Hands-on with HTC Touch Cruise (Iolite)
Mobile-review hav posted a hands on with the new HTC Touch Cruise (Iolite). Here is their final impression.
So what’s the bottom line? Surprisingly, the Touch Cruise doesn’t have any bells and whistles and functionality-wise is in one line with the HTC Touch 3G, which is a no-frills communicator as well.
Now I want to get back to what this preview started with – many people expect HTC to churn out top-notch phones, such as the Touch Diamond and HD, one after another. And in this sense, there is no limit to where the demands of this portion of their audience can go. However, it’s important to realize that HTC are no different from any other phone maker, thus its resources and R&D potential are finite. That’s why there will always be top-of-the-line, entry-level and mid-tier phones in their portfolio. The latter, while being probably the most unpretentious type of all, is what they call the backbone of the company’s development.
On balance, the HTC Touch Cruise is a robust mid-range phone, and it's very unlikely it's going to change for better or worse by the time it starts shipping in Europe and Russia. There is no denying that some users will come out disappointed after twiddling with it, but it’s a part of HTC’s strategy, where mid-tier offerings are as essential as multimedia monsters.
We’ll take a closer look at the Cruise in our comprehensive review, so stay tuned.
Technical specifications:
•Class: communicator
•Form-factor: candy-bar
•Rivals: Glofiish X900
•Materials: plastic (soft-touch), metal
•Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, TouchFLO 2D user interface
•GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz, EDGE/GPRS, UMTS/HSDPA 2100
•CPU: 528 Mhz (Qualcomm MSM7225A platform)
•ROM: 512 Mb
•RAM: 256 Mb
•Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (A2DP), proprietary ExtUSB (USB 2.0) for charger/data cable/headset, microSD memory card slot (with SDHC support
•Display: TFT 2.8” with QVGA resolution (320x240 pixels), capable of up to 65K colors
•Camera: 3 MP with fixed focus
•Navigation: Qualcomm’s gpsOne chipset (with A-GPS support)
•Battery: removable 1100 mAh Li-Ion battery
So what’s the bottom line? Surprisingly, the Touch Cruise doesn’t have any bells and whistles and functionality-wise is in one line with the HTC Touch 3G, which is a no-frills communicator as well.
Now I want to get back to what this preview started with – many people expect HTC to churn out top-notch phones, such as the Touch Diamond and HD, one after another. And in this sense, there is no limit to where the demands of this portion of their audience can go. However, it’s important to realize that HTC are no different from any other phone maker, thus its resources and R&D potential are finite. That’s why there will always be top-of-the-line, entry-level and mid-tier phones in their portfolio. The latter, while being probably the most unpretentious type of all, is what they call the backbone of the company’s development.
On balance, the HTC Touch Cruise is a robust mid-range phone, and it's very unlikely it's going to change for better or worse by the time it starts shipping in Europe and Russia. There is no denying that some users will come out disappointed after twiddling with it, but it’s a part of HTC’s strategy, where mid-tier offerings are as essential as multimedia monsters.
We’ll take a closer look at the Cruise in our comprehensive review, so stay tuned.
Technical specifications:
•Class: communicator
•Form-factor: candy-bar
•Rivals: Glofiish X900
•Materials: plastic (soft-touch), metal
•Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, TouchFLO 2D user interface
•GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz, EDGE/GPRS, UMTS/HSDPA 2100
•CPU: 528 Mhz (Qualcomm MSM7225A platform)
•ROM: 512 Mb
•RAM: 256 Mb
•Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (A2DP), proprietary ExtUSB (USB 2.0) for charger/data cable/headset, microSD memory card slot (with SDHC support
•Display: TFT 2.8” with QVGA resolution (320x240 pixels), capable of up to 65K colors
•Camera: 3 MP with fixed focus
•Navigation: Qualcomm’s gpsOne chipset (with A-GPS support)
•Battery: removable 1100 mAh Li-Ion battery
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