Bell Mobility’s Roadmap, Telenav GPS Navigator Coming to G1 and More
Added on 2009-02-14 04:21:00
by Tanya Palta
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 Bell Mobility’s roadmap released, Telenav GPS Navigator coming to G1, BlackBerry Connect for HTC smartphones and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.
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First Call: HTC Touch Diamond
Added on 2008-09-12 15:29:00
by Marianne Schultz
 Sprint announced the new HTC Touch Diamond for their network earlier this week and we've got our hands on one and are preparing to review it. This is a slick Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone with the TouchFLO interface. It features a high-res 2.8-inch VGA display, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
In hand, the Touch Diamond feels dense and compact - at 4.0" x 2.0" x 0.6" it's shorter and narrower than the iPhone 3G (review), but a bit thicker. The entire front is a smooth and shiny fingerprint magnet, and the screen is vivid and crisp. At first blush, the interface is slower than we'd like, taking enough time to transition to make you think that a screen press didn't register, but we'll see how it does in actual testing. This smartphone has a lot of functionality and we'll cover just about every inch of it in our upcoming review!
The HTC Touch Diamond will be available this month from Sprint for $249.99 with a new 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.
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RIM and Tivo parterning, Blackberry Pearl Flip gets official, and Sprint inundates us
Added on 2008-09-11 15:52:00
by Marianne Schultz
 CTIA is in full swing and there has been a lot of news from manufacturers and carriers alike. Tivo and RIM are now parterning to bring media to the Blackberry, that Blackberry flip phone is finally official, and more in today's round-up...
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| Tags: RIM, Tivo, Blackberry, Pearl, flip, Sprint, CTIA, 8220, One Click, HTC, Touch, Diamond, LG, Lotus, Samsung, Highnote, Rang, Touch HD |
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FCC Gives Nod of Approval to GSM HTC Touch Pro
Added on 2008-07-29 04:48:00
by Tanya Palta
 The FCC has given its blessing to the GSM version of the HTC Touch Pro. The Touch Pro will also feature EDGE and Wi-Fi wireless connectivity.
[via Brighthand]
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Alltel offers HTC Touch in Burgundy
Added on 2008-05-20 06:59:00
by Emily Price
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 Alltel is becoming the first US carrier to offer the Touch in color by adding Burgundy to the mix. The burgundy HTC Touch can be purchased now for $129.99 after rebate.
[via EngadgetMobile]
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North American Version of HTC Dual on Best Buy
Added on 2008-05-08 03:57:00
by Tanya Palta
 The US version of the HTC Dual which includes support for quad-band GSM/EDGE, and dual-band HSDPA is available on the Best Buy website. The handset is unlocked so it can be used with any cellphone carrier. You can order it online for $550.
[Via Brighthand]
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HTC Announces the Touch Diamond
Added on 2008-05-06 06:21:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 HTC's big press hubaloo today turned out to be the expected announcement of the Touch Diamond. Running the newest iteration of HTC's TouchFlo interface that includes 3D effects. The::unwired's got a nice video of it up over here. We'll wait to see it in action, we haven't been overly impressed by TouchFlo in the past. The device also has support for Youtube and it seems to be running a third party web browser rather than Internet Explorer Mobile. If the information that's been previously leaked is any indication we expect the Touch diamond to sport a 2.8 inch VGA display, Windows Mobile 6.1 and 4GB of internal storage, two out of three have already been confirmed at the press event. We have to say that we're not overly excited at this point, HTC does a solid job with their devices but we just haven't seen much success from anyone that's dropped a new interface on Windows Mobile.
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Verizon XV6900 Launching Next Week
Added on 2008-04-08 04:46:00
by Tanya Palta
 The Verizon XV6900 should hit the shelves by April 16th 2008. Running Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the smartphone will retail for $350 after a $50 rebate and a new two-year customer agreement.
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HTC Touch Dual at CTIA 2008
Added on 2008-04-02 01:28:00
by Mark Brezinski
 Though the HTC Touch Dual has already been heavily covered, we still took a few moments to play around with it at the Mobile Focus event. As we previously mentioned, the Dual will be offered through Best Buy, unlocked. An HTC rep said that the company is aggressively moving towards unlocked US devices in an effort to give consumers more choice.
Bigger pics after jump.
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HTC to sell Touch Dual via Best Buy
Added on 2008-04-01 11:15:00
by Alfredo Padilla
HTC today announced that they will be selling the Touch Dual, a version of their popular HTC Touch (review) device that adds a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Interestingly the phone won't be available via a particular carrier but will instead be sold at Best Buy. As a GSM device it will support both AT&T and T-Mobile's networks, however it's 3G functionality will be limited to AT&T.
The Touch Dual sports HTC's TouchFlo interface, which is supposed to improve the Windows Mobile experience when using your fingers to interact with the touch screen. In our review of the Touch we found that the improvement was minimal and the experience was still significantly short of what you get with better touch screen devices like the iPhone (review). It's interesting to see HTC move into the unlocked device space directly in the United States. This is a move they've made internationally but in the U.S. where carriers tend to be more powerful they have thus far avoided it.
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HTC to Improve Video Performance
Added on 2008-02-26 02:27:00
by Tanya Palta
 HTC in a press statement acknowledges that some of their smartphone were showing sub-par performance in video related tasks and are working on a solution. Hence the Think Tank at HTC will soon release a software update, which will improve the video performance of some of its smartphones.
“Some of our top engineers have investigated video performance on our devices and have discovered a fix that they claim will dramatically improve performance for common on-screen tasks like scrolling and the like. The update is in testing and we hope to release it soon.”
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HTC Touch Coming on Verizon This Month?
Added on 2008-02-07 04:05:00
by Tanya Palta
The folks over at Brighthand are reporting that the HTC Touch may just make its debut this month on Verizon Wireless. The version will be rechristened XV6900 and would sport a white casing. Other rumored features include; GPS, EV-DO and a 2MP camera.
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White XV6900 Touch on Verizon Wireless
Added on 2008-01-28 04:36:00
by Tanya Palta
Engadget Mobile is reporting that the HTC Touch will soon make its debut as XV6900 Touch on Verizon Wireless. Available in a shade of pristine white, the XV6900 Touch will include a 2MP camera, EV-DO, and Windows Mobile 6 OS. No word on pricing or availability.
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HTC Touch on Alltel
Added on 2008-01-10 09:34:00
by Tanya Palta
 The CDMA version of the HTC Touch will be available on the Alltel Wireless network soon. The Alltel Touch lacks wi-fi and will retail for $199 after rebates and contract.
[Via Brighthand]
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First Call: HTC Touch
Added on 2007-10-19 14:51:00
by Alfredo Padilla
The HTC Touch was the first of what we expect will be many HTC handsets running the TouchFlo interface over Windows Mobile Professional. Sprint is currently the only carrier in the US to pick up the Touch, and we're sure they're positioning the device as a competitor to the iPhone. In this First Call we give you our impressions of the Touch as available from Sprint. More after the jump.
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HTC to Sprint: Touch me
Added on 2007-10-17 08:12:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 We've heard rumors of this for awhile now, but this morning we got confirmation that Sprint will be carrying the HTC Touch. The Touch is a Windows Mobile 6 device that sports HTC's TouchFlo technology, which is an interface addition that allows users to more easily interact with the device using their finger. This includes things like finger scrolling in contacts and the web browser. It doesn't look like Sprint user will be able to get their hands on HTC's recently announced Touch Dual yet, instead they'll have to make do with the older Touch that lacks a slide out keypad. It will be rocking EVDO and support for 4GB Micro SD cards though, and will also support Sprint services like their music store and TV service.
The Touch is likely Sprint's answer to the iPhone, and given that it has been extremely successful overseas it's probably a good choice. The Touch should be available November 4th.
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HTC Touch Dual Debuts In Europe
Added on 2007-10-02 11:17:00
by Tanya Palta
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HTC unveils 4th quarter lineup
Added on 2007-10-01 08:58:00
by Alfredo Padilla
HTC today unveiled their lineup for the fourth quarter of 2007. In addition to a version of their Touch device with a slide out keyboard/keypad called the Touch Dual they have also added the HTC S730, an update to their small candy bar smart phone with a slide out QWERTY Keyboard. The S730 adds 3G support and a faster processor compared to its predecessor the S710. The third phone unveiled was the HTC P6500. This is a larger handset with a 3.5 inch touch screen and includes enterprise focused tools like a barcode and fingerprint scanning capabilities.
The Touch Dual is interesting because it will be coming in two variants, one with a standard phone keypad and another with a "suretype-esque" QWERTY keyboard. It will also be sporting an updated version of HTC's TouchFlo technology, which allows you to more easily interact with the touch screen using just your fingers. Unfortunately it is still a Tri-Band GSM device and only supports the European/Asian flavor of 3G. We have to admit we find this a little annoying. HTC has been a leader in creating phones that support global GSM and 3G standards and they seem to have abandoned this with the Touch Dual.
Pictures and links after the jump.
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Sprint snags HTC's Touch
Added on 2007-08-17 14:20:00
by Randall Bennett
 While the HTC touch isn't anything special when compared to that OTHER touch screen only device, call us HTC fanboys but we still think there's something pretty nifty about an upgraded version of the Touch heading to Sprint later this year. GearLog says the phone will jump to 400MHz from 200, and snag some EvDO Rev A. for some quick data action, but we're hoping for an even more advanced version of TouchFLO when the phone likely launches in November.
[Via Gizmodo]
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HTC Touch: Elf + TouchFLO interface
Added on 2007-06-05 08:57:00
by Randall Bennett
 HTC showed off their new phone, the HTC Touch, in front of a crowd of Londoners today, and the big feature? Trying to compete with the iPhone A new interface named "TouchFLO" by HTC. Don't get it confused though, it's no multi-touch but rather a new way to sweep a finger / stylus around Windows Mobile. The::Unwired has some video of the gesture based input system running on the Elf, and it looks interesting to say the least.
Interesting or not, it certainly is an indicator of what all mobile phone manufacturers are feeling: iPhone envy, and we certainly don't blame them. The real question? Can Windows Mobilecan really compete in the interface game with the iPhone, or should Microsoft and WinMo handset manufacturers just stick to their open-ish platform and third-party application approach. What do you think? Sound off in the comments.
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Cell Phone Touch Screens That Push Back?
Added on 2007-03-13 22:23:00
by Robert S. Anthony
 Sure, you’re used to poking away at your cell phone, but what if it could poke back? What if you could rearrange your speed-dial list by touching an entry and dragging it to a new location? What if you could page through your contact list by virtually brushing each page aside with your finger? Those are some of the possible uses of F-Origin’s Inc.’s new HaptiTouch 2.0 technology.
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