HTC readies Touch 3G, Touch Viva
updated 12:20 pm EDT, Mon September 15, 2008
HTC Touch 3G and Viva
Following its low-key posting of the Touch HD, HTC today has also tipped its hand regarding two more conventional touchscreen phones. The Touch 3G is a direct sequel to the original Touch with a slightly slimmer design and its namesake 3G Internet access over HSDPA. It also brings a sharper 3.2-megapixel camera and GPS but is separated from the Touch Diamond by its lower-resolution 240x320 screen, the absence of Wi-Fi and a dependence on microSDHC cards.
The Diamond's newer TouchFLO interface appears intact but with less detail, reflecting the simpler display.
Black, blue, brown and gold versions of the Touch 3G will be available in October and will primarily land in Europe. It's not known whether the device fully supports North America, though the Diamond and past examples have often launched with only 2G in the US and Canada but later released with full network access.
The Touch Viva is considered the budget entry and is functionally closer to the first Touch with the absence of HSDPA and a lower-resolution two-megapixel camera. It sports GPS and Wi-Fi and uses microSDHC for content. HTC is prepping the Viva for October and ships it in a solitary gray color scheme. [via Pocket-lint]
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Just got it
09/15, 01:44pm reply
Well, since AT&T isn't an option for me, I just took possession of an HTC Touch 6900 about 5 minutes ago. While it's not an iPhone by any stretch, it's proving to be pretty impressive. I love the size of it and the fact that you can use a normal USB cable with it is beautiful.
bjojade
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Normal USB??
09/15, 03:00pm reply
What do you mean by "Normal" USB. This does not have a 6 pin to 6 pin USB cable. This has a 6 pin to 4 pin USB. Not sure i would call that standard. And looking at the shape of the 4 pin on the USB shows it to be the 4 pin type that Sprint typically uses which is hard to find in the third-party community.
That phone also has no working GPS... it will not be available until a so-called Rev. A update. When will that come out? Sprint is horrible at getting working updates released and then you usually have to go into a Sprint store to get the update. And don't even get me started on what all that entails.
jhawk95
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WinMo - Yawn
09/15, 03:38pm reply
Meh, just another kludgey Windows Mobile phone... Wake me when they make one with an OS worth using. This would be a sweet Android or LiMo phone, once those OS are ready for primetime...
WiseWeasel
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Re: Normal USB
09/15, 04:00pm reply
Yeah, it doesn't look like a standard USB cable, but a HTC ExtUSB™ connector (whatever that is). And lest we forget, the iPhone uses a non-standard cable too, but that's neither here nor there.
My RAZR is nice in that I can use a standard 4-pin USB cable, which is a standard spec and works with all the cables I tried it with.
Although for file transfer, Bluetooth is quick and easy and doesn't require a cable.
testudo
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