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HTC Touch Pro 2 is the latest upgrade of the very popular HTC Touch Pro smartphone. The main attraction of this version of Touch Pro is its awesome call conferencing capabilities. This one takes communication seriously and has been optimised for delivering undisrupted call conferences. Most of the other HTC smartphones put more emphasis on other forms of conversations such as e-mail, SMS, MMS etc. but fail to host a smooth call conference. For the Touch Pro 2 calls and e-mails are on the same level.

It makes sure that there is no voice disruption during a conference. It receives and sends high quality voice signals by eliminating any jitter in the network using its unique Straight Talk technology that puts crystal-clear sound quality and voice reception at the core of its design. The HTC Touch Pro 2 has got an exceptional noise-cancelling microphone and loudspeaker along with an intuitive user interface that is specially designed to make it easy to initiate and mange a conference.

Coming to the rest of the features, the Touch Pro 2 offers 3.6 inches (480 x 800) TouchFLO 3D display. In addition to this you will find all the standard functions that were in Touch Pro such as Bluetooth, support for both 2G and 3G networks, Bluetooth, USB, accelerometer, handwriting recognition, Java, WLAN, EDGE, GPRS etc. The Touch Pro 2 also sports a sliding QWERTY key pad that adds to its style and appeal.

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The Touch Diamond 2 is the new highest member of the Touch Diamond Family. Like the original HTC Touch Diamond the Touch Diamond too offers awesome mobility, mind blowing features and a new way to communicate on the go. One unique feature in this edition of Touch Diamond is its capability to store all the call details with a particular contact. It keeps track of all the conversations with different contacts in an expandable tree type hierarchy. The Touch Diamond 2 records all types of conversations for future reference.

It focuses on the people engaged in the conversation and thus it’s a purely customer oriented phone. If compared to the previous HTC Touch Diamond, the Touch Diamond 2 is more sophisticated, elegant and satisfying. Although it derives most of its features from its predecessor only the overall performance is enhanced. The new HTC Touch Diamond2’s appearance is essentially the same as its predecessor, but this time HTC is offering a stretched display in the same old compact form factor.

Like its predecessor, the HTC smartphone can run on both 2G and 3G networks. The multi-touch operation is powered via same TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation technology that gives the user total control over touch functions. Apart from this you will find all the other much needed options including Bluetooth, USB, Accelerometer, Audio/Video player, Pocket Office, 5 mega pixel autofocus camera and much more. The processing core of the Touch Diamond 2 consists of a Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz CPU which is backed by 288 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM.

Latitude XT2 is Dell’s first multi-touch capable tablet PC and an industry first. It’s a high performance tablet with exceptional touch screen capabilities and unprecedented digitiser pen functionality. It simply works the way you want. Apart from the normal touch screen operations, the Latitude XT2 also responds to some advanced multi-touch gestures like a pinch or tap to quickly scroll through pages, zoom in or zoom out, enlarge e-mails, maximise and restore the windows, change windows orientation and much more. It’s so user friendly that you will rarely feel to use keypad and touchpad.

Besides this the XT2 attracts the mobile computing fans because of its ultra-thin design. Just like its predecessor the Dell Latitude XT, you can slip it into any bag and carry with ease. The tablet features an ultra small power supply and high capacity slim battery that can keep you ON for hours in both notebook and tablet PC mode. When working in the tablet PC mode the XT2 offers a large multi-touch display that is optimised for use under direct sunlight.

Apart from its impressive design and exceptional multi-touch performance the Latitude XT2 packs cutting edge technology and speedy hardware. It supports dual core multi-threaded processing, large amount of RAM, optical disks, SATA hard drive, eSATA, USB, FireWire, ExpressCard slot and other connectivity and expansion options. The XT2 makes it easy to manage all your tasks by offering preloaded tools and applications that make sure you don’t have to deal with complexities of the cutting edge technology incorporated in the device.

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Touch screen computing devices have become a norm these days rather than being a symbol of prestige and style. Everyone prefers touch screen devices. Be it mobiles, smartphones, laptops, tablets, netbooks or any other portable computing gadget, in each segment you can easily find a variety of touch screen models.

The Portégé M750 from Toshiba is also a high tech convertible tablet that sports a touch screen interface and other exciting features. The Toshiba Portégé was announced in October last year and now being used by various corporate professionals. It equips an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 CPU running at 2.4GHz along with a 2GB RAM. Performance wise it’s a reasonable choice but if you are hard core 3D gamer then the Portégé M750 won’t entertain you much because of the absence of the dedicated 3D graphics card. But that doesn’t mean that the display quality is poor. Its 12.1 inch display renders quality pixels and is ideal for watching movies and playing some basic level games at high resolution. Coming to the ergonomics, the Toshiba Portégé M750 has got a highly impressive keyboard with a magnesium alloy shell that makes it spill and duct resistant hardware. Apart from this the device also sports dual-mode digitizer that allows the users to work with stylus as well as with fingers.

But M750 has its own limitations. Due to the attached convertible hinge the device gains unwanted bulk and weight. Therefore, despite being a portable computing device the Portégé M750 won’t give your shoulder or back stress free company.

The Palm Pre is the latest touch screen smartphone launched by Palm. It’s sleek, speedy and stylish enough to match your prestige and glamour. Basically, the Palm Pre is a Web-centric smartphone that offers stupendous features and capabilities. At first glance you will be impressed by its 3.1 inch curvy touchscreen that renders jaw dropping precision graphics at a resolution of 320×480 pixels. Moreover, this phone delivers an unprecedented user interaction and navigation.

The Palm Pre is targeted towards professionals and mobile computing enthusiasts. It beautifully sports all the necessary functions and applications. Ergonomically, the Palm Pre impeccably designed and feels good in the hand. Not only outer aesthetics are cool but the internal UI (user interface) too is mesmerising. It is entirely different and improved upon anything Palm did previously with models like the Palm Treo 680. With multi-touch capabilities incorporated the Palm Pre offers easy navigation and web browsing. It is also blessed with a unique touch operating system called webOS and a special gesture area that makes the user interaction more engaging and enjoyable by mapping simple finger gestures to phone’s operations. For instance, you can go back to a previous menu by simply sliding the finger to the left.

Palm Pre is purely a smartphone for the corporate users. It follows a holistic algorithm and automatically integrates all the necessary data residing at different locations (on the phone, at your work place and on the web) at one place. So it’s an ideal device to automate the data management. The processing core of Palm Pre is incited by via TI OMAP 3430 processor. It supports all the standard connectivity protocols including USB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and is fully compatible with all popular media (audio/video) formats.

The much needed HP Pavilion tx2500 tablet PC has finally been released to end users with the latest upgrades and tech specs. Optimised for running resource hungry tasks, the tx2500 has a solid chassis and design. It’s basically an upgraded version of the tx2000. The overall design and form factor of the tx2500 is same as the tx2000. However, for security purposes, this time the HP laptop is a little more rugged and durable. The main top lid has got an ‘Echo’ imprint finish which extends to the silver keyboard. However, such a design unfortunately attracts a lot of fingerprints. So you may end up wiping it off frequently.

Coming to the hardware configuration, the tx2500 is a real head turner. It packs all the latest high-speed peripherals in its compact size. In short, the tx2500 offers much more performance than its predecessors, like the Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion tx2130, for example. In fact, you can run any application (whether it’s a game or any other executable or software such as Adobe Photoshop) on the tx2500 without any hiccups. It packs the AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 2.4GHz processor as the main CPU plus 3GB of DDR2 RAM to bolster the processing. For high definition graphics processing, an ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU is also added to its hardware and all this is optimised to perform on a Windows Vista Business operating environment.

The tablet offers a storage capacity of 160GB, in addition to a lot of connectivity options. The HP Pavilion tx2500 supports 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet and features an ExpressCard/34 Slot, one Multi-format card reader, three USB 2.0 ports, dual headphone jack, single mic jack, one additional expansion port and one VGA and S-video interface. For added security and better communications a web cam and fingerprint reader is also integrated in the device.

It seems as if HTC has heard the user’s complaints about the lack of hardware keyboards in its Touch devices. The new HTC Touch Dual, with a hidden hardware keyboard is an answer to all such issues from the previous Touch models. With powerful hardware specs and a 2 megapixel camera, the smartphone is a lightweight device with a total weight of 4.2 ounces and compact dimensions of 4.2 x 2.2 x 0.6 inches.

The sleek and slender form of the Touch Dual gives it an attractive appearance, which goes pretty well with its slider mode. The rubberised casing is soft but solid, providing you a desirable feel and a firm grip. Moreover, the cover is also ideal for protecting the gadget from any scratches and scuffs. Designed to provide complete user convenience, the HTC Touch Dual has easy to use buttons, which are thin and comfortable. Then the SIM card compartment is also planned to facilitate the swap.

This phone is often compared with the Blackberry Pearl because of its similar layout, but you will notice that HTC has paid due attention to maintaining the texture. The Touch Dual is not only larger than the Pearl but also gives a pleasing feel. Another outstanding feature, however, is its clear sound. Moreover, there is a 400-MHz Qualcomm MSM7200 CPU and 128MB of RAM, which lets the handheld stand at par with the competing devices.

In the smartphone arena there exists a marvelous gadget, namely, the HTC Touch Diamond, which is currently conquering hearts. The HTC Touch Diamond includes all those smart and spectacular attributes which you would expect a high-class smartphone to possess. But after the huge success of this classy gadget, there is another surprise in store for users and fans of the HTC Touch Diamond.

We are talking all about mobile phone’s CoPilot Live Special edition. With this special edition it’s obvious that fans will receive some additional and exciting attributes. To make things clearer, CoPilot Live is actually a GPS navigation software programme and in the new edition it has been completely integrated with the HTC Touch Diamond is such a way that is truly mind blowing. But the software itself is actually quite impressive and offers a little more than your standard GPS navigation.

The CoPilot Live navigation software’s turn by turn voice guided instructions make it a perfect companion for this HTC product. The software is supplied on DVD and it installs all the maps automatically. It also offers both 3D and 2D map driving views whilst navigating to a house number, street or address book contact. You can also zoom in and out of the map by using the HTC P3700 Touch Diamon’s wheel. To reduce the driver’s distraction it includes a driver safety mode. With help of its customisable navigation screen, a user can alter colour, driving views and route calculation preferences, undoubtedly adding to the product’s utility.

With this programme safety camera alerts are also integrated, together with free database updates to ensure the safety camera information is always up to date. A user can opt for one map to be installed out of the UK and Ireland, France, Benelux, Iberia, Italy and Scandinavia maps.

HTC remains one of the major heavyweights in the smartphone sector, and the HTC Touch series has played a major role in this success. Never content to rest on their laurels, the company continues to churn out new and more advanced versions of the HTC Touch; the latest of which is the HTC Touch Viva. This smartphone offers only marginal design and specifications changes from its predecessor, although the mobile’s entire interface has been completely redone.

The Via was introduced by the company to the world along with two other newbies, the HTC Touch 3G and HTC Touch HD; and the mobile shares many similarities with its two contemporaries. For instance, the Viva supports GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 networks, GPRS, EDGE, WLAN and Bluetooth with A2DP. However, the Viva is less powerful than the Touch HD the with its 201 MHz TI OMAP 850 processor, 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM; but still on par with smartphones like the HTC Touch P3450. The Viva is also rather compact with dimensions of 104.5 x 59 x 15.8 mm and a weight of only 110 grams. Ergonomically the Viva is also an excellent handheld gadget with its easy navigation and firm hold.

Like all HTC Touch models, the Viva offers a stunning TFT touch screen. The decent sized 2.8 inch (240 x 320 pixels) display offers stunning images and in-depth clarity. Just like other HTC Touch smartphones, the Viva is optimised for managing both business and entertainment on the go. It comes bundled with lots of essential applications such as Email, Instant Messaging, text messaging, HTML (PocketIE) browser, the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, games, TouchFLO finger swipe navigation, Handwriting recognition, 5-way navigation, Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer), Java MIDP 2.0, Voice memo and more. Not to forget, the Viva is also capable of playing MP3s for entertainment purposes should one desire a break from they busy work schedule. Furthermore, the smartphone comes equipped with a 2 megapixels integrated camera to allow you to capture those happy moments with utmost clarity in no time.

Well as we might predict from the name, the HTC Touch HD includes a very impressive display. In fact the display manages to take up nearly the mobile phone’s entire front surface; something HTC has progressively been trying to accomplish in its models. Indeed, the smartphone’s screen is the most unique and impressive aspect of the gadget.

The new HTC Touch HD offers a large 3.8 inches high definition display with a stunning resolution of 480 x 800 pixels (65K colors). It’s a 3.5G ready phone which has an extreme processing speed on account of its embedded Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz processor, 512 MB ROM and 288 MB RAM. Indeed, these high-end specs are nearly approaching laptop caliber. The smartphone has Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support and the company claims data speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps on HSDPA networks.

Some of the smartphone’s other important specifications include:

• 3G
• WLAN
• Bluetooth
• SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML browser
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system
• TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Touch-sensitive navigation controls
• Handwriting recognition
• Built-in GPS receiver,
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
• Java MIDP 2.0, Voice memo
• MP3 player,

The Touch HD has similar dimensions to the Apple iPhone, though with an even more overbearing screen. Just like the mobile’s other features, its included 5 megapixel colour camera with auto focus is especially high-end for a mobile phone. To put the quality of the camera into perspective, for example, it is completely on par with many dedicated compact digital cameras such as the 5 megapixel ViviCam 5050. There is also a secondary VGA CMOS colour camera intended purely for video conferencing.