Is HTC's P5500 "Nike" the Touch II?
by Sean Cooper 
posted Aug 8th 2007 at 11:17AM
We saw hints of HTC's "Nike" back in March, and the word now touts that set as the Touch II. Interestingly, it would seem that the yet unreleased -- and officially unannounced -- handset has morphed since our first meeting from a Sammy-like square-shaped number, to the egg inspired thing you see above. We're mostly unsure which version is most believable at this point, the new render certainly isn't showing off any TouchFLO features -- or even Windows Mobile 6 -- so color us unconvinced. Either way, the supposed hardware specs are the same, so we'll just have to sit back and wait til the aesthetic mystery gets solved by HTC.
[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
fyreblazer @ Aug 8th 2007 12:29PM
Make it slide out sideways ala The Ocean and you got yourselves a super duper hit HTC. Image The Ocean with TouchFLO.
simon @ Aug 9th 2007 1:15AM
Ill tell you what, I really like this design... My biggest pet peeve about slideout keyboard wm devices is dialing a number. Plus from a carrier standpoint, its a good way to appeal to non-smartphone/ppc users. If it were released with this design and touchflo, id so be there
p.s. What ever happened to the relaunch giveaways?
joe @ Aug 9th 2007 1:50AM
I'm sick of all the smartphones sliding sideways. Thank you for making one slide down! Now, if only we can fit a QWERTY keyboard in it and make it thin =)
Gadgeteer @ Aug 12th 2007 7:07PM
WOW
Conceptually this sounds, and looks awesome
They just need to complete the integration of TouchFLO with the rest of WM6, tack on GPS, and this bad-boy's the daddy.
Would like to see the whole top sliding section looking more like the Touch (no distinction from where the touch interface stops and the casing begins).
Also really appreciate HTC sticking a numeric keypad on this - not sure why people like dialing numbers with a qwerty, nor why they can't get their heads around predictive text ???