This morning HTC announced the Touch Cruise, the third product in the Touch line-up. The Touch Cruise is the first Touch device to feature a built-in GPS receiver and TomTom Navigator 6 software for convenient navigation. The Touch Cruise also features a large 2.8″ touchscreen display and HTC’s TouchFlo technology, which allows users to control the handset with their fingertips.
The HTC Touch Cruise is based on Windows Mobile 6 Professional, which makes it a breeze to synchronize with Microsoft Outlook. The Touch Cruise is well connected thanks to quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) support and tri-band WCDMA (850/1900/2100MHz) support. Data travels to the Touch Cruise via HSDPA or the built-in WiFi support. Bluetooth 2.0 is also included in this 130g (4.6oz) smartphone.
This smartphone does not have a normal phone keypad, but does sport dedicated end/send keys, as well as shortcut keys to the TomTom GPS application and Pocket Internet Explorer. A 3.0 megapixel camera with autofocus is located on the back of the Touch Cruise, and a front-facing VGA camera is available for video calling (where supported). The Touch Cruise features 256MB of internal memory, with a microSD memory card slot for expanded memory.
The HTC Touch Cruise is set to be available in November 2007, though pricing information has not been released.
| Specifications for the HTC Touch Cruise | |
| Band | GSM 800/900/1800/1900MHz UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz |
| Data | GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/WiFi |
| Size | 110mm x 58mm x 15.5mm (4.3″ x 2″ x 0.6″) |
| Weight | 130g (4.6oz) |
| Battery Life | Up to 18.75 days (GSM) standby time Up to 16.6 days (WCDMA) standby time |
| Up to 7 hours (GSM) talk time Up to 4 hours (WCDMA) talk time |
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| Main Display | 2.8″ TFT color, touch-screen |
| Camera | 3.0 megapixel with autofocus, 2nd VGA camera for video calls |
| Video | Video capture/playback/calling |
| Messaging | MMS/SMS/IM |
| POP/IMAP/SMTP | |
| Bluetooth | v2.0 |
| Memory | 256MB internal, microSD card slot |
| Availability | November 2007 |
| Other | Speakerphone, FM radio, GPS navigation, MP3 player, 802.11b/g |
Source: HTC Touch Cruise with GPS Announced
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