Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Memory
Practically unlimited
Memory - RAM
64/128MB
Memory - ROM
128/256MB
Memory Slot
MicroSD
GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD
No
EDGE
Yes
3G
No
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth
2.0
Infrared Port
No
USB
MiniUSB
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser Type
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE)
Games
Yes
Camera Pixels
2MP
Camera Resolution
1600 x 1200
Battery Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Stand-by Time
Up to 200 h
Talk Time
Up to 5 h
The HTC Touch is not your typical cellular device. Then again HTC isn't your typical cell phone company. HTC devices have come to epitomize strong build factors, excellent reception, and an eye for design, the HTC Touch is no exception. Featuring HTC's new "Touch Flo" technology, the phone features a wide variety of intriguing possibilities all rolled into a sleek, stylish, and affordable Windows Mobile 6.0 device.
Editor review
HTC TOUCH REVIEW
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Design
Examining the front of the HTC touch users will first realize that the device is limited to a single d-pad control with a one single push button for menu selection and two small buttons for access to the calendar and contacts and that are also used for Talk and End functionality. The reason for this is the phones newly created "Touch Flo" technology which allows its users to swipe their finger across the screen or use a stylus for phone functionality. Because of the phones lack of buttons the devices measures in at a very small 3.9 inches long by 2.8 inches wide by 0.5 inch tall and weighs just 3.98 ounces.
The right side of the HTC Touch features three distinct areas, a camera key located at the bottom of the phone and the SIM card and microSD slots, which are both protected by a covered plate.
The left side of the phone is again simplistic in design, feature a single Volume control rocker.
While the bottom of the phone features a USB outlet and lanyard loop.
Finally the top of the phone featurs HTC's typical multifunction Power/Profile.
All together the phone is simplistic in its design, mainly because it lends itself so well to its new touch technology which I'll discuss in the features section. The phones rounded edges and small size is pleasing on the eye and offers a new look with simplicity at its core.
Features
The most important feature of the new HTC touch is the phones Touch Flo technology, the screen itself feel almost like a glass component rather than the normal TFT Reflective screens that feel like you can push your finger through them. The screen is also smart enough that it can decipher between a screen tap with a stylus and a finger swipe motion. To access the screens Graphical User Interface the user needs just swipe their finger from the bottom of the screen to the top. Doing so will access the TouchFlo shortcut screens. (This can be seen on our posted Video review for the HTC Touch
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From the GUI users can access some of the more popular features of their phone, including music, photos, videos, contacts, calendars and a wide variety of other applications.
The phone features a Texas Instruments OMAP 850 201 Mhz processor that is sometimes sluggish if the user happens to be using third party applications, but works smoothly when paired with the phones readily available and already installed applications.
The phone also features Windows Mobile 6.0, an application that not only helps the look of the interface, but also offers users the ability to view Emails in HTML format, and easier access to Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers, and a wide variety of other applications.
If you want to learn more about the HTC Touch’s interface be sure to check out my review of the HTC S710, which showcases some of the audio manager and other HTC device applications available on both devices.
Camera
The phones camera is located on the back of the device and features a 2.0 mega-pixel output. The camera offered medium grade pictures with a slight yellowish undertone on some pictures that were taken indoors. Some pictures also had a hazy blurred image in the center of the frame. However, many pictures when taken in better lighting and outdoors seems to function as a 2.0 mega-pixel camera should, offering medium grade pictures with overall good tone and clarity. Depending on the lighting conditions the phone is able to produce some suitable results.
Display
The HTC Touch features a 2.4” display that offers a QVGA resolution of 240x320 with an output of 65,000 colors. While those numbers are not all the impressive by themselves, its important to note that the HTC Touch features an excellent backlit display with the sleek design of the Windows Mobile 6.0 interface. Combine HTC’s display know-how with the backlighting and you get a display that is surprisingly easy of the eyes based on its specifications. Video playback was also fairly stable, although a faster processor would be nice to utilize stronger video functions.
Audio
The HTC Touch features an ExtUSB multi-function stereo headphone jack that works will with Windows Pocket Media Player 10. The phone support a variety of music format including MP3, AAC, WMA, WMV, and ASF overall the music playback was good, the volume was easily to control using the phones volume rocker, and there was little to know background interference depending on the volume. Overall the HTC Touch offers solid music playback in a tiny package.
Messaging
The phone offers a frustrating text messaging template, because of the phones size the keyboard that can be pulled up is useless without the use of a stylus, personally I would prefer not having to pull out the stylus every time I want to type a text message. Especially on the phones small digital keyboard. The phone is good however if you want to view emails in HTML format, or if you are running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
Internet
The phone offers Edge service which appears to run at typical edge speeds on the Tmobile network. The phone features Internet Explorer which still fails to offer multiple windows, but runs at a decent speed. The phones real wireless prowess comes in HTC’s tried and true 802.11 b/g wireless connectivity abilities. The phone connects flawlessly with open wireless networks and worked well on a Belkin Wireless N router that was encrypted with WPA access only rights behind a password. The pages loaded quickly both on Wifi and on Edge access, they loaded at decent speeds and really offered little in terms of thrills, I am still a big believer that Operamini.com offers the best devices for internet functioning.
Connectivity
HTC claims that the phone is a Tri-band (900/1800/1900mhz) device, but I’m no so sure, placing a Cingular Sim card seemed to reveal the phones ability to pick up 850mhz ATT towers in my area. Several other websites have also listed the device as a Quad-band mobile unit. The phone also features Bluetooth 2.0 for accessing up to 6 devices at a time on different Com Ports.
Conclusion
Overall the HTC Touch is a sleek and fun device, what it lacks in text messaging it makes up with in ease of use, the phone takes decent pictures and streams video well enough for a mobile device. The skin placed over Mobile 6.0 for use specifically with the HTC Touch’s TouchFlo technology is pleasing on the eyes and the phone works well not only for multimedia applications, but also as a business device packing the full punch of Windows Mobile 6.0 The popularity of the device is proving that users are willing to accept Iphone substitutes, more importantly the phone doesn’t attempt to trump the Iphone, but rather to offer a new solution to the legions of HTC faithful.
