It’s always a good morning when we wake up and see an e-mail from HTC’s PR company. Typically this indicated an imminent product launch or some new features on an old phone. For weeks we have seen images pop up all over the net of the HTC Iolite. We’ve hinted that the phone would get a name change and indeed it has. HTC has chosen to launch the Iolite as the HTC Touch Cruise. That’s not a typo; HTC is simply choosing to recycle the name from their original Touch Cruise that launched in late summer of 2007. Like the original Touch Cruise, HTC’s new handset will feature turn by turn GSP navigation, but will also be HTC’s first phone to feature HTC Footprints. This new HTC software will allow users to tag their pictures that they take with GPS coordinates, audio clips, and notes. Users will have easy access to HTC Footprints as HTC has simply added it to the TouchFLO interface on the Cruise. The handset will be running on Windows Mobile 6.1 and will have a 3.2MP camera, 2.8” touch screen, 512MB of ROM, 256MB of RAM, MicroSD card slot, and 1100mAh batter.
HTC will also be bringing the HTC Touch Cruise state side by spring as an unlocked device with 850/1900 HSDPA bands and will be selling for $500-$600. We’ve included full specs a more pictures after the break.
- Key HTC Touch Cruise Specifications
- Size: 102 x 53.5 x 14.5mm
- Weight: 103 grams
- Connectivity: WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution
- Control panel: HTC TouchFLO™, 4-Way navigation wheel with Enter and HTC Footprints™ buttons
- Camera: 3.2 MP, with fixed focus
- Internal memory: 512 MB flash ROM, 256 MB RAM
- Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
- Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
- Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- GPS: GPS/A-GPS
- Interface: HTC ExtUSBä (mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
- Battery: 1100 mAh
- Talk time: GSM: up to 400 minutes
- Standby time: GSM: up to two weeks
- Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7225™, 528 MHz
