HTC Touch HD: Beastliest Beast On The Block

September 16, 2008 in HTC, Handsets

The HTC Touch Diamond looked sweet. Then the HTC Touch Pro was like… wow. But the latest in HTC’s Touch series - the HTC Touch HD - could be the illest multimedia smartphone in the Milky Way. While yesterday the Touch HD was only a rumor, the product page on HTC.com makes it all official.

The HTC Touch HD is touted as the “ultimate visual experience” and rightfully so… the 3.8″ WVGA screen that incorporates Touch Flo 3D and full HTML browser. The crisp picture and large screen of the Touch HD should make ordinary tasks - like using Google Maps, reading e-mail, watching video, browsing the web - MUCH more enjoyable.

Pictures are a cornerstone of multimedia and the Touch HD’s 5 megapixel camera is a nice upgrade from the 2-3 MP camera you see standard on feature phones. Combine the iPhone-like Touch Flow gallery browsing and this thing could be REALLY cool as a digital camera. We wish more folks would try to squeeze in an optical zoom, which this phone doesn’t have, but we understand the complications of cramming too much on the spec sheet.

Speaking of Spec Sheet:

Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7201A™ 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
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
Display 3.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:

  • Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
  • Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

  • 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control
  • HTC TouchFLO™ 3D
  • Touch-sensitive front panel buttons
GPS GPS and A-GPS ready
Connectivity 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)
Camera Main camera: 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio Built-in 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker, and FM radio
Ring tone formats:

  • AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV
  • 40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 1350 mAh

Talk time:

  • Up to 390 minutes for WCDMA
  • Up to 310 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

  • Up to 450 hours for WCDMA
  • Up to 390 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 120 minutes

(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

That’s snagged directly from http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=64796 - so consider those specs rock hard.

A couple other sweet details that we should point out about the Touch HD:

  • Its got a front facing camera for video calls!
  • Its got a 3.5 mm headphone jack - thank you
  • Quadband, 3G speeds

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

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  1. what carriers will this be on??      by 8ttype4
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