The HTC Legend is running the latest version of Android 2.1, along with the latest version of the Sense UI as well. This adds a few tweaks, but the main alteration is Leap view.

Basically, when you're on the home screen, you simple pinch the screen in using multi-touch and an exploded view of all seven screens pops up at once, with you able to select the one you're looking for with ease.

Another big addition to the Sense UI is Friendstream, which apes Motorola's MotoBlur overlay in that it allows users to see all their friends' feeds together - Twitter, Facebook and Flickr are all lumped in together on the Legend.

We're not sure we want everything all together on a phone in this way, especially if you have a lot of FB friends and are an ardent follower on Twitter, but it's a nice option to have.

When we first used the Hero earlier in 2009, it was apparent that the phone had some serious firmware issues - we're happy to report that the Legend doesn't suffer this way, at least not from the outset.

The capacitive 3.2-inch HVGA screen might look a little bigger, but that's because the phone is actually slimmer and thinner than before - HTC tells us this is because it's been able to save space by making it all out of one solid block, thus removing the need for a frame.