HTC Touch Cruise Launched In India

HTC has launched the HTC Touch Cruise HSDPA enabled handset, the third member of the HTC Touch product family and the first to feature built-in GPS for personal navigation. As with the other Touch handsets the Cruise also employs HTC’s TouchFLO technology for finger touch scrolling and browsing of web pages, documents, messages and contact lists. 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.The HTC Touch Cruise comes in Black Sapphire and has a quick access Home screen for access to emails, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for various cities. Users can then sweep their finger up the display to launch an animated, three-dimensional interface comprising three screens: Contacts, Media and Applications. The new Touch Cruise also comes equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and has a large 2.8 inch touch screen. It runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional with built-in Windows Media Player for Audio and Video.

"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", said Ajay Sharma, Country Manager, HTC (India).The HTC Touch Cruise utilizes mapping and navigation solutions from the MapKing R12 application. Other key features include a 3 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.The HTC Touch Cruise will be available at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of Rs. 32,990.Source

HTC Unveils TyTn II

HTC has unveiled the HTC TyTN II that features global high-speed HSDPA connectivity, in-built GPS for personal navigation and an adjustable screen angle.The Windows Mobile powered HTC TyTN II has a 2.8-inch color screen that slides back to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, then tilts up to position the screen perfectly for reading and creating emails, using applications, or playing videos and games.

The TyTN II has tri-band UMTS and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE that allows users to get connected in any country and boasts worldwide 3.5G high speed internet - HSDPA and WiFi 802.11b/g. HTC Home, HTC's new homescreen, offers easy access to photo, text messages, calendar entries, emails and contacts, as well as one touch access to live weather conditions plus four-day forecasts.The HTC TyTN II provides business applications including Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, contacts, calendar, push e-mail, notes, tasks, PDF viewer and more. It also includes applications such as a business card scanner and MapKing R12 to complement the in-built GPS.
"Today's launch of the HTC TyTN II, is all about fast, easy access on the move to the kind of features and connectivity previously reserved for the PC world," said Ajay Sharma, Country Manager, High Tech Computer Corp (HTC) India. "This phone is a perfect match for mobile professionals and advanced mobile consumers on the go who can now benefit from the powerful feature set that the HTC TyTN II offers and the true high-speed mobile access the mobile operators are now offering."
The HTC TyTN II from HTC India is available at all authorized resellers at a market operating price of Rs. 33, 000.Source