HTC Revises Smartphone Price in Singapore

Just a day after Apple announced the new iPhone 3G, HTC Singapore has announced to revise the price of HTC TyTN II, Touch Cruise, Touch Dual, Touch, Shift and P3300. The new HTC Touch Diamond is not included in the list.


New Suggested Retail Prices in Singapore Dollars (inclusive of 7% GST). These price do not require a mobile phone contract plan.

* HTC TyTN II S$998/-
* HTC Touch Cruise S$968/-
* HTC Touch Dual S$848/-
* HTC Touch S$588/-
* HTC Shift S$2,048/-
* HTC P3300 S$588/-

The new suggested retail prices for the HTC TyTN II, HTC Touch Cruise, HTC Touch Dual, HTC Touch, HTC Shift and HTC P3300 are effective from 12 June 2008.

HTC Raphael Gets Official as HTC Touch Pro

HTC today unveiled its advanced next generation business phone, the HTC Touch Pro. Also revealed as HTC Raphael previously, the HTC Touch Pro was released in T-Mobile as T-Mobile MDA Vario IV. Similar to HTC Diamond, it will feature the new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar appointments or making calls with just one touch.

With the introduction of Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA wireless connectivity. HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser (Opera) that enables easy viewing in the way they are designed to be viewed on a PC. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.

In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Pro includes an HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content as well as including Google Maps for mobile for mapping and traffic data.
Like the Touch Diamond, Touch Pro is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand and brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of HTC’s trademark sliding keyboard design. Introducing a new five-row QWERTY keyboard layout that makes typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office documents quick and easy. Built-in TV-out functionality means users can deliver the perfect PowerPoint presentation from the Touch Pro.

The HTC Touch Pro will be available to customers across all major European, Asian and the Middle East markets in late summer. The North American and Latin American versions of Touch Pro will be available later in 2008.

Key HTC Touch Pro Specifications

* Size: 102 x 51 x 18.05mm
* Weight: 165 g
* Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
* Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
* Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling
* Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
* Expansion Slot: microSDTM memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* Keyboard: Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
* Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
* Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
* GPS: GPS/AGPS
* Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
* Battery: 1350 mAh
* Talk time: GSM: up to 8 hours
* Standby time: GSM: up to two-weeks
* Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz

Opera announced a customized Opera Mobile 9.5 for HTC Touch Diamond

Opera today announced the availability of Opera Mobile 9.5 on the new HTC Touch Diamond. The customized HTC-specific version enables easy one-handed viewing and effortless navigation. Page viewing and panning allows users to scan and navigate pages quickly while Opera Zoom enables users to dive into the page and get closer to the content they want. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the Web page view from a portrait to landscape view.


Opera Mobile 9.5 makes multi-tasking easier than ever before with improved tabbed browsing. In addition, productivity tools like the ability to save pages for offline browsing, Web address auto complete and password manager allow for a more enjoyable experience. In addition, Opera Mobile 9.5 gets users closer to family and friends as it allows users to easily share images from online photo albums or any other Website through MMS or e-mail.

Other features in Opera Mobile 9.5 include:

* Tabbed browsing
* Improved text wrap
* Landscape mode
* Call phone number directly from Web page
* History and bookmarks
* Copy text

“Opera Mobile 9.5 on the HTC Touch Diamond will bring to customers the most powerful Web browser yet on a mobile phone,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “Opera is on the road to give mobile Web browsing a complete facelift and an elevated user experience. This is just the beginning.”

HTC Touch Diamond mobile internet demo

HTC Expect to Ship 3 Millions HTC Touch Diamond This Year

Instead of previous forecast of 2 million units, a chinese newspaper “Commercial Times” reported that the CEO Peter Chou now expects to see 3 Millions units sold in the next 7 months starting June.Relates: HTC Touch Diamond
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HTC Touch Dual coming to Best Buy stores

HTC and Best Buy are finally getting ready to make the North American version of the HTC Touch Dual available to U.S. customers.The HTC Touch Dual will come with Windows Mobile 6.1, HTC’s unique TouchFLO touch-based user interface, a 2 megapixel camera and HSDPA network support. $549 (before tax) will leave you if ever you get hypnotized enough to go and purchase this thing.

The handset will be on sale at Best Buy retail locations, on the Best Buy website, and through any specialized Best Buy Mobile store.

HTC Touch is now available in burgundy from Alltel

The popular HTC Touch is now available from Sprint, Alltel and Verizon. Available in black, gray, and white.The HTC Touch is now available in burgundy from Alltel.All the specification are same like TouchFLO, Windows Mobile 6, a 2 megapixel camera, EV-DO Rev. A, MicroSD expansion, and stereo Bluetooth, or A2DP. The device is all touch, and the keyboard is a custom HTC SureType esque keyboard.The price for the device will remain the same, set at a very reasonable $130 dollars, the cheapest offering of any carrier for this phone.

If you are ready to add this thing to your collection, then visit Alltel’s website, where you can look at a 3D gallery of the device, and of course purchase it.

HTC Diamond Keyboard Extracted for Your Windows Mobile Device

The people at xda-developer did it again, you can now install the new HTC Diamond virtual keyboard in your Windows Mobile device.


The hacked software should work with most Windows Mobile pocket pc phone. Currently the keyboard support Italian and English, once you install it is default to Italian language, you can change it easily at the setting option.

You can download the hacks here, a new development on more languages support can be found here too.

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HTC Touch Diamond Reviews

HTC today announced the Touch Diamond, their latest smartphone and an attempt by the company to wrest back the mobile internet crown from Apple’s iPhone. Running Windows Mobile 6.1 on a VGA touchscreen, HTC have developed a new, three-dimensional version of their GUI overlay, called TouchFLO 3D. This offers full homescreen access to all the applications and device status, as well as CoverFlow-style media browsing and rich icon animation.


HTC haven’t skimped on the connectivity, either. The Touch Diamond has 7.2Mbps HSDPA and HSUPA for super-fast uploads and downloads. That will be put to good use in the re-skinned Opera 9 browser, which HTC will be including in the smartphone’s ROM. In a demonstration today, HTC execs showed the browser zooming and reflowing text with a simple tap, as well as manually controlling the zoom level with the touch-sensitive scroll wheel (that doubles as the D-pad). The Touch Diamond also features an accelerometer, such as found in the iPhone, which can recognise which way up the handset is being held and orient the screen accordingly.

The company is calling the smartphone their “Usable Mobile Internet” device. It also has a custom version of YouTube, which execs described as “the best mobile YouTube experience”; Apple aren’t going to like that. Although hardware details are yet to be announced, in the demonstration the phone ran smoothly and with no slow-downs no matter whether playing media, browsing the internet or anything else.

The handset will be launched in Europe and Asia in June, with the rest of the world later on in 2008. No prices have been revealed. Our sister-site PHONE Magazine will be bringing you more coverage from the HTC event - including hands-on video with the Touch Diamond itself - later on today, so keep reading!

Check out the full gallery of live HTC Touch Diamond images

HTC Diamond images and specifications leaked

HTC’s Touch Diamond smartphone has been all but completely revealed today through a set of photos leaked today by NewsMobile.The Diamond will also be narrower than the original, but will also be taller courtesy of dedicated Back and Home buttons alongside the control pad.

On the device, you will find a 2.8 inch VGA display, Windows Mobile 6.1, quad band GSM with 7.2mbps HSDPA, WiFi, FM radio, 528MHz CPU. For storage, there is 4GBs of internal memory, with an option for MicroSD expansion. It is very thin, at only 10.7mm. It has a slide out QWERTY, 3.2 megapixel camera, and rumored accelerometer to round out the feature list.
A release date for the Touch Diamond doesn’t accompany the latest leak. HTC itself has scheduled a press event for May 6th and is widely expected to launch the Diamond as well as the Touch Pro and Touch Find at the event, with American releases by late fall.

HTC Touch Dual for US Got FCC Approval

FCC has just approved the HTC touch dual, which will be released in US this quarter. the HTC Touch Dual combines the touch screen with integrated TouchFLO and slide-out keypad. Best Buy will be the first to offer the HTC Touch Dual in US when available.

The prototype picture from the FCC also unveiled the 20-key SureType keypad design for the US HTC Touch Dual. It will be powered by the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.1 professional.

Features of the HTC Touch Dual include the following:

* TouchFLO, a touch-screen technology that allows finger-touch scrolling, panning and photo zooming
* Slide-out 20-key keyboard for quick dialing, text messages and e-mail
* Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Microsoft Office Mobile for working on documents and getting your Outlook e-mail
* 2 megapixel camera for shooting photos/videos and a second camera for video calls
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) and HSDPA (850/1900Mhz) connectivity
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One-of-a-Kind HTC Touch charity editions up for auction

If you’ve been thinking about picking up an HTC Touch but have held off because the design is just too sober, think again: the company has collaborated with Nicholas designer Nic Wong to create four limited editions of the smartphone. Ranging from the subtle (a powder-blue Anaglypta-style design) to the strident (crazed red and white triangles), each handset is unique as in one-of-a-kind. All proceeds from the four sales - which are taking place on eBay - will go to the Children’s Cancer Foundation.

Now for the bad news: if you’re not in Singapore, forget about bidding. Sadly HTC are only willing to ship to addresses there, so if you fancy a unique Touch in your own country you’ll have to pester them to come to a similar arrangement wherever it is you live. Still, I wonder if the eventual buyers can write off the cost as a charitable donation?

With the auctions ending on April 19th, as of writing the bids are just kicking off: the cheapest is at 1.05 Singapore dollars ($0.78) while the highest bid is 151 Singapore dollars ($111.49).

[via Pocket PC Thoughts]

Verizon Wireless Unveils XV6900 From HTC Touch

Verizon Wireless today announced the XV6900 will be available in April. Whether customers are accessing local weather reports, navigating to the Internet, flipping through photos, or one-touch dialing of loved ones, they can interact with a myriad of the XV6900’s features with just a flick of their fingers.
The Verizon Wireless XV6900 leverages the broad functionality and communication capabilities of Windows Mobile 6 Professional with access to Outlook Mobile for smooth e-mail integration, Office Mobile and the ability to run a bevy of third-party applications.

Features of the XV6900 include:

* Bluetooth v. 2.0 with support for stereo, hands-free, and headset profiles
* microSD memory card slot with support up to 8 GB
* 2.0 megapixel camera with video capture
* 256 MB ROM / 128 MB RAM
* 2.8” TFT-LCD touch-screen with LED backlight
* 3.98” (l) x 2.35” (w) x 0.56” (d)
* Support for Office Outlook Mobile and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push

The XV6900 will be available for $349.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

HTC Dream Android Phone

The HTC Dream Android phone rumors have surfaced again. The HTC Dream is supposed to be the first Android running handset released to the public. A person close to the situation recently told InfoWorld that this handset is indeed scheduled to be the first Android phone to debut, acknowledging rumors of the new cell phone.

“The HTC Dream Android phone is said to measure 3-inches wide by 5-inches long and feature a full QWERTY keypad that either slides out or swivels.” If the HTC Dream is indeed the first handset to be running Google’s Android, we would expect it to have tremendous specs - making Android look good.

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HTC patenting unique dual-mode slider

HTC has developed a technology for slider phones that could make them both more useful and more elegant, according to a new US patent filing. Rather than rely on either dual sliders (as with the Helio Ocean) or other complicated designs, the prototype would include a unique keyboard plate and slider track that would allow users to shift the LCD from calling to text modes without significantly impacting the size of the phone.




The cellphone maker is not under any pressure to use the patent and has not done so to date. However, the design shown in concept images is one not seen before from HTC.

HTC Touch Cruise Out in US

HTC Touch Cruise has arrived in the US, delivering personal navigation features via GPS, the TomTom map and the TouchFLO touch-sensitive interface, with portrait and landscape views.
The handset comes with high speed connectivity via EDGE and HSDPA, quad-band support for GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900, J2ME games plus the possibility to download others that you like.

With HTC Touch Cruise you get all Windows Mobile 6 Professional benefits, an advanced 3.15MP built-in camera with video recorder and autofocus, an external camera for video calling, HTML browsing, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Instant Messaging, e-mail function, and voice-activated dialing.

It sports a large TFT display of 65K colors with handwriting recognition, and measures 110 x 58 x 15.5 mm at 130 grams weight with the 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery that lasts for up to seven hours in talk time.

The internal memory is of 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM, but you have the option to add some extra storage using a microSD card.
Another thing that needs to be mentioned is the processor powering the handset which is a Qualcomm MSM7200 at 400 MHz speeds.

HTC Touch Cruise is available in US at a price of $799.99, or $659.99 with a T-Mobile contract, at MobileBee.com.