HTC Touch Passes Apple iPhone

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High Tech Computer, Inc. has come out with an iPhoneish phone before Apple. The new device features a touch screen and runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional. The new little beauty features a 2 mega-pixel camera, a large 2.8-inch colour LCD screen and comes with a 1GB microSD card. That’s a nice start. Yves Maitre, VP Devices, Orange, says “We are delighted to be first to launch this innovative new smartphone, which will open the door to widespread use of touch screen devices. Orange has the widest portfolio of Microsoft smartphones and was the first operator to launch a Windows 6.0 device. This latest addition cements Orange’s position as the leading operator in the smartphone market. Orange and HTC have a heritage of innovating with new types of smartphone and the HTC Touch™ is a great example of this.”

Here is the spec rundown:

Dimensions: 99.9mm (L) x 58mm (W) x 13.9mm (T)
Weight: 112g with battery
1GB microSD storage card included / 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM
2.8’’ LCD touch screen with backlight, 240 x 320 dots resolution with 65,536 colours
Battery Life: Rechargeable Li-Ion battery with a capacity of 1100 mAh
Standby time: Up to 200 / Talk time: Up to 5 hours
Camera: 2.0 mega-pixel CMOS colour camera
Windows Mobile 6 Professional with Direct Push Email and HTML email support
Wireless Connectivity: GSM/GPRS/EDGE Tri-band: 900, 1800,1900, Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth® 2.0
Choice of two colours at launch – elegant soft black or alluring wasabi green

You can demo the phone at the HTC Touch website.  Just be warned, use IE, and expect errors.

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