Available exclusively on Airtel
New Delhi (INDIA) - HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; "HTC"), a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond™. Delivering unmistakable style and meticulous craftsmanship the HTC Touch Diamond is defined by its compact size, game-changing Internet and its new captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFLO™ 3D. The Touch Diamond™ will be exclusively available on Bharti Airtel, India's leading telecommunication services provider.
Mr. Ajay Sharma, Country Manager, HTC (India) said, "We are proud to launch the HTC Touch Diamond™ for our valued customers in India. The Touch Diamond™, HTC's new flagship product, packs diverse functionalities into an attractive form factor with consummate ease. It is indeed a phenomenal innovation from HTC and we are extremely positive about its response in India."
"Today we mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at high wireless speeds," said Peter Chou, President and CEO, HTC Corp. "The HTC Touch Diamond will make browsing the Web and using Web-enabled applications just as practical and easy to use as making calls."
A New Dimension To Touch
HTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with the introduction of its new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, HTC is introducing a new innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with Touch Diamond.
Making The Mobile Internet Fun
With the introduction of the Touch Diamond, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes high data speeds. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they were designed. As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view. In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Diamond includes a customized new, HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content.
Unmatched Style and Size
The Touch Diamond is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user's hand without compromising on features or functionality. Blending contrasting design elements of metal and unique geometric facets, the Touch Diamond complements a user's personal style.
Bursting with Innovation
The Touch Diamond delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality that set a new standard for integrating mobile phone innovation into a small package. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful Web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera includes an optical auto-focus lens that insures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Diamond experience a stand out.
Availability & Pricing:
The HTC Touch™ will be available through Airtel in top 25 cities across the country at a Market Operating Price of Rs. 27,500.00 (inclusive of all taxes) and all authorized HTC resellers.
About HTC:
Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) designs, manufactures and markets innovative, feature rich smartphone and PDA Phone devices. Since its establishment, HTC has developed strong R&D capabilities, pioneered many new designs and product innovations and launched state-of-the-art PDA Phones and smartphones for mobile operators and distributors in Europe, the US, and Asia. These machines are available as HTC devices and as products individually customized for operator and device partners. HTC is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit
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Navigation at your fingertips with a stylish and powerful phone with TouchFLO? technology and featuring integrated GPS. New Delhi (India) - HTC Corporation (TAIEX: 2498; "HTC"), the world's leading provider of Microsoft® Windows Mobile® smart devices, today launched the HTC Touch Cruise?, the third member of the HTC Touch product family and the first to feature built-in GPS for personal navigation. Building on the popularity of the HTC Touch?, and the HTC Touch Dual?, the HTC Touch Cruise also includes the HSDPA wireless connectivity.
Users on the move will easily be able to interact with the HTC Touch Cruise's navigation functionality and can take advantage of HTC's TouchFLO? technology, which enhances finger touch scrolling and browsing of web pages, documents, messages and contact lists, controlled by simply sweeping a finger across the screen. TouchFLO also offers the ability to view photos and photo slideshows using on-screen controls and to zoom and rotate images with only one hand.
Stylish and sleek in design, the HTC Touch Cruise comes in Black Sapphire and is a further illustration of HTC's commitment to innovation and to building a suite of touchscreen devices that cater to a variety of customer needs and styles. The HTC Home? screen provides one-touch access to emails, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for many cities around the world. Users can then simply sweep their finger up the display to launch an animated, three-dimensional interface comprising three screens: Contacts, Media and Applications. The interface can be spun by swiping a finger right or left across the display, providing efficient access to the features consumers use most.
The new Touch Cruise boasts of super fast HSDPA connectivity plus Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®, making it a highly connected device for consumers on the move. Its 2.8" screen is great for enjoying mobile multimedia and because it runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the built-in Windows Media Player is ideal for music and movies.
Mr. Ajay Sharma, Country Manager, HTC (India) said, "The HTC Touch Cruise? is our latest offering in our continuous commitment of ushering in technologically advanced and top of the line converged devices in India. The original HTC Touch has already proved to be a phenomenal success in India, and the HTC Touch Cruise? with fully integrated GPS adds another dimension to our leading touchscreen device family. "
The HTC Touch Cruise utilizes mapping and navigation solutions from the MapKing R12 application. Other key features include a three megapixel auto-focus camera, FM radio and microSD memory card slot for adding to the 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM. In addition, it comes with WorldCard Mobile to manage business cards more efficiently.
Launched in June 2007, the HTC Touch was the first member of the HTC Touch family and has proven to be a massive hit since its launch. The HTC Touch Dual, which incorporates HSDPA connectivity and a sliding keyboard, was launched in December 2007.
Pricing & Availability:
The HTC Touch Cruise will be available at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of Rs. 32,990/-.
*All prices are subject to pricing policies of individual operators.
** Push Mail is only available when partnered with servers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 updated to SP2 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
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