HTC Touch Cruise Officially Released

[Paul Martin]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.europe.htc.com/en/products/htctouchcruise.html' target='_blank'>http://www.europe.htc.com/en/produc...ouchcruise.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"HTC Corp., the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile® smart devices, today launched the HTC Touch Cruise™, the third member of the HTC Touch product family and the first to feature built-in GPS for personal navigation. Building on the popularity of the HTC Touch™ and the HTC Touch Dual™, the Touch Cruise also includes 3G-HSDPA wireless connectivity. The new Touch Cruise boasts of super fast HSDPA/3.5G connectivity plus Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®, making it a highly connected device for consumers on the move. Its 2.8” screen is great for enjoying mobile multimedia and because it runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the built-in Windows Media Player is ideal for music and movies."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/martin-20071113-htc_touch_cruise_front.jpg" /><br /><br />The former HTC Polaris has officially been released as the <a href="http://www.europe.htc.com/en/products/htctouchcruise.html">HTC Touch Cruise</a>. If you can live without a VGA screen, the Touch Cruise has a <a href="http://www.europe.htc.com/z/pdf/products/HTC_Touch_Cruise_ProductSheet_en.pdf">nice feature set</a> [<i>pdf</i>]. The built-in GPS also comes with TomTom Navigator 6. I know for some, the lack of VGA is a killer, but I wonder if the TouchFLO interface would be harder to implement on VGA?

[Rod3]

So, not in the US, but I'm using the unlocked Touch in the US. Would this work? If so, it's mine! :D

[Paul Martin]

So, not in the US, but I'm using the unlocked Touch in the US. Would this work? If so, it's mine! :D

Our hardware partner site, Expansys (http://www.mobileplanet.com/t.aspx?f=19&partner=pthoughts), will usually have these, but I don't see the unlocked Cruise just yet. You might check with them, but if you're already using the Touch, it would seem a natural to be able to use the Touch Cruise.

[Phillip Dyson]

I've been wondering about this TouchFLO technology. Can you turn it off if you don't like it?

What about the home screen, is it compatible with other 3rd party plugins?

[Darren Behan]

Expansys (MobilePlanet here in the states) has it up now here: http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=159609

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[Rod3]

Oh, it's mine, it's mine! Now, I'll be really upset if it doesn't work. Maybe I should wait a couple of days to see what other folks are finding with it. I love the plain Touch, but the video camera isn't so hot. I was using a N95, and got spoiled. I can live with the plain still camera at 2 megapixels, but the videos were awful. Anybody know if the videos would be better since the camera is upgraded? Makes sense to me that they would be, but I know nothing.... :oops:

[Rod3]

I've been wondering about this TouchFLO technology. Can you turn it off if you don't like it?

What about the home screen, is it compatible with other 3rd party plugins?

Not sure about the Cruise, but I can turn off TouchFLO on my Touch. And I have many other plug ins on my home screen along with the HTC home screen. I have spb stuff all over the home screen, plus handymenu, and cLaunch, among others like that weather app. Tiny screen, and I have it packed solid! :wink:

[possmann]

Would someone please remind me why I switched to CDMA? (T-mo to Verizon)

Very cool looking device - very :mrgreen:

[Wasp]

Is there any windows mobile professional that is VGA? I'd like to have VGA as well, but I have never seen a pda phone that had it (Probably due to battery life concerns). :?:

[burtcom]

Yes -- there are some ETEN Glofiish phones that have VGA

[Dyvim]

... and the HTC Advantage is also VGA (and giant-sized).

[pocketpcadmirer]

htc universal(if you can still find one) has phone &amp; also vga

[paris18m]

Come on HTC where is the touchflo enabled HTC 3600?

the cruise is the touchflo enable HTC P3300.

Still waitting for the touch equivalent to replace my existing 3600. and the Touch crouse is not it coz its thier product GPS enabled line. not that the 3600 does not have a gps but its not its main feature.

anyone? no info leaked?

if the eten x800 had touchflo i would jump on it however iths hard to leave the htc goodness club

[virain]

Am I the only one who thinks that this thing is ugly?

[Rod3]

Am I the only one who thinks that this thing is ugly?

The picture shown here is ugly, but the Mobile Planet one isn't so bad.

http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=159609

[hamishmacdonald]

Yeah, I was really looking forward to this device. In the meantime I've become hooked on the Kaiser's sliding keyboard (how did I enter things before?!), and this final production model is...

I don't know, there's something just aesthetically off about it for me. Not to mention the practical nuisance of constantly pressing a shiny silver plastic surface against the greasy surface of your face. Not nice.

As with the newly big-again Stowaway keyboard, I don't want any appliance I use every day to be covered in shiny, chrome-like finishes. I'm just compulsive enough that I'd have to clean the thing every time I saw it.

[JesterMania]

Am I the only one who thinks that this thing is ugly?

You are not the only one. When I first looked at this picture, I thought it was one of those pre-production models without the final layer of paint. The XDA Orbit version looks infinitely nicer.

[Rod3]

I initially only saw the all black one, which looks better. I've decided not to get it, based on the way it looks. I hate that wheel thing. I'm sad... :(
Oh, well, there are always more out there.