Details on HTC's Big June 5th Announcement

Mike Temporale

We've already talked about the big upcoming announcement from HTC . I've received an anonymous tip that outlined what the launch is all about. In the past my source has always been right. So there's no reason for me to question the information I was handed. On June 5th, HTC is expected to announce a new Windows Mobile device based on the Elf platform. However, this Elf will have a very special feature. HTC has done a great job of keeping this special feature a secret. This special Elf will have a multitouch display like the iphone. So you will be able to slide your finger across the screen to run commands and interact with the device in the same manner as Apple’s much hyped iphone. HTC will be launching this on a global scale, so it has the potential to reach a large audience in a short amount of time. It should be an interesting year ahead. What are your thoughts?
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Rocco Augusto · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:01 am Post subject:

i wonder if they will start selling unlocked devices in the US. with cingular/att locking the iphone to them for five years, i doubt we will be seeing att carrying this device anytime soon Sad

Jerry Raia · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

Whew, I was worried they were going to announce new pastel colors or something.
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Arne Hess · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:27 am Post subject:

While I'm confident HTC can get multi touch displays as well, I wonder how this should work with Windows Mobile?
AFAIK Windows Mobile is multi tasking (which it is - I know) but not multi touch (since it is based on the stylus experience). Therefore HTC also has to add a whole new GUI on top of Windows Mobile to make an advantage out of multi touch... Or have I missed anything?
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Jerry Raia · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

I think you are exactly right.
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Foxbat121 · Smartphone Ponderer Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 88

So that's what Verizon's secret weapon against iPhone is.

kdarling · Smartphone Neophyte Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 1

I've programmed touchscreens for a living for two decades. People talk about multi-touch on a PDA way too much, IMO.

On a small screen screen device such as a phone, multi-touch is not much use to people on the go, since it requires the use of two hands. It's an expensive extra that few people would use and is counter-productive for devices that are normally used with one hand.

Even the iPhone barely uses it... only for sizing an image, which you could do plenty of other ways. For example, use one key for grow, one key for shrink.

The rest of the iPhone GUI is normal touchscreen (just as on a Windows Mobile device) with some SFX thrown in, all easily duplicated in an application if wished. To extend the Windows interface shouldn't be too hard. No different than when more buttons were added to mice.

Now, multi-touch on a large screen, as demo'd by MS Surface and others, that's something useful.

Cheers, Kev

linusmd · Smartphone Neophyte Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 4

They're probably going to get us all psyched up w/ all these new options, and then drop the bomb w/ a 200 mhz OMAP like they always do, and a 65,000 non-vga screen. and 64 mb of RAM like their previous 3 years of models.

Mike Temporale · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject:

Mike Temporale · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: