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HTC iPhone-killer unveils a worthy alternative

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HTC unveils rival to Apple’s iPhone

HTC,a fast growing Taiwanese handset manufacturer, unveiled in London its new flagship product, the HTC Touch Diamond, a product that is widely expected to pose a challenge Apple’s iPhone.

Introducing the device that promises one-touch access to a number of features, including the mobile web, photos and music among others Peter Chou, president and CEO of HTC, declared 2008 the year of the mobile internet, and said his company, a relatively new player in the mobile telecommunications technology sector, was poised for another phase of rapid growth with the innovative phone.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the compact touch screen device — the latest update of HTC’s Touch smartphone line that has sold more than 3 million units worldwide since last June — features a revamped TouchFlo 3D interface. With a 2.8 inch display that allows users to zoom in on content with the touch wheel or tilt it by turning it on its side, the phone is a mere 11.5 mm thick, making it even thinner than the iPhone, and includes a 3.2 megapixel camera and 4 GB of storage.

HTC chief marketing officer John Wang said the new device runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, comes with 4 GB of internal storage with 256 MB flash and 192 MB RAM and runs on a Qualcomm MSM 7201A , 528MHz chipset. Other features include Bluetooth with EDR, minUSB, integrated GPS and Wi-Fi and 900 mAh battery which claims to offer a 4-hours standby talk-time on GSM.

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HTC P3470 combine GPS and Windows Mobile

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HTC Corp P3470 the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile smart devices comes with GPS

At just 108mm tall, the HTC P3470 offers unbeatable value as one of the most compact devices in HTC’s portfolio, featuring a broad range of functionality that today’s consumers desire.
The HTC P3470 enables an easy to use and simple interface for accessing web pages, documents, messages, contact lists and more.
The HTC P3470 features Copilot software, the best sat-nav solution for phones.
The intuitive interface, clear instructions and easy call handling make it the ideal software navigation solution for the P3470.
The touch interface and large 2.8 inch screen ensure the AGPS-enabled sat-nav is easy to use.
“Phones with satellite navigation capabilities are witnessing increasing demand in the Middle East, even as mobile penetration rates continue to rise steadily,” said Kevin Chen, General Manager, HTC Middle East and Africa and CIS. “The HTC P3470 integrates GPS-location into an innovative and high-powered phone that brings location-based experiences to customers looking for power and affordability. We are very pleased to announce this addition to the product portfolio, continuing our commitment to provide an option for every user”.

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HTC HSDPA Diamond checked!!

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Next Tuesday HTC is holding a London press conference where attendees can ‘witness the next wave of HTC innovation’.

HTC is already down in the books as being a member of the Open Handset Alliance scheme with Google, and will be releasing an Android handset later this year apparently, however it’s looking likely next Tuesday will usher in the Diamond model, a 2.8″ touchscreen HSDPA mobile, the first of the HTC clan to run on Windows Mobile 6.1.

How do we know all of this? Thanks to HTC’s Financial Executive Cheng Hui-ming, who spoke to the Taipei Times and actually named the handset as being “the most important product for HTC this year”. Whether that’s a slip of the tongue, or HTC won’t be releasing their Android offering this year after all, remains to be seen.

Also confirmed are some of the internal specs, including WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, 4GB of internal memory plus an impressive (for a smartphone) 3.2-megapixel camera. As you can see from the blurry pixellated image above that was leaked to Engadget, gone are the curves of the Touch mobile, in place is a seriously impressive screen, and omitted QWERTY keyboard.

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HTC P3470 India launched

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The GPS-equipped Windows Mobile smartphone is an all-touchscreen device with large screen and easy to use navigation wheel. Microsoft Outlook and other Office Mobile products are naturally pre-installed to help mobile professionals be more productive while on-the-go. Plus, a number of available third-party apps can further expand the functionality of the HTC P3470.

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178M Touch Screen Phones to Ship by 2011

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Attendees of last week’s CTIA Wireless event saw major mobile phone makers like Sony Ericcson, Samsung and LG all tout new touch-screen-based devices. By 2011, handset makers will ship some 178 million phones with touch screens according to new predictions from Multimedia Intelligence, a market research firm. Compare that to the "rounding error" touch devices represented in the context of the entire handset market in 207, in which 1.12 billion devices were shipped, and you see a very significant jump.

One major catalyst for this change: Nine months ago, Apple took the entire mobile industry by storm when it released the iPhone. Apple’s first smartphone, based on its innovative and easy to use touch screen user interface (UI), already has made the company the number three smartphone maker in the world based on sales, according to research company Canalys. And it only sells one device, compared to the dozens of devices sold by its rivals, like Nokia and Research In Motion, numbers one and two in the market, currently offer.

Though handsets with touch screens had been available for years from companies like Palm and HTC–Apple even offered a PDA called the Newton throughout the 1990s–none had combined touch screen tech that doesn’t require the use of a stylus with such a simple and innovative UI.

With the iPhone’s success in the market–Canalys says Apple sold some 2.3 million units through Q4 2007–came a huge consumer appetite for touch screen tech, and Apple’s competitors have been quick to try to meet that demand.

Before CTIA, HTC debuted devices like the T-Mobile Wing and Sprint Touch, both of which have touch screens. LG released the touch-based Voyager. Palm’s Pilot and Treo devices, which have been around for years, have all featured touch screens. GPS maker Garmin plans to release a touch-based smartphone. And even BlackBerry-maker RIM is rumored to be working on a touch screen device.

At last week’s show, Sony Ericcson showed off its Windows Mobile-based XPERIA device, which has both a touch screen and a slider keyboard, not unlike the one found on T-Mobile’s popular Sidekick device. Then Samsung surprised the crowds with an iPhone lookalike called the Instinct, which will be available soon from Sprint. And LG showed off the Vu device with its touch screen and AT&T mobile TV support.

And the growing trend won’t likely stop at handset makers. AT&T recently said it would soon staring using Microsoft’s Surface desktop PC, which is users control by touching its large surface touch screen.

Panasonic recently unveiled a digital camera with a touch screen UI

And iSuppli recently predicted that global shipment revenue for cutting-edge touch-screen technologies will rise to $4.4 billion by 2012, up from $2.4 billion in 2006.

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Touchscreen Mobile Phone boom

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Shipments of touchscreen handsets will hit 178 million by 2011, according to new research.

The touch-screen craze that started with the iPhone last year is set to spread from what MultiMedia Intelligence calls a ’rounding error’ to an impressive 178 million units at the start of the next decade.
As big name vendors like Nokia (N96), Sony Ericsson (Xperia), LG (Vu) and HTC (Touch Dual) bring touchy-feely devices to market, the research company says the segment is primed to explode.
Frank Dickson, chief research officer at MultiMedia Intelligence, said: "The touch screen interface is here to stay as it is a tremendous innovation in handsets.

However, it is not perfect. It is not ideal for all usage paradigms. Qwerty keyboards, sliders, and plain, old standard keyboards have their fans as well. Additionally, touch screens add considerable expense of the handset bill of materials."

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Android on the run

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Where’s Android?

Google’s Android was the star at the mobile industry’s last big conference, February’s Mobile World Congress. Now, during the first week of April, as the industry gears up for CTIA Wireless, its major U.S. event, Android is a no-show. High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), the Taiwan-based maker that says it will roll out an Android phone later this year, will be at the show, but is keeping its Android plans under wraps.

Android is part of the company’s broader strategy to increase its sales and brand recognition in North America. To achieve that, HTC, which has manufactured cellphones and portable devices since 2002 but often sold them under other brands, like Palm ,is launching its first U.S. ad campaign, investing in high-end touch-screen phones, and moving into ultra-mobile computers.

As a founding member of Google’s Open Handset Alliance (OHA), a group of companies dedicated to promoting Android, HTC has been working on the project since last year.

That doesn’t make HTC a shoo-in, however. Other OHA members, including Samsung and LG, are also gunning for the honor of making the first Android-based phone. Jason Mackenzie, vice president of HTC America, believes his firm is still in the lead. "I believe we’ll be first to market. We feel very comfortable in that claim," he says.

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iPhone-like device from Sprint

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Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it is betting heavily on a touch-screen phone that appears to be the closest thing the U.S. market has seen to Apple Inc.’s vaunted iPhone.

The Samsung Instinct will be available in June for a yet undetermined price, Sprint announced at CTIA Wireless, a cell-phone industry trade show in Las Vegas. Executives hinted that the price would be substantially lower than the $399 for the cheapest iPhone.

Sprint, which has been losing subscribers, will spend $150 million to advertise the Instinct when it launches, compared with $30 million for a typical product introduction, according to David Owens, the company’s director of devices.

Like the iPhone, the Instinct lacks a keypad and has just a few buttons. Most of the functions are accessed by touching the screen.

A few touch-screen phones appeared on the U.S. market last holiday season, after the iPhone’s debut in June.

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HTC debut in Cairo ICT forum fully loaded

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HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; “HTC”), the world’s leading provider of Microsoft® Windows Mobile®-based smart devices, has announced that it is making its debut in the Cairo ICT 2008 forum that will be held from February 24-27 at the Cairo International Conference Center (CICC). HTC, which is keen on leveraging the reach and popularity of one of the region’s biggest ICT exhibitions to establish its presence in the high potential Egyptian market, will be showcasing its whole range of mobility devices at the event.
HTC’s product line up will be headlined by its Touch range, which includes the HTC Touch and the HTC Touch Dual. These two devices use HTC’s revolutionary TouchFLO™ touch-screen technology, which allows finger-touch scrolling, panning, and photo zooming. The company will also introduce to the Egyptian market its latest Smart mobile device offering, the TyTYN II, which packs all the power of Windows Mobile® 6 into a unique new form factor, continuing HTC’s 10-year heritage of innovation in device design. Featuring high speed HSDPA connectivity and an innovative tilting touch screen, this device is the ultimate mobile companion.

Another new entrant to Egypt will be the HTC Shift, which has an innovative QWERTY-based keyboard design and 3G-connectivity, comes with Windows Vista Business, includes a brilliant 7-inch widescreen touch display and a 40-gigabyte hard drive. Packed with advanced connectivity, the HTC Shift features high-speed global connectivity with Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA, Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. The device leverages Windows Media Player 11 to provide easy access to music, videos and photos.

Kevin Chen, General Manager, HTC Middle East and Africa and CIS, said, “We are excited to debut at Cairo ICT, which is one of the most eagerly awaited ICT exhibitions in the Middle East and North Africa region. We see the event as an ideal platform to strengthen our market presence in North Africa, especially in Egypt, which is among the first countries in Africa to launch 3G mobile services. We look forward to making the most of the networking opportunities at Cairo ICT 2008, to establish ties with potential partners and building relations with existing ones.”
HTC’s groundbreaking devices represent the latest in mobile convergence for both consumer and enterprise audiences, and underline HTC’s commitment to developing innovative, appealing and category-defining form factors and applications. HTC has designed, manufactured and marketed smart devices for the last 10 years, and is the world leader in PDAs and smartphones. HTC is well known in the industry as the company behind many of the most popular operator-branded devices.
HTC has a reputed partner network in Egypt. HTC has partnered with Jovitronix as their distributor in Egypt. HTC devices are available with all major retailers such as Axiom, Raya, i2, Virgin Megastore, Mobile Shop, and leading telecom operators Mobinil, Vodafone and Etisalat.
Cairo ICT 2008 will be held under the theme ‘The M Power,’ relating to Mobility, Media, Money and Management. New sectors are joining Cairo ICT for the first time this year including a big representation of the banking and financial services sector as well as real estate services and investment. Different government bodies will participate this year in addition to a huge representation of retailers from several Egyptian governorates.

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HTC Shift wireless mini PC by Orange

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Mobile communications firm Orange is planning to offer UK businesses the latest device from HTC, known as Shift, which includes a seven-inch touch screen mobile computer.

The Shift is smaller and lighter than a laptop, with mobile data connectivity.

It has a seven-inch touch screen that “slides and tilts” to the perfect viewing angle, said Orange. It also has a full Qwerty keyboard.

Users can switch between Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Windows Vista, said Orange.

The device supports 3G/3G+ and Wi-Fi. The Shift also comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office in Vista mode, enabling users to download, view and edit Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint documents.

It comes with a 30GB hard-drive, large enough for most mobile offices.

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