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Saturday, October 9, 2010

htcsense.com is now online!

When the HTC Desire HD was announced back in mid-september, the htcsense.com website was announced with it, and it is now open for registration. The website serves as tool for controlling and connecting with your phone though the internet. Services on the website include online texting and SMS management, a phonebook manager which allows you to edit, sync and backup contacts with your computer, and access to Google Maps along with the Navigation and Footsteps apps (as seen in the picture and as expained in one of the previous articles). You can also browse for apps on HTC's own app store, with the possibility of marking apps that you wants to later download on his phone. More importantly, htcsense.com serves as security measure for your phone. In case you lose it you can force it to ring loudly, locate it on a worldwide map with great precision, or forward calls made to the phone to another number. If you don't find your phone you can lock it and place a message for the finder, or in worst case completely erase the information stored on the phone. This is however only available to owners of phones suppported by htcsense.com, which means only HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z. If you sign up with another phone, the website's functions are limited to:
Something to keep in mind regarding the htcsense.com website, however, is that it requires the phone to constantly be connected to the internet in order to fully work, costing you both extra money (depending on your data plan) and battery life. It is a great initiative by HTC nontheless.