HTC also announced the European launch of the HTC Touch Dual (Initial reports called it the HTC Touch Slide). 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 thin and narrow device designed for easy typing.
Powered by a 400MHz Qualcomm processor and Windows Mobile 6 Professional, it comes with tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and single-band HSDPA connectivity, 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM, a 2.6-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a 2MP camera, a 2MP camera and front-facing VGA camera and a microSD slot. Depending on country and operator choice, it will come with either a 12 or 20-key keypad.
The HTC Touch Dual will be available later this month in Europe with Orange already confirmed as the first carrier for the UK, France, Romania, Switzerland and Poland.