HTC announces 3 new TouchFLO Windows Mobile devices
Last week, the rumor mill started churning about the HTC Touch HD and today HTC confirmed that it is indeed coming out with this device, along with a couple more Touch devices to satisfy a range of customers. We will soon see the HTC Touch HD, Touch 3G, and Touch Viva. You will see in the current specs that there is no 3G radio shown for the U.S. so I am not sure which of the devices will be coming and if they will be GSM or CDMA variants. Official pages on HTC will be updated soon with all of this information and more.
The HTC Touch HD (Blackstone) sports a large 3.8 inch WVGA display, 3.5mm audio jack (thankfully the rumors were spot on here), and a 5 megapixel camera so it looks like HTC just one-upped the Samsung OMNIA. The device will be available in Europe in the 4th quarter of 2008 and in other markets after that. No pricing information is yet available.
Specifications include the following:
- Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
- Weight: 146.4 grams/5.164 oz with battery
- Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHzWCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO 3D with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 3.8 inch Wide Screen VGA screen (480 x 800 WVGA)
- Camera: 5.0 megapixel with auto focus, Second Camera: VGA
- Internal memory: 512 MB flash; 288 MB RAM
- Memory card: microSD memory card (SDHC capable)
- WLAN: 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
- GPS: GPS/AGPS
- Battery: 1350 mAh
- Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7201a 528 MHz
The HTC Touch 3G (Jade) will come in four colors and looks like an update to the HTC Touch device with many of the same specifications.
Specifications for the Touch 3G include:
- Size: 102 x 53.6 x 14.5 mm
- Weight: 96g
- Connectivity: GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz & WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 2.8 inch QVGA screen
- Camera: 3.2 megapixel
- Internal memory: 256 MB flash; 192 MB RAM
- Memory card: microSD
- Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
- GPS: GPS/AGPS
- Battery: 1100 mAh
- Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7225 528 MHz
The HTC Touch Viva (Opal) is designed to be a less expensive TouchFLO device with no 3G radio and a more basic processor.
Specifications for the Touch 3G include:
- Size: 104.5 x 59 x 15.75 mm
- Weight: 110g
- Connectivity: GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 2.8 inch QVGA screen
- Camera: 2 megapixel
- Internal memory: 256 MB flash; 128 MB RAM
- Memory card: microSD
- WLAN: 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
- GPS: GPS/AGPS
- Battery: 1100 mAh
- Chipset: TI OMAP 850, 201 MHz
Both of these devices are scheduled for an early October release in various markets. No pricing information is yet available.