HTC launches Touch2 Windows Phone

by Parm Mann on 2 September 2009, 10:30

Tags: Touch2, HTC (TPE:2498)

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It's supposed to be Nokia's day, but that isn't stopping the folks over at HTC from having a little fun of their own.

The Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones galore has today announced the HTC Touch2, one of the industry's first handsets to feature Microsoft's Windows Phone experience - comprising of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, and services such as My Phone and Windows Marketplace.

The handset itself sports a familiar HTC design, and it's equipped with a touchscreen display that'll make good use of HTC's custom TouchFLO interface.

Although the manufacturer appears to be reluctant to go into detail regarding the Touch2's internal hardware, it adds that users will be able to take full advantage of Microsoft's software with support for Microsoft Exchange, and a re-designed Internet Explorer Mobile that supports Adobe Flash.

There's no mention of pricing just yet, but we're told the HTC Touch2 will first launch on October 6th, with European and Asian availability expected early in Q4.

Official press release: NEW HTC TOUCH2™ SMARTPHONE DELIVERS FULL TOUCH EXPERIENCE

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Posted by DeludedGuy - Wed 02 Sep 2009 10:48
Looks a bit ugly. The Diamond 2 looks better and gets a free upgrade to 6.5.
Posted by alpha channel - Wed 02 Sep 2009 10:53
Where's the design innovation? All we seem to be getting is brick after brick, I want a dual touch screen clam shell (preferably with automatic answer/finish call when you open/close it) that has multiple uses for the screens i.e. a numeric key pad for making calls, a keyboard for texting, a second interactive display, etc…. all we seem to be getting is i-phone clones (some say copying is the most sincere form of flattery it isn't, it's being lazy and that's why it's punished in schools/education). I might even get round to upgrading my (venerable) V620 if something like that was brought out.
Posted by Funkstar - Wed 02 Sep 2009 10:58
dual touch screens in a clamshell is either going to be massive and expensive, or each screen will probably end up too small to be worth it.

it would appear people want large touch screens, there is a limit to what you can do with that design wise.
Posted by Abhik262 - Wed 02 Sep 2009 11:22
please explain how this is an “i-phone” clone…
Posted by alpha channel - Wed 02 Sep 2009 12:36
My comment about the i-phone clone is about the general design. Since the i-phone landed with a nice simple design that isn't cluttered with buttons galore every manufacturer has gone hell bent on trying to replicate the desirability of the i-phone without seemingly understanding what makes the i-phone such a ‘me want’ phone. As such we keep getting the same old designs with minor tweaks and no real design innovation (it's getting to the point that I can't tell the difference between Samsung's latest models without looking at the spec sheet, same goes for LG units for the most part).

As for the clam shell design, you're probably right about the whole size/cost thing, I guess that I'll just have to wait for flexible touch screens to be developed (to get a single continuous screen across the phone).

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