HTC Corp

HTC Corp. today announced the launch of the HTC Touch Dual, a new and more powerful member of the Touch family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek
and innovative sliding keypad design.

"New device expands Touch family with addition of 3G/HSDPA connectivity, sliding keypad and advanced touch interface that takes Touch to new level."

The HTC Touch Dual follows HTC's heritage of bringing a new level of simplicity to the powerful and feature rich device experience that today's mobile users demand. Taking a design cue from the stylish HTC Touch, the HTC Touch Dual adds high speed 3G/HSDPA connectivity and a slide out keypad into a slim and slender device designed for easy typing.

The HTC Touch Dual is the second device to feature HTC's TouchFLO, the same gesture-recognition technology as that in the HTC TouchT, but now with new functionality, including the ability to view photo slideshows using on-screen controls and to zoom and rotate images with only a hand. TouchFLO also allows enhanced finger touch scrolling and browsing of web pages, documents, messages and contact lists.

"We are excited to partner with Singtel to bring this device to the Singapore market. The HTC Touch Dual expands the HTC Touch product family and integrates 3.5G connectivity and a sliding keyboard into a slim and stylish design. This combination provides customers with the most uncompromising and intuitive touch experience available on a phone," said Jack Tong, Vice President of HTC Asia. "The HTC Touch has not only changed the way people interact with their phone but it has redefined what touch means on a consumer device. HTC is committed to bringing advanced levels of technology to consumers with continuous innovation. The HTC Touch Dual is the next step forward."

"We are happy to be partnering HTC and are very proud to distribute exclusively this new device to bring better value to all our customers. The launch of HTC Touch Dual enables customers to use our 3G/HSDPA network for faster downloads and a richer multimedia experience" said SingTel's Executive Vice President of Consumer, Mr Quek Peck Leng.

Featuring a robust QualcommR MSM7200 chip running at 400MHz, the HTC Touch Dual with Windows Mobile software offers a rich and familiar experience that will enable users to stay connected and access the people, information and entertainment - most important to them - all from a single, personalized device.