HTC MAX 4G Smartphone

The HTC MAX 4G really has the max of everything- maximum speed, maximum on board memory and maximum style. In a world of flowing designs and smooth contours in a phone, this is one phone that dares to be razor sharp (not quite literally though!). Well, I'm only talking about the design where you get a clean phone with straight lines and a sharp rectangular body. However let us not keep harping on the looks of the phone and go further to explore the cutting edge technology behind it.

Key Features
HTC claims it to be the world's first integrated GSM/WiMAX smart phone. WiMAX is the extremely fast technology enabling you to surf the internet and even download your favorites at never before mind boggling speeds while the GSM technology is your primary tool to stay connected globally. The phone lets you enjoy on demand video and mobile television in unsurpassed quality.

A mammoth 8GB of memory will let you store on your phone much more than you ever imagined. To top it all, a 3.8inch WVGA touch screen heightens your pleasure through excellent viewing and sophistication. The phone is also equipped to operate in both portrait and landscape display and increases your viewing comfort. When on the WiMAX network, the MAX 4G can give both Voice and Video over IP connections providing a high call quality-whether telephonic or video.

Other Features
HTC claims that this phone is ‘Born to Connect and Entertain'. Quite true we would say as for entertainment the phone has everything including a multi format music player, FM radio, A2DP and interesting games. If you want a break from all these and need a different kind of entertainment then there is a 3.15MP high resolution camera with auto focus and video shooting options. Not to forget that there is also a secondary VGA camera for video calling at the front.

The PDA is also loaded with connectivity options like Bluetooth, WiFi, EDGE and GPRS plus a USB connector for wired connections. The MAX 4G is a Windows mobile running on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS. Other features that you are going to love about it are multi format ring tones, great talk time from the battery and a massive in built expandable memory.

Verdict
It is an awesome, awesome phone with real jam packed features and great internet capabilities. This HTC phone is also a champion at speed and the storage capacity is humongous. It seems like an ideal phone for professionals who need the internet constantly on the move and can get the same from their phone. Otherwise, everything seems to be perfect until you realize that the only thing missing is a QWERTY keypad. Since most of the PDA of this segment are providing both touch pads and keypads, you might miss this one a bit. Specially for a ‘Miss Slippery Fingers" like me, having only a soft touch pad that works even with an accidental brush of a finger, might seem like a problem. Well, all what I can say is, we cannot be satisfied with anything, can we?!!

Monty Alexander has written many articles on many mobiles - nokia mobile, HTC Mobile, Samsung mobile etc.