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hey guys it's brand a minimun from TechnoBuffalo and in this video we're going to compare the home screen experience of the HTC hd2 with that of the iPhone 3GS let's get started by unlocking the devices and both devices have different unlock screens that we're going to take a look at of course with the iPhone 3GS we get the date the time some notifications and of course a slide to unlock bar at the bottom we've seen this a billion times but on the HTC hd2 we get a little bit more than that which is really useful so not only do we get the day and the time and the notifications but we also get next appointment down here which is really convenient so you don't have to unlock your device to see to go into your calendar application and then to see where you need to be also new to the HTC hd2 this is actually a windows mobile 6.5 feature is that the unlock mechanism has some functionality so if you have a new SMS or new email or a missed call when you tap on the unlock button you'll actually get dropdowns for each respective area and sliding open sliding over the email notification will drop you right into the email program as you can see here which really saves a lot of steps and not having to unlock your phone then go into email then look for the new email this really saves that step and and can make you more productive as a result now let's take a look at the home screens HTC has done a lot with the home screen of the hd2 to make it super productive and super easy to use of course the iPhone hasn't really changed much it's still a dump of icons it's a very application centric device so in order to do anything to see a stock quote or to see the weather or to dial a contact you have to open one of these applications of course you can go to the search box and do it from there but in terms of the information that is on your home screen panel there really is none it's all applications that you have to go into on the hd2 HTC has gone a long way to change this idea so we have the time we have the weather and actually if I go into the Start menu and close out I get clouds behind and it knows where I am right now so if I travel to New York City it will change the weather based where I am so we also have the temperature and the high and low temperature for today we have the date and the time and a link to our alarm clock if we want to set an alarm clock we also have our next appointment right on the home screen now we have what is called Quick Links and there are three here and if you flick upwards you get an additional four or actually six and we can remove some of these Quick Links so let me remove one so I can add it again and what you can do is you can add a lot of different things for these Quick Links you can add programs bookmarks or contacts of course on the iPhone you can add programs to your home screen or bookmarks but you can't add context which is super convenient because if you want to have a OneTouch access to dial someone you can also have a OneTouch access to email someone or send them a text message so imagine filling the screen up with people that you text on a regular basis or that you email on a regular basis so a really fantastic way of putting the things that you use most on the home screen that I think personally my opinion is far superior to what you get on the iPhone where you need to drill it to any application to really get information so that was a quick look of the HTC hd2 home screen experience compared to that of the iPhone 3GS we'll be back with more comparison videos of these two devices soon that's it for now