Vodafone has flagged up the forthcoming release of HTC's Android-based smartphones Legend and Desire on its network next month.

Legend will come with Vodafone's 360 content and social networking portal pre-loaded. Like Desire [1], it has a 5Mp camera and an on-board GPS pick-up, but Legend's [2] display is just 3.2in to the Desire's 3.7in screen. Desire also has a faster, 1GHz processor - a Qualcomm Snapdragon [3], to be precise.

Both handsets will run Android 2.1 [4], aka Eclair.

Vodafone [5] didn't say whether the handsets will be offered with pay monthly packages, as PAYG phones or both.

The network is still listing the much-anticipated Google Nexus One [6] as "coming soon" - so no firm date for the smartphone's release yet, we're afraid.

Both Orange [7] and 3 [8] have already said they will offer the Desire next month. ®

Links

1. http://www.htc.com/www/product/desire/specification.html
2. http://www.htc.com/www/product/legend/specification.html
3. http://www.qualcomm.com/products_services/chipsets/snapdragon.html
4. http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.1.html
5. http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/coming-soon/mobile-phones
6. http://www.google.com/phone
7. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/02/16/orange_gets_htc_desire/
8. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/02/19/3_gets_desire/
9. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/03/10/review_smartphone_google_nexus_one/

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