	O
and	O
apps	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
downloaded	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
more	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
HTC	B-Application
unveiled	O
the	O
updated	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
features	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
web	O
site	O
that	O
allows	O
remote	O
interaction	O
with	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
enabled	O
handsets	O
for	O
backups	O
,	O
security	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
handset	O
interactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
brings	O
some	O
enhanced	O
multimedia	O
abilities	O
giving	O
users	O
more	O
options	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
share	O
content	O
(	O
including	O
new	O
photo	O
and	O
video	O
effects	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
location-based	O
maps	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
pre-loaded	O
or	O
cached	B-General_Concept
and	O
thus	O
delivered	O
without	O
download	O
delays	O
or	O
incurring	O
mobile	O
roaming	O
charges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
adds	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
,	O
Fastboot	O
,	O
which	O
improves	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
's	O
startup	O
time	O
,	O
from	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
seconds	O
to	O
less	O
than	O
5	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
has	O
received	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
update	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
2.2.1	O
version	O
1.72.405.3	O
which	O
brings	O
various	O
improvements	O
and	O
some	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2011	O
the	O
2.2.1	O
v	O
1.72.405.3	O
software	O
update	O
was	O
pulled	O
due	O
to	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
overlay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
May	O
2011	O
in	O
Western	O
Europe	O
,	O
an	O
over	O
the	O
air	O
update	O
updated	O
unlocked	O
,	O
unbranded	O
Desire	B-Application
HDs	I-Application
to	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.3	I-Application
Gingerbread	B-Application
and	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
12	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
an	O
over	O
the	O
air	O
update	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
unbranded	O
Desire	B-Application
HDs	I-Application
taking	O
them	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.3	I-Application
Gingerbread	B-Application
with	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
HTC	B-Application
announced	O
via	O
Facebook	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
testing	O
Gingerbread	B-Application
for	O
branded	O
Desire	B-Application
HDs	I-Application
and	O
HTC	B-Application
released	O
the	O
update	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
July	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.3	I-Application
Gingerbread	B-Application
Update	O
,	O
the	O
Desire	B-Application
HD	I-Application
now	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
set	O
Wi-Fi	O
proxy	O
settings	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
previously	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
2.2	O
Froyo	O
and	O
has	O
Sense	O
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
HTC	B-Application
plan	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
Desire	B-Application
HD	I-Application
to	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
2.3.5	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
provide	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
voice	O
and	O
video	O
calling	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
an	O
over	O
the	O
air	O
update	O
updated	O
unlocked	O
,	O
unbranded	O
Desire	B-Application
HDs	I-Application
to	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.5	I-Application
Gingerbread	B-Application
and	O
HTC	B-Application
Sense	I-Application
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
HTC	B-Application
announced	O
in	O
their	O
Facebook	O
page	O
stating	O
that	O
Desire	B-Application
HDs	I-Application
would	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
Ice	O
Cream	O
Sandwich	O
in	O
late	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
update	O
was	O
then	O
cancelled	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
HTC	B-Application
posting	O
the	O
following	O
statement	O
a	O
week	O
later	O
to	O
explain	O
their	O
position	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
’ve	O
heard	O
your	O
feedback	O
on	O
our	O
decision	O
not	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
to	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
more	O
background	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
how	O
storage	O
on	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
is	O
partitioned	O
–	O
and	O
the	O
larger	O
size	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
–	O
it	O
would	O
require	O
re-partitioning	O
device	O
storage	O
and	O
overwriting	O
user	O
data	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
install	O
this	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
several	O
community	O
builds	O
(	O
ROMs	O
)	O
of	O
ICS	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Team	O
Blackout	O
's	O
ICS	O
Incredible	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
ICS	O
build	O
for	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
's	I-Application
Incredible	I-Application
S	I-Application
)	O
,	O
AOSPx	O
,	O
and	O
Ice	O
Cold	O
Sandwich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
several	O
community	O
Android	B-Application
ROMs	O
of	O
Jelly	O
Bean	O
(	O
versions	O
4.1	O
,	O
4.2.2	O
and	O
4.3.1	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
JellyTime	O
(	O
compiled	O
from	O
CyanogenMod	B-Application
10	O
)	O
and	O
codefireX	O
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
multiple	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
Desire	B-Application
HD	I-Application
in	O
the	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AT&T	O
Mobility	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
has	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
HD	O
called	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Inspire	I-Application
4G	I-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
T	O
's	O
first	O
4G	B-Architecture
HSPA+	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
has	O
a	O
LTE-enabled	O
variant	O
,	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Thunderbolt	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
slightly	O
modified	O
design	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
front-facing	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
HD	I-Application
has	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
UK	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
4.5/5	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
Desire	B-Application
HD	I-Application
the	O
"	O
ultimate	O
smartphone	B-Application
"	O
,	O
claiming	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
impressive	O
and	O
monumental	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlashGear	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
thinner	O
,	O
more	O
pocket-friendly	O
handset	O
"	O
than	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
EVO	I-Application
4G	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
criticised	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
build	O
quirks	O
and	O
battery	O
life	O
but	O
gave	O
the	O
phone	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
7/10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechRadar	O
praised	O
the	O
device	O
giving	O
it	O
4.5/5	O
stars	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
...	O
very	O
latest	O
in	O
cool	O
smartphone	B-Application
technology	O
that	O
actually	O
works.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gizmodo	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
A	O
720p-Shooting	O
Android	B-Application
Behemoth	O
"	O
though	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
little	O
too	O
big	O
for	O
comfort	O
.	O
</s>
