HTC Sensation 4G Android 2.3.4 update lets you take screenshots

The Android 2.3.4 update was released for the HTC Sensation 4G yesterday. T-Mobile is releasing this update in waves and it’s expected to continue rolling out until the end of September. Among the improvements in the update are better battery life, increased performance and better screen responsiveness. There was however one neat feature that T-Mobile left off the release notes. That feature is the ability to take screenshots.

I will never understand why taking screenshots is not standard on every smartphone. It seems like such an obvious thing to do. If you want to take screenshots with the Sensation 4G, you have to hold the power button and press the capacitive home button at the same time. You’ll hear a shutter followed by a notfication that says the picture was saved to the “camera shots” portion of the gallery. I went ahead and took a screen of Gadgetell from the mobile web browser to give you an idea of what the images will look like.

The photos are a little rough around the edges and they won’t fool anyone with a keen eye, but it still gets the job done.