HTC Touch

High Tech Computer Corporation or simply HTC is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of Microsoft Windows CE OS supporting portable communication devices. Though HTC mobile phones are sold under various brand names, but in whole, they all carry the essence of HTC's superior technology. HTC's latest presentation the sensational HTC Touch has caught many eyes just after its release. Measuring 99.9 x 58 x 13.9 mm and weighing 112 grams, the HTC Touch is an innovative global tri-band smart phone with integrated WiFi. HTC's new technology, the touch features called TouchFLO enables the user to control various functions by sliding their finger around on the screen. Swipe a finger upwards to activate TouchFLO, and then scroll between various menus by sliding your finger left or right: contact list (viewable in grid format complete with photos), application quick launch grid, etc. Within applications, you can also use this TouchFLO. A swipe will send your contact list scrolling until you touch the screen to stop it. You can also scroll around a webpage very intuitively by moving your finger along the screen.

Now that we've covered the touch screen feature, let's get down to the basics. The HTC Touch runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional on a 201MHz processor with the standard 64 megs of RAM and 128 megs of flash ROM. It's an unlocked triband GSM phone with EDGE data support. The remarkably small Touch has Bluetooth 2.0, a 2 megapixel camera and a standard QVGA resolution (240x320 pixels) display. The HTC Touch is available in two colors: black and wasabi green.

The HTC Touch also features a built-in MP3/AAC player besides incorporating other features like Pocket Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PDF viewer), built-in handfree, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE), 1 GB card, microSD (TransFlash) card slot etc. All in all, the HTC touch is a power-packed package in a small slider casing.

HTC Touch KeyFeature

Processor
TI's OMAP™ 850, 201 MHz
Operating System
Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
Memory
ROM: 128 MB
SDRAM: 64 MB DDR

Dimension
99.9mm (L) X 58mm (W) X 13.9mm (T)
Weight
112g with battery
Display
2.8" LCD touch screen with backlight
240 X 320 dots resolution with 65,536 colors
Network
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Tri-band: 900, 1800, 1900 (The device will operate on frequencies available from the cellular network.)
Device Control
HTC TouchFLO™
5-Way navigation control
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0
Wi-Fi® IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one)
Camera
2.0 megapixel CMOS color camera
Audio Built-in microphone and 3-in-1 speaker
Windows Media Player supported formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WMA, WAV, QCELP, MPEG4, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
Battery Rechargeable Li-lon battery
Capacity: 1100 mAh
Standby time: Up to 200 hours
Talk time: Up to 5 hours
Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A