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HTC Touch HD [YAIK!!!]



YAIK - Yet Another iPhone Killer


HTC's newest shot accross the iPhone bow is the HTC Touch HD which started to make it's appearance last week is now official on HTC's site. This touch-centric device is clearly designed to subvert the iPhone. Here's some specs and some images of the Touch HD.

3.8in TFT 800x480 WVGA flushed touch screen
Qualcomm® MSM 7201A™ 528 MHz
RAM: 288Mb
ROM: 512Mb
HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Dimensions: 115 mm x 62.8 mm x 12 mm (4.35 in x 2.5 in x 0.47 in)
Weight: 146.4 grams (5.164 ounces) with battery
Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
Built-in 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker, and FM radio
Battery: 1350 mAh
microSDHC
5MP AF / 0.3MP Camera
FM Radio, G-Sensor
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

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What's Hot:
3.8in 800x480 WVGA
3.5mm Stereo jack
528MHz Processor
5MP Camera
What's Not:
No Flash for the camera
No Internal Storage
WM Pro 6.1 [this should at least have WM7... MS where is WM7?]
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HTC HD Page
vs iPhone c/o mobifrance
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I don't think this is the device for me. I am still not prepared to loose the hardware QWERTY keyboard. I don't understand why HTC cannot put a decent photo assist flash on their new devices some of their past models had it. I also don't understand why they are not putting in integrated storage with these it clearly is designed to compete with the iPhone. Windows Mobile 7 has to bring more to the table so that the OS will be ready for the future which I believe is in mobile devices.

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