HTC launches 3.5G Touch in the Middle East

HTC Corp., the world’s leading provider of Windows Mobile-based smart devices, announced the HTC Touch Dual the new and more powerful member of the Touch family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek and innovative sliding keypad design.

Taking a design cue from the HTC Touch, the HTC Touch Dual adds high speed 3G/HSDPA connectivity and a slide out keypad into a thin and narrow device designed for easy typing. It is the second device to feature HTC’s TouchFLO, the same gesture-recognition technology as that in the HTC Touch, but now with new functionality including the ability to view photo slideshows using on-screen controls and to zoom and rotate images with only one hand. TouchFLO also allows enhanced finger touch scrolling and browsing of web pages, documents, messages and contact lists.

The HTC Touch Dual with Windows Mobile software offers a rich and familiar experience that will enable users to stay connected and access the people, information and entertainment – most important to them – all from a single, personalized device.

Some of the key features include a 2 megapixel camera plus a front facing camera for video calling, 2.6-inch QVGA flat touch screen, internal memory of 256 MB flash and 128 MB RAM, removable memory, Bluetooth and a 1100 mAH battery which offers up to 360 minutes of talk time.

HTC has also announced an additional colour variant and a free, full-screen virtual keypad download for the original HTC Touchwhich is now available in Arctic Silver in addition to the black version launched in June. The virtual keypad will be available via download from the HTC website at www.htc.com/www.mea.htc.com

Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) designs, manufactures and markets innovative, feature rich smartphone and PDA Phone devices. It is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market and is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.