Introducing the New Touch HD From HTC

Posted by: dgoldring on Sep 15 2008

Earlier today, HTC announced three new phones: The Touch HD, Touch 3G and Touch Viva Overseas.  All are expected to hit the stores this fall.  The first of these phones, the HTC Touch HD features a killer 3.8 inch WVGA screen for Internet browsing, entertainment, and gaming.  Click the jump for all the exciting details.

[image courtesy of Clinton Fitch (dot)com]

The HTC Touch HD features the largest screen of the Touch line, perfect for surfing the Internet, playing games, or watching the latest videos.   In addition to the 3.8 inch WVGA screen, it also offers a whopping 5 megapixel camera, placing it well at the front of the class for all of your photographic inspiration.  Like all new phones in the Touch line, it also features the brand new TouchFlo 3D user interface.

New to the Touch HD, however, is a 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack.  Frequent readers know that one of my biggest pet peeves with HTC has been the external 2.5 mm jack.  So, the addition of a 3.5 mm jack will not only make the phone much more user friendly, but also sends a clear signal from HTC that they are aware of and addressing user complaints.

Complete specs include:

• Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
• Weight: 146.4 grams/5.164 oz with battery
• Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHzWCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO 3D with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
• Display: 3.8 inch Wide Screen VGA screen (480 x 800 WVGA)
• Camera: 5.0 megapixel with auto focus – Second Camera: VGA
• Internal memory: 512 MB flash; 288 MB RAM
• Memory card: microSD™ memory card (SDHC™ capable)
• 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: 1350 mAh
• Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 390 minutes*** / GSM: Up to 310 minutes***
• Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 450 hours*** / GSM: Up to 390 hours***
• Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7201a™ 528 MHz

The HTC Touch HD is expected to be available throughout Europe toward in the 4th quarter of 2008 (mental note, quarter four begins in October which is only weeks away).  No word on pricing or availability here in the United States.

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