HTC mobilephones are well known for their great usability and attractive looking mobilephones. Within the year 2009, they've already amassed a number of high class mobilephones that easily enticed the eager consumers. Most of the HTC touchscreen mobilephones cost a lot but HTC didn't ignore practical users.
Introducing the HTC Viva, this is HTC's cost effective mobilephone. A practical touchscreen mobilephone for practical users. It's got all you need from a mobilephone with the style of touchscreen phones. It packs solid features and boasts a very fast UI.
Here are the details for the HTC Touch Viva.
Design
The HTC Touch Viva does not try to be an iPhone killer but it definitely has its advantage over it. The casing looks elegant and sophisticated but very easy to use. Good sized and feels good to hold, it's got a 104.5 x 59 x 15.8 mm size and weighs just right in 110 grams. The screen has 65k Colours and is a 2.8 inch TFT touch screen in 240 x 400 pixels resolution. It uses the latest TouchFLO Control, which is fast and efficient. You can edit or customize the homepage, add some widgets or just rearrange the icons which will suit your taste.
Camera
The HTC Touch Viva only has a 2 megapixel camera which is not much. It has an Auto Focus functionality in which you won't have to manually adjust the zoom, just point and then shoot. If you're expecting a high quality camera then you should better take a look at Sony Ericsson Cybershot mobilephones instead.
Messaging and calling
The HTC Touch Viva is a good messaging device, as with all of the HTC Touch series. It's got SMS (Text Messaging) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging). You can also able send and receive Emails without much hassle.
When calling, the HTC Touch Viva uses GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 frequencies. Be aware of what frequency the current country you're in as it influences the signal you'll be having. Also depends on your Network provider.
Internet connectivity
Its got EDGE and GPRS, you'll definitely love these technologies as they allow the phone to have a very fast data rate transfer. And I'll bet you'll love its WiFi connectivity too. Its free on most cafe's and you can really take advantage of it with this mobilephone. The phone is also convenient when transferring data to other devices such as a PC. Its got USB and Bluetooth.
Multimedia
The HTC Touch Viva is a good entertainment device too. It is equipped with a Music Player that can play common music file types. It has a Video Player as well but not as good as those of HTC Touch Pro or HD as they support DivX. This one doesn't.
Memory
Because it is built for practical use, it has an 256 Mbytes ROM, 128 Mbytes RAM plus MicroSD Memory Card Support. This is what a mobilephone should have, fast, convenient and efficient.
Battery
You'll be loving the HTC Touch Viva as you won't have to charge it every now and then. It has a whopping 8 Hours Talk Time or 270 Hours Standby. That's a very long time for a touchscreen mobilephone!
The HTC Touch Viva is probably gonna have a lot of cheap T-mobile line rental cashback offers, so check the web time after time if you want good discounts on this phone. You can find free HTC Touch Viva with free gift deals on deal sites easily by the way.
