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The Elf has a name; it’s now called the HTC Touch. Touch is powered by Windows Mobile 6 and features finger touching screen like Apple iPhone or LG Prada.
HTC added its own homebrew application called TouchFLO to differentiate the uses of finger and stylus. The Touch has “three-dimensional interface” that behave like three screens consist of your contact, media and applications.
Just like the Apple iPhone, you can use your finger to scroll through the screen. HTC has customized the WM6 home screen for easy access to your email, text messages, calendar, contacts, and weather.
As for the handset hardware itself, HTC Touch sports a 2.8-inch touch screen (QVGA), 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM, 2MP camera, tri-ban, 802.11 /b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0. HTC is being generous by including 1GB MicroSD. The Touch is now available in UK and will be coming to US in the second half of this year.
Come back soon for our unboxing and hands-on reviews.
4 Responses to “HTC Touch – Photos and Specs”
tj June 8, 2007
Before I’ll buy any iPone it will need 802.11n to allow me to access my Internet connection from the back of my property.
-2Julian Maurice June 17, 2007
Just received delivery of the Touch.
The Touch Flo software is good, but it seems like a re-hash of SPB software’s “SPB Mobile Shell” software, it looks better but is not as functional.
The phone’s saving grace is it’s size & screen.
It’s very thin for a pocket PC and I can now have a phone with all the functionality of a Pocket PC that’ll fit in my trouser pocket without feeling uncomfortable. This was my main reason for buying this phone and it’s perfect for that reason alone.
The screen is a real leap forward from my previous Pocket PC’s, it’s bright and colours are vivid and clear. I watch movies quite a lot using TCMP software (used to be called BETA Player), playback of a 25fps movie is smooth and the image is chrystal clear – not bad for a 200mhz processor.
Oh another thing – sound – I cannot believe the quality of the internal speaker, it seems to have sterio sound, but god knows how. Quality is excellent.
My only gripe is that the Media section of the Touch Flo software is not customisable, you cannot add programs or substitute your own media player in place of Windows Media Player. Someone should realise that not everyone likes WMV. or MPEG format files. DIVX files and media players for Pocket PC do a much better job.
Summing up, this is phone is a great business/media/travel companion. Anyone who is Pocket PC savvy will have it customised to suit their needs in no time. It’s extremely light and pocketable oh and it looks the business.
+2Freddy Egersdorfer December 21, 2007
Ok, I do not have one yet, but am finding myself drawn to it somehow.
I’ve seen many demo’s of it and will definately get one.
I’ll just have to wait for the my contract to end.
-1Another thing is I sure hope to get the wasaabi Green.
Does anyone know if it the different colours are available in South Africa?
JL December 23, 2007
does anyone know how to take macro photos with the HTC Touch phone?
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