Windows-Based iPhone Rival for Business Users

MsManhattan writes "High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has unveiled a touch-screen mobile device that offers many of the same features as the iPhone but with an emphasis on business applications vs. entertainment value. The HTC Touch is based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS and features a 2.8-inch touch screen offering access to emails, contacts and appointments. But unlike the iPhone, which will feature large internal flash memory capacity for music and movie storage, the HTC Touch offers a microSD drive, and a 1G-byte microSD card comes with the handset."

Pictures!

[jonnythan]

No pictures or videos?

Anyone else want to bet that the iPhone from Apple blows away this device from High Tech in the asthetics and user interface categories?

I bet they name it something like "S360-X Pearl 1GB."

One question

[Aqua_boy17]

Is it available in brown?

Talk about life imitating art...

[Basilius]

...this plays straight into the whole "Hi, I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC" ads. In fact, it fits so well it smells like a joke.

"iPhone is to much fun to get work done. We must have a windows-based 'business' equivalent."

Please. Enough already.

Rival?

[Scrameustache]

You misspelled "iPhone Killer"...

And since it isn't even out yet, I guess that would be an iPhone Aborter.

Just Wondering

[Nom du Keyboard]

Can you assemble a grid of them into a coffee table?

Still no "iPhone killer"

[carpe_noctem]

From TFA:

"..device designed with one-touch screen.."

Not exactly the same as the iPhone. At least I can finally give microsoft "the finger", literally.

Re:iPhone not out yet...

[MatchbooksAndSarcasm]

Windows Mobile, because who ever said that only desktop devices should have to be hard-rebooted on a daily basis?

Re:iPhone not out yet...

[wezeldog]

Yeah. It's recommended you run at least that instead of the MS Windows Mobile Home Edition that has fewer features...

Personally I run MS Windows Mobile Media Center Live Ultimate 2007.

Re:Pictures!

[walt-sjc]

You are right. There is no need for Yes/No on Windows Mobile where the only REAL option is: "Execute text message as code? Yes / Yes"

Re:One look

[SEMW]

Absolutely. I can't think why someone could possibly want to have battery level, connectivity level, and a clock all available at-a-glance in a consistent place, together with window management tools and a button to bring down a menu of commonly used applications; along with a programming interface that allows applications to hide it and take the full screen if they really need it. Incredibly stupid idea, isn't it. Quite ridiculous.