September 15, 2008 1 Comment

HTC Touch HD: Officially Announced!

I had written about the Touch HD photos being leaked some days ago. Well, it seems the rumor tag is finally off the Touch HD - The device has been officially announced! Also, I had written in the same post that the Touch HD might have a 3.2″ screen. Well, it doesn’t. Instead (brace yourself), it has a 3.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution!! Did I mention the 5 MP Camera?? Take THAT, iP….

The official list of specifications:

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

I wonder when the Touch HD will be made available to us Indian users. I’m speculating again: Expected Price Tag: approximately INR 38,000/- (initially at launch), might reduce to INR 34,000/- after about 2 months. Likely Operator: AIRTEL, if HTC decides to launch it locked.

Drooling already??

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