So what’s the deal? Rumors are saying that the HTC Vision is practically the HTC Desire with a slide out keyboard. It was already impressive to see the Wildfire –which is basically a Desire Mini smart phone. The Vision on the other hand, will be delivering the full Desire experience, but with the addition of the full, slide out, QWERTY keyboard.

For quite some time, people have been hoping for QWERTY keyboard on any of HTC’s impressive handsets. But since the initial rumors of the HTC Lancaster (which is basically the HTC Magic with a keyboard), nobody ever gave much hope that the Taiwanese manufacturer would be fulfilling any keyboard wishes. Now, it seems that there is a reason to hope once again as the Vision could potentially be the phone that everyone has been hoping for.

Specs wise, the phone is pretty predictable. As a clone of the Desire, the Vision is slated to have similar hardware. Expect to see the Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, the 5 mega pixel snapper and of course, the 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen display. For now, the Desire is still limited to the Android version 2.1 Éclair; though an update to the Flash capable 2.2 Froyo is expected sometime within the next few weeks.

Details on the two other Android devices; LED and Glacier are still unknown at the moment. Sadly, with HTC’s track record of scrapping planned devices (like some of the devices shown at the leaked HTC Roadmap last year) it is highly possible that we never see these devices ever sold on shelves.

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The relation between the Gangstar title and the fact that GTA was developed by Rockstar is no coincidence as Gameloft has designed this game from top to bottom to be a tribute to the open world legend. To settle expectations, this game is not a big or as grand as any of the 3D GTA titles, but with that said, Gangstar is still an impressive game to play.

Players take on the role of P. Thug (yes, we are not kidding you), and the point of this title is to explore the simulated streets of Los Angeles in any vehicle you like. Just like with GTA, players can run around city, steal any car they want and even run over people.

The graphics are pretty good for smart phone graphics, though it would be a good idea not to have any other app running in the background if you want performance. Just like GTA, Gangstar allows players to listen to radio stations when driving in a car, there is even a station that will play the music in your mobile phone.

The only drawback in this fun title is the controls. Sadly, there are time when you will want to bash this game in for its clumsy driving and impossible run and gun mechanics. Driving around for fun is easy, but when you need to do some high speed chases, expect to run into walls a lot as the controls of do not lend well to the turning mechanics at all.

Gameloft’s official website says that this 3D open world title will be available soon on the Android market.

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