At the MWC this year, HTC, the leading Windows Mobile phone company, officially announced which possibly one of its last smart phones to operate the condemned Windows Mobile 6.x.x OS that is the HTC HD mini. Since the HD mini arrives in this world during what is probably the final days of Windows Mobile platform, as we once knew it. HTC would not have had such a name these days if it were not making quality product the users enjoy.
In the box:
Micro USB cable
Compact wall charger and attachments
Quick start guide
HTC HD mini
Wired hands free
Design:
Of course, the utmost important question is how "mini" is the HTC HD mini. It depends on the users approach really. It is far from the smallest, device yet. Nevertheless, it is compact and easily operated with just one hand a great advantage for several.
The HTC HD mini has four screws at the back. Making it look unique and cool, these are practically keeping the mobile together.
Its screen is 3.2-inch nice for the overall size fortunately; it uses capacitive technology, this makes only the second WM handset with this display. It makes the handling of this handset very easy and more fun. Whilst image quality is good, has the resolution HVGA. Yet the display is TFT and is not AMOLED, you will still enjoy several rich colors.
Multitouch is present in some apps such as Google Maps, the browser, the photo gallery, generally it works pleasingly.
Beneath the screen you will find exact key layout we found on the HTC HD2, a major difference these are capacitive not physical. It has a bright white backlighting with some green tint, making them effortless to use when it is dark.
Overall, the HTC HD mini is a good looking and solid smart phone.
Interface:
HTC has Sense user interface. HTC did a particularly fine job with its Home tab, allows quick access to the alarms, dialer, world clock, call history, and calendar, also bookmarks or contacts. Everything is extremely graphically rich, we especially love the email and messaging tabs, which allows easy, preview to your inboxes. The HTC HD mini works smooth.
Messaging:
HTC Sense comes with on-screen keyboards, you able to type in two ways landscape mode and portrait.
Working with many inboxes is simple in the HTC HD mini you able switch between each of them in seconds
Internet:
Opera Mobile is the default browser on HTC HD mini smart phones powered by Windows Mobile. Everything works fine double-tap zooming scrolling works very smooth.
You able to connect to internet through 3G or Wi-Fi the HTC HD mini support 7.2 Mbit/s, HSDPA and HSUPA 2.0 Mbit/s.
Camera:
The HD mini comes with 5-megapixel auto focus without flash, pictures in the dark lacks detail. Most objects fairly blurred, even though colors appear natural. Overall, however, this is not a high-quality phone for snapping pictures. Shots indoors are bearable
Video recorded in VGA resolution on 28 fps. It is usable, although it is not perfectly smooth.
HTC HD mini samples videos at 640x480 pixels resolution
Multimedia:
It lacks support for Xvid, DivX and H.264 codecs. However, you can perfectly watch MPEG-4 coded video with maximum resolution 800x480 pixels. You will have to install additional software to watch none coded videos.
The HTC HD mini comes equipped with HTC's music player; it is pretty straightforward and simple. It comes with a good set of earphones, but the loudspeaker is faint
Software and GPS:
YouTube client for the Windows Mobile is excellent. Its interface is grand you can effortlessly filter its content in categories. Video quality is outstanding.
It comes with HTC's Twitter client, Peep.
The HTC HD mini comes with trial version CoPilot Live, which an awesome navigation solution. The great thing about it is it does not need continuous internet connection.
Performance and Conclusion:
The HTC HD mini is not that great of a phone. The Incoming loudness average, but voices lack some natural sounding. Callers found that the volume was bit low, words hard to comprehend. The manufacturer claims the battery on the HTC HD mini may keep the handset running for almost 7.25 hours talk time 340 hours that is14 days stand-by.
If you in the market for a smart phones running on this platform, then we must say the HTC HD mini is the perfect choice
Pros
* Compact size
* Make WM easy for use
* Capacitive screen comes with multitouch
* Solid construction
Cons
* Poor call quality
* No out-of-the-box supports on many codecs
* Camera quality way below par
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