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The HTC Desire is, in effect, the second in the new Android range from HTC, with its much larger brother, the HTC Desire HD, taking most of the limelight. But it's more than 'spare a thought' for the HTC Desire Z, as this phone is designed to encompass the best Android has to offer with HTC's sublime Sense overlay - and a QWERTY keyboard to boot. The first thing you'll notice about the HTC Desire Z when you pick it up is the sheer heft, as we're seeing a phone with a 3.7-inch screen coupled with a not-insubstantial QWERTY keyboard and hinge underneath. The whole unit weighs in at 180g, which isn't the lightest on the market, and you can certainly feel it in your pocket... but it's not so bad that if you're hungry for a QWERTY keyboard you won't be able to tolerate it. The Desire Z itself feels pretty high end, as it's clad in aluminium and has a nice and polished feel to it. The battery cover on the back is well-designed and complements the design well, and pops off with a pleasant jump when using the switch on the side. The front of the phone looks different to the HTC Desire HD, with the usual four touch-sensitive keys (home, menu, back and search) above a clickable optical trackpad that lets you negotiate text and also doubles as an enter key. The left-hand side of the phone holds the large volume rocker switch, and the microUSB slot, which is uncovered. The right-hand side only has the aforementioned battery cover release and the physical camera button - which we're really pleased to see after it was left off the Desire HD. The top of the phone hold the power/lock key, and it's much more prominent than others in the HTC range, and it's really easy to hit to open up the phone. The 3.5mm headphone jack is also situated here, and is nicely positioned to not get in the way when you're watching videos through wired headphones. The slide out keyboard has a lovely motion too, as it doesn't glide out; instead, it folds out on itself, lifting and dropping into place. The QWERTY keys themselves are large and easy enough to hit, but not raised enough nor have enough travel to really allow super-fast typing in our opinion. The keyboard also packs another problem: the hinge is really loose, and the screen wobbles under touch input when the keyboard is stowed away. And when open and held vertically, a few shakes can see the screen rock back easily onto your thumbs, which is really not what we'd expect from a device of this class. Sure, it's not going to happen that often, but we'd certainly expected more from the build quality on a device designed by HTC. Source: www.techradar.com

You know how the newest iPod nano generation comes with FM radio, including the ability to rewind and playback live radio? As it turns out, the iPod nano isn’t the only portable Apple product to house that functionality, because the iPhone has the guts required to do that too. Why, then you may ask, has Apple not unleashed this ability unto the masses with the iPhone 3GS? Based on the hearsay and rumors going around, the team in Cupertino is busy “trying to reintegrate the Mobile iTunes Store purchases into the functionality of the program.” I think this means they’re working on the way for you to tag a song being played via FM radio so that you can hope into the mobile iTunes store to buy said track later. Either way, this “hidden app” for iPhone-fueled FM radio sounds like it’s there waiting to be broken free. The iPhone is a constant source of new abilities from its hidden bag of tricks. Hopefully, the FM radio will get unleashed in the next firmware update. Source: Mobilemag.com

Vodafone and Research In Motion today introduced the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone for customers in seven European countries as well as South Africa. The second generation of RIM's innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone, the BlackBerry Storm2 significantly improves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with new technology and new features to let customers stay easily connected to the people, places and things that matter most. In the busy holiday gift buying period, customers in the UK and Ireland will be able to get the new smartphone first through Vodafone, and it will be offered exclusively by Vodafone in Germany, Netherlands and Spain. It will also be made available in France, Italy and South Africa in time for Christmas. The BlackBerry Storm2 with BlackBerry OS 5 evolves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with hundreds of hardware and software enhancements. New SurePress Technology The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone introduces a new SurePress™ technology based on an electronic system that provides the user with tactile feedback when the touch-screen is pressed. The new system responds equally to gentle pressure applied anywhere on the surface of the screen and makes clicking the display practically effortless. Typing on the smartphone's virtual keyboards is easier, more comfortable and more accurate. The new SurePress technology also allows the user to type a letter with one thumb even while their other thumb may still be touching or resting on another letter, enabling faster typing and multi-key actions such as Shift or Alt -key combinations. Source: PDASNews.com