There's been a lot of buzz around the HTC Desire and HTC Legend smartphone duo. The two handsets boast pretty impressive spec sheets, leaving consumers just itching to get their hands on them.

So we’ve decided to put the two phones head to head to see just how impressive each one really is.

The HTC Legend is a phone that packs technology and beauty into a sleek and slim aluminum uni-body chassis. This design feature allows for an expensive look, so it might be a while before you consider popping this hot rod into a case.

Along with aesthetic appeal, this superphone packs a punch, and in a perfectly pocket-sized package at just 56.3x112x11.5 mm.

The Desire on the other hand, measures in at 60x119x12mm, making the phone easy to slide in and out of your pocket.

But the slender size of this smarty doesn’t limit its brain power, after all, isn’t it always the scrawny kid in high school that ends up going to Cambridge? The Desire employs the now proven 1GHz Snapdragon Processor. This chipset makes the Android 2.1 OS run seamlessly and makes multi-tasking a dream.

Additionally, the implementation of HTC’s latest version of the Sense user interface really shines on both devices.

The power of the Desire and the responsive nature of the screen combine to offer users great mobility across their choice of seven unique homescreens, as well as allowing each user near-full customization over the widgets.

We particularly enjoyed the Weather widget, which uses the GPS chip in the phone to feed real-time weather data to your homescreen. This data is also manifested through various animations on screen. If it is sunny the screen shines brightly, while if rain is imminent drops will appear and a wiper will run across the screen to clear them away. It’s cheeky, but we love it.

Another interesting and innovative widget is the Friend Stream. This amalgamates all the information from your various social networking exploits and puts them in one convenient place. So you can see what all your friends on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are up to without having to go to each site individually. It’s like having a profile on MyFaceTweet.

The Desire has an emphasis on power, and as a result, it does multimedia better than most other mobile phones on the market. Starting with the 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, this HTC gets it right. The screen has brilliant color saturation, and can pull off some truly deep blacks.

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