Reviewed June 10, 2008 by Lisa Gade, Editor in Chief
Say hello to my little friend: the HTC Touch Dual North American version. It's small, it's soft-touch cuddly, yet it packs the power of Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, 3G HSDPA for the US and a slide-out 20 key QWERTY keyboard that uses predictive text. At 400MHz it has the power to keep up, and there's ample RAM to keep things moving smoothly. It runs HTC's TouchFLO user interface, let's call it TouchFLO 2.0 because it has new features since TouchFLO first debuted on the GSM HTC Touch, and it's had the kinks worked out. While the recently released (overseas) HTC Touch Diamond may have stolen some of new US Touch Dual's thunder with its even fancier and sexier TouchFLO 3D interface and shiny, slim good looks; the Touch Dual US model is the one folks here can actually put to better use now. Why? Because the Touch Dual is a quad band GSM phone that supports all US bands unlike the Diamond, and because the Dual has US 3G while the Diamond doesn't. And while TouchFLO 3D shows great promise, it's slower than TouchFLO "classic" on the Dual-- call it growing pains.
HTC recently unveiled the next generation of mobile smartphones, called the HTC Touch Pro. The HTC Touch Pro is similar in form and factor to the Touch Diamond except is has a slide out keyboard and TouchFlo 3D.
The HTC Touch Pro will be available to all major European, Asian, and Middle East markets in the late summer. And later this year (towards the end of 2008), in North American and Latin American markets.
For more information: Source: Pocket PC Thoughts