Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has recently released the next generation handset in its popular Touch series – the HTC Touch 2. It is the first HTC smartphone to use the Windows platform with the new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS tailor fitted with the renowned HTC TouchFLO user interface.
Smarter Features
The new platform affords HTC fans new features long awaited in Windows-based mobile phones. It’s all about accessing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile online site that allows you unlimited downloads to suitable apps, games and media-rich files. In addition, you get the Microsoft My Phone service which enables HTC handsets to sync with photos, music and video files online as well as create automatic phone back-ups.
Delivering new features, the HTC Touch 2 expands the HTC Touch line of smartphones that have virtually all the functionality you need to stay in touch with your office, social networking friends, get entertained and do you messaging while on the road. It’s TouchFLO user interface includes a one-touch instant access to your Twitter, Facebook, Google Apps, YouTube, weather updates and your other often used application on the phone.
Its Windows Mobile 6.5 platform allows you to experience its powerful browsing and emailing capabilities complete with the facility to sync with MS Exchange as well as manage multiple email client accounts. A re-designed Internet Explorer Mobile browser display desktop-quality web pages with a zoom bar that reflows text, pan and zoom screen displays.
Of course, it still retains the many features that make the HTC brand a popular versatile mobile phone, like sporting a large 2.8: inch QVGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, 3.5mm jack, multimedia players, Wi-Fi and a generous 256 MB memory expandable through its microSD expansion slot.
Availability
The Touch 2 handset is expected to arrive in the market within the last quarter of 2009 starting this October 6th with European and Asian markets coming online. No information yet on pricing.
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