Desire for HTC Desire satisfied sooner, by Telstra

The original HTC Desire is credited with kickstarting the explosive growth of the Android ecosystem in Australia after it launched through Telstra in April 2010. Now HTC and Telstra are trying the same trick again with the launch of the son of Desire. But in a much more crowded smartphone marketplace can they re-kindle the magic? Read on to find out.

HTC’s Android-powered Desire smartphone will make its Aussie debut on Telstra’s Next G network next month with plans starting at $60 per month.

The nation's largest telco Telstra last night confirmed launch pricing and availability for the mobile phone which many see as the successor to last year's popular HTC Desire.

The HTC Desire, released in Australia just a week ago and available under contract only from Telstra, is unable to latch onto the GPS signal.  Phones directly imported from the UK don't seem to have the problem.

Despite a three-month exclusivity deal on HTC’s new flagship Android smartphone, Telstra promises pricing will be “very aggressive’.

Quick work by Telstra and HTC offers Desire customers the choice between an over-the-air firmware update and a downloadable ROM image to let their smartphone see those GPS birds.

Can’t get a GPS lock with your shiny new HTC Desire smartphone? Telstra says that a software SNAFU is the reason and is rushing to issue a fix “as a matter of urgency”.

Want the oh-so-desirable HTC Desire but wary of Telstra’s $779 up-front price tag? The carrier is giving away 25 of the Android smartphones in a new ‘social review’ program.

Hi I cant get my HTC Desire to load up after I have done a factory reset and reboot, it just keeps looping the Telstra start screen. Please help ..I am not with Telstra and I deleted the bigpond apps so am suspecting this to be the reason behind it all...but can someone please tell me how to get my phone back up and running again????? PLEEEEEAAAASE????