Pink Cellphone

Looking at the Touch, there is no doubt that HTC is clearly the general public. With a very attractive design, a smaller footprint and a truly innovative interface, it boasts many features that are biased to multimedia.

Design and ergonomics

When off, the HTC Touch looks like a conventional PDA except that it is very compact and fine. Its design is particularly successful and we must admit that this is one of the most attractive smartphones we have ever seen. The finish is excellent and the soft touch black hull is much more pleasant to the touch than the usual plastic. The rounded promote ownership and the Touch fits naturally into the palm of your palm.

However, the Touch lacks a keyboard. This poses no problem to call through the large touch screen and new touch interface called TouchFLO, which is both pretty and practical. Enter a number from the tip of the thumb is easy and 3D animation allows quick access to contacts, applications and media that appear on the faces of a virtual cube. By dragging your finger up and down it shows the interface. Rest then repeat the operation from left to right to rotate the cube in the blink of an eye. Thus, the Touch is unquestionably one of the most convenient smartphone for telephony. By cons, things get trickier to write text with Windows Mobile 6 and its usual input options stylus that are less convenient than a real keypad. It is a pity that the Touch is equipped with instant messaging software Windows Live Messenger. Converse with the caller to the pen requires a good dose of courage, unless you master the handwriting recognition. Finally the processor is sometimes sentences when many applications are open but the overall Touch is swift enough.

The HTC Touch screen occupies most of the front. It has good anti-reflective but the pixels are visible on the picture test. The touchpad responds well to the slightest touch of a finger or stylus.

Supplies & Media

The Touch could not be more complete, but oddly, only the EDGE connection is not available for the 3G broadband. However, it is equipped with a WiFi connection, although it has proved to be temperamental at times refusing to connect to our facility.

Despite its size, the Touch is well equipped for multimedia. It features a camera whose images meet colorimetry but starved dive. The videos are encoded in a choice of MPEG-4, 3GPP or DivX. This format is best suited but the resolution remains very low.

Walkman Media Player has been enhanced to easily access the songs by artist or album. It also allows to choose either of the files stored on a card or phone memory.

Synchronization and autonomy

Synchronization is a snap. It is necessary to install the ActiveSync software on the PC and then everything is automatic. In addition, the standard USB port for ease of operation while recharging the battery. This is unfortunately not the most powerful of this test and the Touch will be charged daily for intensive use.

Features

* Network: Tri-band, EDGE, GPRS
* Operating System: Windows Mobile 6
*Dimensions / weight: 99.9 x 58 x 13.9 mm / 112 g
* Display: 240 x 320 pixels, 65,000 colors
* Multimedia: 2 Mpixel camera, MP3, WMA, AAC, WMV, MPEG-4
* Connections: WiFi 802.11 b / g, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP and AVRCP), USB 2.0
* Memory: 128 MB miniSD card reader
* Measures: Autonomy: 55 hours

Price: 450 euros