HTC Touch

HTC Touch
Manufacturer High Tech Computer Corporation
Slogan Experience a new sensation
Series HTC Touch family
Compatible networks Tri band GSM / GPRS (Class 10) / EDGE, GSM 900/1800/1900, CDMA
Availability by country June 2007
Successor HTC Touch2
Related HTC Touch Dual
Type PDA Phone
Dimensions 99.9x58x13.9 mm
Weight 112 g (including battery)
Operating system Windows Mobile 6.0, upgrades to 6.1 available via some carriers, 6.5 available via modded ROMS
CPU TI OMAP 850 201 MHz (GSM Touch), MSM7500 400MHz (CDMA Vogue)
Memory 128 MB internal flash
64 MB SDRAM (GSM Touch), 256 MB internal flash
128 MB SDRAM (CDMA Vogue)
Removable storage Micro SD Card
(SD 2.0 compatible)
Battery Rechargeable 1100 mAh Li-ion battery, up to 200 hr standby, 5 hr talk time
Data inputs Touchscreen
Display 65k-color QVGA (320x240 px), 2.8 in, TFT LCD
Rear camera 2.0-megapixel CMOS color
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 802.11b/g, Mini-USB

The HTC Touch, also known as the HTC P3450 or its codename the HTC Elf or the HTC Vogue for the CDMA variant, is a Windows Mobile 6-powered Pocket PC designed and manufactured by HTC. Its main, unique feature is a user interface named TouchFLO[1] that detects a sweeping motion and can distinguish between a finger and a stylus. TouchFLO incorporates stylus-free access to a music player, a photo album, a video player and a picture-based contact book. The global launch of the Touch was in Leicester Square, London, on 5 June 2007,[2] and the phone was initially available in two colours: black and green.[3] The carrier bound names for this phone include Verizon Wireless XV6900, T-Mobile MDA Touch, O2 XDA Nova, Okta Touch and Vodafone VPA Touch.[4]

In November 2007, HTC started to sell an "Enhanced" Touch, also known as the HTC P3452 or its codename the HTC Elfin, with double the RAM and ROM of the original version (128 MB and 256 MB respectively).[5] The newer version is also available in two new colors: white and burgundy.[3]

Sales

HTC shipped 1 million units within 5 months of the launch,[6] and shipped another million in the following 6 months.[7]

Features

A T-Mobile MDA Touch running WM 6.1
A Verizon Vogue running WM 6.5

HTC Vogue

The CDMA version of the Touch, known as the "HTC Vogue" or the "HTC P3050", has double the RAM and ROM of the original Touch, a faster 400 MHz processor (QualComm MSM7500),[8] and a faster over the air data capability, but no Wi-Fi.[9][10] This is sold under the name Okta Touch by Telecom in New Zealand. Also sold as the "HTC Touch" through Sprint Nextel[11] and Alltel[12] and as the "XV6900" through Verizon Wireless[13] in the United States; as the "HTC Touch" by Bell Mobility[14] and Telus Mobility[15] in Canada; and through Raya and i2 Mobile in Egypt.[16]

Operating system upgrades

The Windows Mobile version is upgradable, to 6.5.* via ROMs from XDA-Developers website.[17]

Linux and Android conversions

Linux and Android operating systems are being ported to these phones. Vogue Linux runs on the HTC Vogue.[18] Wing Linux, an Android version, is in development and available via ROMS, from xda-developers website.[19] Android versions through 2.3 (Gingerbread) have been successfully ported to the CDMA (Vogue) version of the Touch.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hess, Arne (2007-06-05). "video, HTC TouchFLO Touch Screen Experience". the::unwired.
  2. ↑ "HTC Touch Delivers New Touch Screen Experience", HTC Corp. (press release), 5 June 2007
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hess, Arne (2007-11-16). "HTC introduces new HTC Touch colors and upgrades memory". the::unwired.
  4. ↑ PDAdb.net - Devices with the codename Elf
  5. ↑ PDAdb.net - HTC Touch P3452 - Enhanced Version (HTC Elfin 100) Specs
  6. ↑ HTC Touch Diamond shipments to reach the one million mark this month
  7. ↑ "Sales projection boosted to 3 million for HTC Touch Diamond". Phones Review. 2008-05-29.
  8. ↑ "HTC Touch: Specification". HTC. Archived from the original on 2008-11-12.
  9. ↑ Karp, Josh (17 August 2007). "HTC Vogue/Touch coming to Sprint". Boy Genius Report. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  10. ↑ "HTC Touch P3050 (HTC Vogue 100) Detailed Specs | Technical Datasheet". PDAdb.net. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  11. ↑ "HTC Touch Support". Sprint. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  12. ↑ "Alltel Wireless Home - Alltel Wireless". Alltel. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
  13. ↑ "Set Your Location". Verizon Wireless. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  14. ↑ "HTC Touch Dual". Bell Mobility. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.
  15. ↑ "HTC Touch". Telus Mobility. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15.
  16. ↑ "About Us". I2-mobile.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  17. ↑ ONYX: Windows Mobile 6.1 & 6.5 ROMs
  18. ↑ Vogue Linux
  19. ↑ XDA-Dev forum
  20. ↑ "Touch CDMA Android Development - xda-developers". Forum.xda-developers.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.

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