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Rogers brings the HTC Touch to Canada. Although the device itself is small and quite multifunctional, it still looses in performance to TyTn II, a bit more preferable choice for Canadian users.

The yet unannounced HTC Polaris will apparently be renamed to Touch Cruise, thus becoming the third handset in the Touch series. With its release some upgrades to the whole touchFLO system are expected. The device should appear sometime in November.

 

Touch Cruise specs:

• Quad-band GSM/tri-band UMTS/HSUPA/HSDPA networks
• 400MHz CPU
• 128MB RAM
• 256MB ROM
• MicroSD/SDHC card slot
• 2.

Many of you probably know that Verizon plans to release the new HTC XV6800 "Titan" smartphone in the near future, only they didn't name the exact date.

Well, just to inform you, according to a recent rumor the handset will be available online starting November 2, and the official launch will take place on November 16.

Verizon Wireless unveiled 4 new business smartphones for the rest of the year:

• Samsung i760: a Windows Mobile 6 based slider with both the numeric keypad and full QWERTY keyboard. Features include stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3Mpixl camera, and EV-DO data. It will be available online starting October 19 for $350 after rebate and new2-year contract.

Starting November 4th Sprint will begin selling the HTC Touch (EV-DO version).

This model doesn't differ from the GMS-based one, and features a large touch-screen, HTC's TouchFLO interface, microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth, 2Mpix camera, runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS, and will include support for Sprint's Music Store, video content and On-Demand services.

Here is another rumor concerning the Google phone: according to a UBS analyst HTC plans to release 50,000 handsets running on the Google's upcoming mobile OS by the end of 2007.

Although most analysts believe that the search giant will release only the operating system, if the Google/HTC partnership really exists, we all can expect first Gphones to appear sometime in 2008.

Apparently, Sprint will release a ROM update for its Mogul smartphone on October 22nd.

The new ROM will include a number of bug fixes and enhancements, one of which is the upgraded stereo Bluetooth. Many users complained about low sound quality and interruptions in audio playback when connected via Bluetooth, but now this problem is fixed.

Alltel subscribers will soon be able to get their hands on several new handsets in the nearest future.

And now by order: the first is Palm Treo 755p smartphone, not the best option to choose; next is the Blackberry Pearl 8130, which will launch along with the 755p; and the last smartphone is the one named UTStarcom 6850, probably a re-branded version of the HTC Mogul.

AT&T has launched today the AT&T Tilt, a new advanced WM6-based 3G smartphone developed by HTC. The device is targeted primarily at business users and provides all kings of communication and multimedia features. The full feature set is posted below.

AT&T Tilt features:

• SM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA networks;
• 2.

HTC has introduced three new Windows Mobile 6 smartphones at an event in London:

• Touch Dual: This is an upgraded version of the HTC Touch, a 3G dual slider featuring GSM/EDGE/HSDPA connectivity, a 2Mpix camera and microSD slot for additional storage. It comes with the same TouchFLO interface as the original and provides more interactivity.