The HTC Inspire 4G is the first
smartphone
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available on
AT&T Mobility
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branded as "4G". It was first announced at
CES in January 2011 and was released in February 2011. The Inspire 4G is a variant of the
HTC Desire HD
The HTC Desire HD (codenamed: "HTC Ace") is an Android (operating system), Android smartphone by HTC Corporation. It was unveiled at a press event in London hosted by HTC on September 15, 2010, and was made available for sale in October in Euro ...
that was sold in Europe so the Inspire has the same design and similar specifications except that the Inspire supports AT&T's
HSPA+
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* Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association
Education
* High School Proficiency Assessment
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4G network.
Hardware
The Inspire features a 1
GHz
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Qualcomm
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Snapdragon
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processor and an 8
MP camera and dual
LED
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flash
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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* The Flash, several DC Comics superheroes with super speed:
** Flash (Jay Garrick)
** Barry Allen
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, in-camera editing, live picture effects, and a
720p
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camcorder
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to capture
HD video. It has a 4.3-inch class (480×800) WVGA (16M Colors) TFT capacitive
touchscreen
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covered by
Gorilla Glass
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, a special crack and scratch resistant material made by
Corning with
multi-touch
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input support.
The HTC Inspire 4G has 768
MB RAM and 4 GB of internal flash memory data storage. There is also a single
microSDHC
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slot, which can accept a microSDHC card with a capacity of up to 32 GB of data storage.
Software
The Inspire launched with Android 2.2.1 Froyo with the custom HTC Sense 2.0 skin as the user interface. The OS was later updated on 8 August 2011 to Android 2.3.3 with Sense 2.1 and again on 31 July 2012 to Android 2.3.5 with Sense 3.0.
In May 2011, AT&T issued an update allowing unknown sources to be installed, which allows users to
sideload
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Sideloading ty ...
applications. On 25 July 2011 AT&T issued
Android
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* Android (operating system), a mobile operating system primarily developed by Google
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2.3.3
Gingerbread
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, HTC Sense 2.1, and various fixes to the phone.
On 31 July 2012 HTC released software update 3.20.502.52 OTA. New features included: Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0, Task Manager, and AT&T Address Book. Fixes/Updates included: Call optimization improvements, improved security functionality, SMS/MMS contact display fix, background data use improvement, and slightly longer battery life. This was the last official update for the phone's operating system. In March 2013, AT&T issued a security update for various HTC and carrier applications used in the previous software update.
In the
xda-developers
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forum, user software is available for the device with Android 4.4.4 via
Cyanogenmod
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11.
HSUPA issues
Original specs pointed out the existence of
HSUPA
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunic ...
to enhance the upload speeds under the 3G network, but as early adopters inquired about slow upload connections, AT&T replied that the Inspire 4G is not HSUPA capable. However, the Inspire 4G is fully capable of HSUPA, but it was disabled by AT&T for unknown reasons.
By 30 April 2011 AT&T issued an over the air (OTA) update enabling HSUPA for the HTC Inspire 4G.
See also
*
HTC Thunderbolt
References
External links
*
{{HTC A Series
Inspire
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* Artistic inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production
* Biblical inspiration, a Christian doctrine on the origin of the Bible
* Inhalation, breathing in
Inspiration and rel ...
Android (operating system) devices
Discontinued smartphones