HTC Touch and Touch Dual – Breakthroughs in Form

HTC TouchTactile interface isn't just for lap dances anymore. Your favorite gadgets are getting in on feel-me fever.

HTC Touch is one of the most anticipated Windows Mobile devices and it's arriving at cellular providers near you.

My HTC Touch Story

It was a dull autumn evening when my HTC Touch arrived. The sort of rainy night network television was made for. I'd been waiting weeks to get my hands on the sexiest device I'd only seen on the pages of those cheap online magazines. It's seductive, like a rich breakfast on a Sunday morning with bacon and eggs ...and more bacon.

It has the kind of 2.8-inch touch screen that begs to be caressed, but looks so good you'd apologize for leaving fingerprints. Its petite 112-gram body is so thin at 13.9 mm it might make the Olsen twins start dieting again. You could drop this beauty down a tight shirt pocket without leaving so much as a ruffle.

Her packaging was smart and unassuming when she arrived, but delivered a powerful message.

"I may be beautiful, but I also have a TI OMAP 850 201 MHz processor to shred through even the most intense media files you can throw at me."

This picture of elegant beauty looked almost out of reach for a regular schlub like me.

She lay there begging to be unboxed and she didn't have to ask twice.

The box was nothing short of a luxury accommodation you might find in Dubai. Taking it apart was a night at the opera, a rare, cultured presentation. As I flipped open a reusable magnetic button, I marveled at how much thought went into this package's design. It reminded me of an un-boxing experience I'd had not so long ago. But never mind that, right now I was in the moment.

Tearing open the cellophane on new electronics is a religious experience. Just close your eyes to the sound of crinkling plastic wrap and somewhere within the aromas of fresh polymers, glues and chargeable capacitance minerals is baby Jesus, Buddha and your very first kiss all rolled into one.

The Grand Opening...

When I finally flipped open the lid to lay eyes on my score I was taken aback. Was this someone's idea of a joke?

Apple Core?

Then it hit me like the slap to the face that followed my very first kiss. I had experienced this kind of elegant packaging and sophisticated design before. Another manufacturer has been doing it for years.

HTC may have selectively borrowed many cues from Apple in the design of the Touch, including the cube interface. But it's one sexy Pocket PC and because it runs on Windows Mobile you can download a wealth of third party apps for it today.

Finally in the Touch, HTC proves it can compete with Apple in sophisticated yet understated design.

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