DigiTimes is reporting that the next battlefront on mobile handhelds will be on the user interface experience and making it more touch-friendly, with two players aiming squarely at the consumer market--HTC and Asustek. With the launch of the Touch HD, HTC is focusing on the multimedia experience. Asustek's upcoming Galaxy handheld will closely resemble the Samsung Omnia, adding a 5-megapixel camera and possibly a touch user interface.

Asustek's forthcoming smartphone is branded under the Asus name and will carry the brand name of Galaxy 7. According to XDA-Developers, it will retain a similar form factor to the Samsung Omnia, but will be rumored to have a stainless steel frame, accelerometer, trackball, tri-band 3G (but not US compliant), quad-band EDGE/GSM, 5-megapixel camera, aGPS/GPS, and a large 3.5" WVGA screen that matches the Touch HD and EXPERIA X1 among others.

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HTC Corp ready to launch two smartphone named HTC’s Touch Viva and Touch 3G. the phone has equipped with several best features and you know HTC is one of the best smartphone vendor.HTC’s Touch Viva and Touch 3G comes with candybar form ...

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As we reported before that HTC Touch HD will be launched this month. HTC Touch HD has available in HTC official webiste today with some specifications as you can see below: HTC Touch HD Specification: * 3.8″ 800 x 480 touchscreen; ...

As you can see from the video - TouchFLO "2D" (which isn't an official term out of HTC) isn't working 100% yet, or at least that is the case on my AT&T Tilt and Verizon XV6900. That said, if you're looking for a truer TouchFLO 3D-like experience on your HTC WinMo device (and that includes: HTC Touch, Touch Cruise, Touch Dual, Hermes, Kaiser, Artemis, Herald, and Trinity), this may be a good bet.

You can thank the brilliant minds at XDA-Devs for extracting the files from the Touch 3G. If you want to skip the long thread, zip right to the post with download links. Run the CAB on your device, reboot, and that's it.

If you want another way to spruce up your touchscreen WinMo device in TouchFLO 3D-goodness, take a look at Throttle Launcher.

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President and CEO HTC Corporation, Peter Chou, says: “Today, Widescreen TV, Internet and video have become the standard so there is no reason to compromise when you leave the house; the Touch HDTM delivers that uncompromising multimedia ...

Screen size is the name of the game with this new handheld from the Taiwanese company.

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Apparently this is the real deal and the white version of the HTC Touch Diamond will be hitting stores in October, as confirmed by HTC-User’s website, and you can even pre-order the white version. So now we will soon have a choice of ...

HTC announcd new Touch PDA Phone, the Touch 3G. the Touch 3G is a 3G PDA phone and it supports HSDPA ( high speed data access ) , this mean you will

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The HTC mobile phone is very stylish and attractive phone, HTC P3700 is the Touch screen mobile phone. The operating system of the HTC Diamond is Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. This new version has undergone several small improvements ...

User Fabliv from XDA Developers tweaked the original QVGA version of the HTC Action Screen and managed to get it working on VGA devices, directing it towards Diamond and Raphael.

This free skinned application for Windows Mobile Professional users adds a soft button on the Today screen or on TF3D screen, with direct access to a list of very handy shortcuts, being a true time saver. Available shortcuts in this 9 button version are: E-mail, SMS, MMS, Appointment, Task, Note, Contact, WiFi and Bluetooth.

All you need to do is download from its XDA Developers thread, install to Device and after a soft reset, you home screen will show the new soft button, enabling you to do more in less time!

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The very popular and much sort after HTC Touch Diamond has received a make over and we have to admit it does look very cool and sophisticated in White! Available from October, the White HTC Diamond is a winter must have accessory. ...

The most liked feature of the new HTC Touch Diamond from Sprint by reviewers was the TouchFlo 3D user-interface on top of the Windows Mobile operating system. Reviewers found the multimedia features of the HTC Touch Diamond appealing ...

An attractive 3.5G phone with WiFi and GPS, the HTC Touch 3G offers and impressive number of features for such a lightweight smartphone.

The entry-level phone in HTC's Touch range, the HTC Touch Viva improves on many of the original Touch's features whilst retaining some of its flaws.

With the new crop of lower-priced HTC devices like the Touch 3G and the Touch Viva, HTC decided to save on graphics processing and used a new form of TouchFLO called TouchFLO 2D, which is similar to the glitzy TouchFLO 3D sans animation. This helps to keep the device snappy and still provide a cool user interface layer over Windows Mobile. Now, the good folks over at XDA-Developers have ported TouchFLO 2D over to older HTC devices and should work on most HTC hardware. The coding has not been ported to non-HTC devices.

To download the files, you can visit XDA-Developers.

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HTC has changed the Touch Opal to Touch Viva, and as for the critics, they say that it looks as if a tiny change in design just supported the change in its name, nothing more. HTC Touch Viva will incorporate the HTC Touch’s TI OMAP ...

Now you can order the HTC Touch Diamond from Sprint.com. Hopefully, the Touch Diamond will be available in regular retail stores soon as well. When buying the handset from Sprint, you can expect to pay $249.99 with a 2-year contract and ...

We reported just the other day that the HTC Touch Opal would be the successor to the popular HTC Touch. However, now we’re learning the follow-up handset is to be called the HTC Touch Viva and while nice to look at, it’s pretty much the ...

The HTC Touch HD is a high-end Windows Mobile smartphone with a very large display, a 5 megapixel camera, 3.5G support, WiFi and GPS.

This is the first appearance of this new generation of devices in the US In this column I’ll point you to a to a great review (including a video) and info on these new devices, as well as a review of the Samsung Omnia and mention some ...

Yes, The new HTC Touch Pro, previously code named Raphael is better than its predecessor, HTC Touch Diamond. Certainly HTC is quick learning its mistakes. The soon to be launched HTC Touch Pro is a Black Diamond with a Keyboard runs on ...

The new HTC Touch Viva is being billed as the “affordable touch phone with the benefits of HTC’s TouchFLO,” and the Touch Viva picks up where the original HTC Touch left off, while moving things downmarket a touch (excuse the pun) for ...

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CNET ReviewsHTC Get near Diamond (Sprint) CNET Reviews - Sep 12, 2008 The base line: The HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint brings some well turned out additions and improvements upon the unlocked GSM version--most signally to performance. ...

The first generation of HTC Touch has got its successor today, announced as HTC Touch Viva. The Touch Viva is an affordable touch phone with the new HTC’s TouchFLO, or call it TouchFLO 2D as it would be less 3D effect than the TouchFLO ...

HTC announced a partnership with KDDI, one of the Japanese telecommunications companies, to sell HTC handsets across Japan. The two companies, KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Phone, announced that they would be unveiling the first model, ...

HTC today unveiled its latest HTC Touch lineup, the HTC Touch HD, an entertainment focused mobile handset with a large 3.8 inch wide-screen VGA display (WVGA), standard 3.5mm audio jack and 5 megapixel camera with autofocus. ...

Announced along with the HTC Touch 3G is the HTC Touch Viva, otherwise known as the HTC Opal. A budget version of the HTC Touch 3G, the HTC Touch Viva is practically identical to the original HTC Touch. Featuring HTC’s new TouchFlo 3D ...

In this edition of PATV, our 211 edition, Steven takes a look at the HTC Touch Cruise and pretty much likes what it has to offer. He goes through some of the features, watch and enjoy. The HTC Touch Cruise is available from eXpansys.

With the announcement of the high-resolution new Touch HD from HTC, we also have a modified TouchFLO 3D to go along with it.

Because the screen of the Touch HD is 160 pixels taller than the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, more data can be shown in one screen. So for the weather tab, HTC has put the 5-day forecast and current conditions all in one screen on the Touch HD, rather than on a second page accessed via the left soft key as found on the other TouchFLO 3D devices.

The newly added Stock tab keeps you informed of the latest stock quotes, while the connected Home screen puts e-mail, messages and calendar only a finger-stroke away.

Also new to TouchFLO 3D for the Touch HD is the inclusion of a stocks tab, which we applaud. Nice.

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The HTC Touch 3G is not only based on the original HTC Touch but features the same design and much of the same functionality. Having said that though the HTC Touch 3G is actually taller, thinner and lighter. ...

While the Touch 3G upgrades the radio to the original Touch by adding 3G and TouchFLO 3D, HTC is also upgrading the original Touch without 3G. Codenamed the Opal, the device is now being touted as the HTC Viva. According to Engadget, the Viva will be an HTC's keyboard-less low-end unit, keeping the EDGE radio with quad-band connectivity, GPS, 2-megapixel camera, 256 MB of ROM, WiFi, and adding a special version of TouchFLO that doesn't require the hardware needed for TouchFLO 3D found on the more expensive Touch Diamond and Touch Pro units.

The unit will be available next month and will retail for around 300 Euros or $425-450 pending fluctuations in exchange rates according to Tracy and Matt's Blog.

It really looks like HTC is pushing the Touch brand with seven current and upcoming devices: Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, Touch 3G, Touch Viva, Touch Cruise, the original Touch, and the Touch Dual.

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HTC has just issued a press release that lifts the sheet off of the Touch HD. All of the specs and dimensions are just what we thought they would be: iPhone-like thinness at just 12mm, a 480x800 screen (at a huge 3.8"), 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM, a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU, a 5MP camera, and a battery rated at 1350mAh. It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack - a rarity for an HTC device.

The Touch HD is touted as "entertainment focused mobile handset." It launches in Europe in Q4 2008, and it expected to come around to other markets (presumably the US) in the future.

This will indeed be a fantastic internet and multimedia device, and it's likely to be quite popular. Let's just hope a US 3G version is released soon - the variant headed to Europe doesn't have UMTS850. Oddly, the official HTC page for the HD is down.

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HTC's new Touch 3G isn't as advanced as the Touch Diamond and retains the original form factor and TouchFLO of the first HTC Touch, which has since been available in CDMA versions on Sprint and Verizon Wireless in the United States. According to the HTC specs, the Touch 3G is GPS ready and comes with dualband 3G and quad-band GSM/EDGE so the 3G function is without love for United States frequencies. The device has a Qualcomm 528MHz CPU, 256MB ROM, 126MB RAM (drats), a 3-megapixel camera, and a 1100mAh battery.

In terms of size, the Touch 3G is a bit thicker than the original, at 14.5mm compared to 13.9mm.

For those wanting something a bit less expensive (and capable) than the Touch Diamond, the new Touch could be just the right pick. You can find out more about the Touch refresh from the product page at HTC.

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Almost as if the product pages were pushed out together, the official product page on HTC’s site for the upcoming HTC Touch 3G has been noticed by some keen readers right after the HTC Touch HD made its way into the public view. ...

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The poor HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro; the two smartphones just made their CTIA Fall 2008 debuts, and we've already moved onto the next big thing. But can you blame us? On Monday, HTC introduced its newest Touch model, the HTC Touch ...

Billed as an "affordable touch phone with the benefits of HTC's TouchFLO," the Touch Viva picks up where the original Touch left off and move things just a little bit downmarket for the benefit of smartphone lovers in emerging markets. ...

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HTC Touch HD mobile review. HTC Touch HD, unannounced Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device was seen on HTC’s Web site recently. The HTC Touch HD has a large 3.8-inch wide, WVGA (480 X 800 pixel) display and uses HTC’s TouchFLO 3D user ...

Today HTC announced two more devices, the Touch 3G and Touch Viva. Both share two-dimensional versions of the HTC TouchFLO user interface on top of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Other features include quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, ...

We were spot-on with our report that HTC might be preparing itself to launch an High-Definition version of its popular touchscreen phone, the HTC Touch. Dubbed as the Touch HD, the phone has some really interesting features. ...

HTC just can't stop the leakage. That Touch HD page was wild enough, but under the "Product Tour" section there's even more magic: instead of a Touch HD Product Tour, as the title would suggest, there's a colorful cadre of the ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/HTC_s_super_high_res_Touch_HD_gets_official'; We're still sans a press release, but a friendly tipster found this quite official page at HTC's very own site, depicting the sexy Touch HD from every ...

A new, unannounced Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device was seen on HTC's Web site recently. The Touch HD has a large 3.8-inch wide, WVGA (480 X 800 pixel) display and uses HTC's TouchFLO 3D user interface. It has quad-band ...

Actually, two companies will be unveiling the first HTC model in Japan, KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Phone, and both will offer the HTC E30HT smartphone as of September 28th to October 4th at Japan’s largest electronics exhibition CEATEC. ...

HTC had a lot of info come out this week as well with an unlocked Touch Diamond coming to Best Buy, the availability of the Touch Pro and Diamond from Sprint and a rumor about the HTC Opal and how it is a follow up to the original Touch ...

HTC Touch HD With Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS will Release In Winter.HTC has planed to release the new smartphone in winter.HTC Touch HD comes with candybar form factor and aimed with 5 megapixel camera but without flash,Qualcomm ...