I don’t know why you wouldn’t want a device with a touch screen, but it seems the demand is out there. Now what impresses me, a 530 Mhz processor, and get this 256 Mb of ram, to qualify that, a quarter of a Gig of RAM. and this is in a non touch screen, Windows Mobile Standard device. That RAM tops the Diamond and the Touch Pro.
But Wait There’s More,

This is a unique device sporting a normal 12 Key phone input keyboard, and a slide out QWERTY as well.

From the press release:

The S740 follows the sleek design of HTC’s hit consumer handset, the HTC Touch Diamond. This slim smartphone features the same polished black facetted back, a 2.4 inch QVGA display and slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Key HTC S740 product specifications:

• Size: 116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm
• Weight: 140g with battery
• Networks: WCDMA/HSDPA: 900/2100 MHz for EU and Asia
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Maximum speed: UL = 384 kbps; DL = 3.6/7.2 Mbps**
• Operating system: Windows Mobile^® 6.1 Standard
• Display: 2.4-inch QVGA screen
• Camera: 3.2 megapixel with fixed focus
• Internal memory: 256 MB flash; 256 MB RAM
• Memory card: microSD^™
• WLAN: 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth^®: 2.0 with EDR
• GPS: GPS/AGPS
• Interface: HTC ExtUSB^™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
• Battery: 1000 mAh
• Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 320 minutes*** / GSM: Up to 380 minutes***         
• Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 400 hours*** / GSM: Up to 280 hours***
• Special features: Sliding QWERTY keyboard, FM radio, Google Maps, RSS Hub
• Chipset: Qualcomm^® MSM7225, 528 MHz

Thats it! The S740 is expected to makes its way across Europe in September 2008.

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