The HTC Gratia is a new Android smartphone that offers a host of impressive features, all packed into a compact phone. It is an effective camera phone, web browser and social networking device running on Android 2.2.
The phone measures just 103.8 x 57.7 x 11.7 millimeters while weighing just 115g. Despite its pocket-sized dimensions, it still manages to fit a 3.2-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display on its front, which also comes with touch-sensitive shortcut buttons and an optical trackpad that offers an alternative method for navigate the HTC Sense user interface. The screen also comes with the standard proximity and accelerometer sensors.
The standard vibrate and ring functions are used to alert users to incoming call messages and social network notifications. Along with the built-in ringtones, it also has the luxury of supporting MP3 ringtones, which means users can assign their favorite music tracks as ringtones. The HTC Gratia comes with a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and an easy-to-use speakerphone system, both of which make hands-free conversations a breeze.
Along with the standard internal storage capacity, there is a microSD card slot that comes with a 2GB memory card pre-installed. This can store a generous amount of data, however if users need more they can replace it with a memory card of up to 32GB. This means you can store your entire digital music collection on your phone and take it with you at all times. To listen to your music, you can of course use the headphone jack with a pair of headphones, to listen to music through the internal music player that supports a number of different file formats.
To take advantage of local wireless Internet routers in business, home, and public places, the HTC Gratia comes with full Wi-Fi connectivity. If users don’t have adequate access to wireless networks, they can take advantage of 3G coverage, where an HSDPA connection offers download speeds of up to 7.2 megabytes per second. Both options make the HTC Gratia an impressive web browsing device.
The HTC Gratia is also a competent camera phone with a 5-megapixel unit located on the back of the phone. This works out at 2592x 1944 pixels, resulting in great quality still images. The task of taking them is further simplified thanks to the autofocus and face detection included as standard. Geotagging is another camera feature that works thanks to GPS and allows users to control where they took their photos. Users also have the luxury of being able to record video footage with the camera, as an alternative to taking still images.
Android Froyo (version 2.2) is the operating system of choice, it works together with a 600 MHz Qualcomm processor that allows even the most demanding applications to run with ease. Access to Android Market allows users to browse thousands of applications from many different categories and download them as they please. This means that the sky is the limit in terms of customization and functionality of the HTC Gratia.
The standard package of Google features is included as standard, this being an Android smartphone. A long list of entertainment and productivity features are also included right out of the box. Whether you’re looking for an entertainment device, an effective mobile web browser, HTC Gratia is a great option, especially if you’re not too keen on buying a big phone like many Android smartphones these days.