WM6 HTC Touch launches (Finger Gesture Touchscreen)
As anticipated. HTC launches today the HTC Touch.
The details: the HTC Touch features a technology called TouchFLO that allows you to operate the smart phone just by swiping your finger on the device’s 2.8-inch, 65,536-color touch screen.
The motions are preprogrammed to perform certain actions. For example, swiping your thumb in an upward motion launches a page where you can access contacts, media, or applications; sweeping left to right rotates through the various functions; while you can close out of apps by swiping downward. In addition, the screen knows the difference between the touch of a stylus and your finger and will act accordingly, and there’s a new HTC-designed home screen where you can get one-touch access to your messages, calendar, contacts, and weather conditions.
Aside from the advanced touch screen, the Touch is certainly small with 3.9″L x 2.3″W x 0.5″D and weighing 3.9 ounces. ( a la Rio Carbon MP3 player).
HTC says the Touch is targeted more toward consumers who want to make the leap from a regular cell phone to a smart phone. Oh yes, this is a full-blown smart phone. It runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition and has support for push e-mail, integrated Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP supported) and Wi-Fi, a microSD slot, and 128MB ROM/64MB RAM. It’s also equipped with a 2-megapixel camera and is rated for 5 hours of talk time and up to 8 days of standby time. While today’s announcement was for the U.K., the HTC Touch is expected to cross the pond and ship in the United States during the second half of the year, pricing and carrier have not yet been determined.
[Read more and watch the Flash demo HTCTouch]
More Videos After the jump….
Video: Introduction to HTC Touch
Video: HTC Touch Promotional Video
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Arne Hess from the::unwired.net posted video review of the interface here:
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3899