Is HTC's "major announcement" a multi-touch device?
The plot is starting to thicken ahead of HTC's press conference on the fifth of June -- and as we suggested before, it appears that the company does indeed have its sights set on stealing some of Apple's thunder. As far as consumer electronics releases go, the crown for the month of June had pretty much been handed to the iPhone; yeah, pretty much any Apple release is considered something of a landmark event, but one of the iPhone's big draws is its support for multi-touch. So what if HTC were to announce its own multi-touch device -- based on the lovely Elf -- just days before the iPhone's release? A little deflating for Apple, yeah? Smartphone Thoughts is reporting that HTC plans to introduce said device at its June 5th event with the intention of releasing it quickly on a global scale. Microsoft was showing off its "Shift" touch-based interface not long ago; while we don't know that the rumored HTC device uses it, this could all work out very nicely indeed considering the cozy relationship Microsoft and HTC enjoy.
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
KoozyK @ May 30th 2007 9:08PM
bring it!
Neil @ May 30th 2007 10:11PM
Does WM5/6 support multitouch screens? Obviously HTC and other parties could write their own custom apps to do that stuff for you. Unless its integrated like the iPhone, it doesn't buy you anything.
BrianC @ May 31st 2007 2:54AM
I don't care about the Multi-touch hype. I just hope for the annoucement of the Kaiser. It has everything I want from a mobile phone.
Atanas Boev @ May 31st 2007 8:53AM
Yes, other comapnies are doing multi-touch portable devices. Yes, other comapnies are doing mp3 players. It is the user experience that counts.
I am not big apple fan. I would love to see some competition in the area. I just dont think that HTC WM based multitouch device will do the job. It would be like - see, we too can do a multitouch device.
Z @ Jun 1st 2007 4:50AM
This thing better have AMAZING specs, because if all they have is a multitouch feature coupled with some sluggish proc like an OMAP, a boring and incredibly outdated 64MB of RAM, and a standard QVGA screen, they better save their breath, cancel the announcement, and go back to the drawing board.
HTC - you better be offering something INCREDIBLE, otherwise, don't waste our time.
banbanzon @ Jun 1st 2007 1:36PM
I dont think it can support multi toucn,but maybe it uses some software like iContact instead of scollbar that makes it easy to scoll pages(just like iphone)
U can watch this vedio that tells u how it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJ7eevds-k
(Sorry for my poor english Orz)