For me a Windows Smartphone has always been the mobile phone of choice.

I have had a couple of Orange SPV C600s for over 2 years now as IMO no decent replacement has ever been released.

The phone runs my diary, has an excellent text-messaging (SMS) system, is great for web browsing and best of all with a large memory card it carries a substantial amount of music.

Recently however, HTC, the company who make the C600 released 2 very interesting models. The HTC Touch and, announced yesterday the HTC Touch Dual.

First of all, the HTC Touch:

This one is not really my cup of tea. Its sort of an iPhone-type design but with a few buttons.

The problem is, like the iPhone, it has NO number pad.

I just can’t imagine life without a number pad? Text-messaging would surely be impossible? Also ‘On Screen Keyboards’ are a terrible bind and I can imagine a crap load of errors productivity slow-downs using a stylus to type or write in text.

As luck would have it HTC seem to have worked out that there would be some users like me who wouldn’t want a purely-touch-powered phone.

So they came up with the HTC Touch Dual:

Its basically the ‘Touch’ model with a slightly smaller screen and a drop down number pad.

Also, it has the same set of snazzy features:

Key features

  • Size: 107 x 55 x 15.8 mm
  • Weight: 120 g
  • Connectivity: WCDMA/HSDPA: 2100 MHz/GSM/EDGE: 900/1800/1900 MHz
  • Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
  • Display: 2.6-inch QVGA flat touch screen
  • Camera: 2 megapixel plus front facing camera for video calling
  • Internal memory: 256 MB flash, 128 MB RAM
  • Removable memory: microSDTM slot
  • Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
  • Interface: HTC ExtUSBTM (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 Full-Speed)
  • Battery: 1100 mAh
  • Talk time: WCDMA: up to 240 minutes*, GSM: up to 360 minutes*
  • Standby time: WCDMA: up to 150 hours*, GSM: up to 250 hours*
  • Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7200, 400 MHz

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