Editor's Review of the Touch 3G
Coming from the fashionable HTC Touch family that includes HTC Touch Diamond and the HTC Touch HD, the HTC Touch 3G is a Smartphone that operates on Windows Mobile v. 6.1 Professional and works on Qualcomm processor. Slim and handy, the HTC Touch 3G weighs a total of 96 grams inclusive of fitted battery, and measures 102 x 53.6 x 14.5 millimetres. The handset is available in eye-catching coloured casing selections of gold, black, blue and brown.
The HTC Touch 3G comes with a touch-sensitive QVGA LCD screen that measures 71.12 millimetres. It displays a rainbow of 65,000 colours in a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Because the HTC Touch 3G is powered by TouchFLO technology, its enables users to control the handset's features through smoothly gliding through the icons on the wide display screen. To give it a personality of its own, the HTC Touch 3G offers 40 polyphonic and MIDI ringtones for users to choose from.
The HTC Touch 3G is a quadband mobile phone that supports GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900, as well as HSDPA 2100 networks. Because the HTC Touch 3G is a 3G HSDPA-enabled handset, it supports speedy Internet connection, through its integrated HTML browser. Browsing through the Internet is possible for frequent travelers who simply need to utilise the WiFi feature by connecting the handset to a LAN in nearby hotspots.
Similarly, sharing or transferring data is easy with the mobile phone's support for wireless Bluetooth and mini USB connectivity options. Moreover, the HTC Touch 3G is comes with a built-in GPS navigation application that supports AGPS function to serve as users' direction guide in certain areas and offers weather updates through the pre-installed HTC Weather application. As the HTC Touch 3G is powered by GPRS and EDGE technologies, downloading is at a speedy rate.
Featuring standard mobile phone features, the HTC Touch 3G supports SMS or text and multimedia or MMS messaging services. It also allows users to access their emails while on the go, and compose or send emails with attachments to their contacts. The HTC Touch 3G also supports online Instant Messaging application to keep users connected to friends and family using the handset.
An efficient scheduler and planner, the HTC Touch 3G comes with organiser tools such as a phone book that allows storage of contacts with images or pictures, a calendar, an alarm clock and a document viewer that allows users to read documents of the most common file formats. Users of the HTC Touch 3G will also find making or taking phone calls a breeze with a call log option to keep track of calls made, missed or received. The handset also guarantees hassle-free calls with its built-in speakerphone.
Picture-perfect moments will surely be captured at their best with the 3.2-Megapixel camera integrated with the HTC Touch 3G. The camera comes complete with a Fixed Focus feature to ensure that photos are precisely taken. Pictures may then be stored in the built-in photo album of the handset. The camera also supports video recording, which allows storage of clips in a video album. The HTC Touch 3G plays videos in all popular formats. Additionally, the 3G Smartphone comes with a second camera for video calls.
Music-loving users of the HTC Touch 3G will enjoy the handset's integrated music player that plays widely accepted audio formats. The mobile phone further offers more fun and entertainment with its support for games that may be downloaded from the Internet.
The HTC Touch 3G has 256 Megabytes of Read Only Memory and 192 Megabytes of Random Access Memory, which storage capacity can be expanded through a MicroSD memory card. It allows 6.6 hours of GSM talk time, and stays on standby mode for 365 hours on a fully charged battery.
Some users of the HTC Touch 3G opine that the handset's camera has outputs of lesser quality because it does not have an integrated flash features. Others note that while the mobile phone's screen looks great, a lack of customisability for its TouchFLO interface is a downside. Satisfied users, however, applaud the HTC Touch 3G for its handiness and the many advanced technologies that are integrated with it.
User Reviews
Nice mobile, not to big, but with a good looking screen.
plus points are: good screen, gps, hspda support, and windows mobile.
negative points: small intern data card, only 3mp camera, no flashlight for pictures in the dark, battery is empty every day...
but still, a good, small mobile phone for a business user!
Excellent little phone. Has all the features of your smartphone but packed in to a tiny body.
One disappointment is that it gets very difficult to use the small keypad, especially if you have big fingers. Apart from that no much more to complain about.
Highly recommended.
