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HTC’s Desire is without doubt one of the headline Android devices of 2010 so far — and heck, when you’re using the already-great Nexus One as a starting point and re-upping it with an optical pad, physical buttons, and Sense, it’s hard to argue otherwise. US Cellular has at this time become the first carrier to bring the device to the States (nearly five grueling months since its first spats of international availability, we’d like to note), and because USCC’s a CDMA carrier, this is naturally a slightly different device than you’re getting elsewhere. Don’t get us wrong, most of the thoughts in our first review of the Desire still apply — but needless to say, this launch is notable enough to warrant a second look. Read on!

HTC’s Desire is without doubt one of the headline Android devices of 2010 so far — and heck, when you’re using the already-great Nexus One as a starting point and re-upping it with an optical pad, physical buttons, and Sense, it’s hard to argue otherwise. US Cellular has at this time become the first carrier to bring the device to the States (nearly five grueling months since its first spats of international availability, we’d like to note), and because USCC’s a CDMA carrier, this is naturally a slightly different device than you’re getting elsewhere. Don’t get us wrong, most of the thoughts in our first review of the Desire still apply — but needless to say, this launch is notable enough to warrant a second look. Read on!

Motorola Milestone owners still haven’t managed to get the phone’s bootloader unlocked, making custom Android ROMs (Froyo, for example) a whole heck of a lot more difficult — but not impossible. It seems that the community is getting close to successfully employing a “kexec” solution, meaning a new kernel would be executed on top of the stock one without rebooting — and from there, fully customized builds are basically a shoo-in. Motorola doesn’t seem to be budging on a proper bootloader unlock, so it’s good to see everyone involved is coming up on a workable alternative.