The next step in the
HTC Touch line -- the GPS-equipped
Polaris -- has been re-christened the Touch Cruise, and has gone and gotten its juicy specs all leaked out to the internet. In addition to having improved
TouchFlo capabilities, like rotation and zoom, the new model will sport a quad-band GSM radio (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), tri-band UMTS (850 / 1900 / 2100), HSDPA and HSUPA data connectivity, a 400MHz MSM7200 Qualcomm CPU, 128MB of RAM and 256MB of ROM, a 2.8-inch, 320 x 240 QVGA display, 3-megapixel camera (plus secondary, 0.3-megapixel camera), WiFi, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot. Apparently, the design of the device hasn't been finalized, though it will likely feature four buttons and a navigation wheel
(similar to the pics up above). Mouth watering? Eyes tearing up? We understand. The Cruise is expected by the end of November, so go easy on your credit cards till then.
Update: Thanks to
CoolSmartPhone and
Smart Mobile Gadgets, we've gotten a proper view of the Touch Cruise, and it's sweet!
posted Oct 19th 2007 at 9:58AM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
byaah @ Oct 19th 2007 10:37AM
Unfortunately, I'm with Big Red, so even in the freak occurrence that this phone was released today and went CDMA, given Verizon's speed in releasing the Treo 755, for example, I can probably get my hands on this by 2009.
byaah @ Oct 19th 2007 10:38AM
**And 2009 is being optimistic. 2011 is more on track.
HAHAH @ Oct 19th 2007 1:27PM
VGA VGA VGA VGA VGA VGA
Constable Odo @ Oct 19th 2007 12:24PM
The "Tom" Cruise. What sort of a stupid name is that for a handset. It should be called the TomCat. That's a lot cooler.
Oh. the Touch Cruise. My mistake.
Merk Man @ Oct 19th 2007 1:07PM
Hopefully AT&T will get these. I could definately see this as my next phone!!!
Eric @ Oct 19th 2007 1:07PM
Love HTC but really sick of qvga
fyreblazer @ Oct 19th 2007 1:59PM
I'm surprised at no GPS, but this looks to be a killer.
ndcart @ Oct 19th 2007 2:08PM
Is says at the beginning that it is GPS equipped, or am I reading that wrong?
The D Train @ Oct 19th 2007 7:46PM
"The next step in the HTC Touch line -- the GPS-equipped Polaris -- has been re-christened the Touch Cruise,"
Entirely correct, but if you havent noticed yet, people dont read the articles they just look at the pretty pictures.
g @ Oct 25th 2007 1:23PM
QVGA? aaaaaaaaaahhhg!