NeoTouch, one of the Acer’s Touch series smart phone announced in MWC last year is now available in Malaysia. I’ve no idea since when it is available here as shown in the printed commercial above, but it still not here the last time I check with the shop when I bought my HTC Magic. The suggested RRP is RM1999.
NeoTouch run on Windows Mobile 6.5 and powered by Snapdragon 1Ghz processor, make it in the same class in term of processing level as the like of HTC HD2 Nexus One and Motorola Droid and etc. The screen is 3.8″ in size with resistive touchscreen . It is equipped with powerful camera with 5 megapixel camera. Other standard features include, a-GPS, bluetooth and USB, FM radio, 3.5 audio jack and etc. More spec courtesy of GSMArena which detailed the smartphone performance and design below
- 3.8″ 65K-color resistive TFT touchscreen, WVGA 480 x 800 pixels
- Windows Mobile 6.5 with Acer Homescreen, Contacts, Agenda and Gallery
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM (300MB user available)
- 5 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, geotagging, image stabilizer
- VGA video recording @ 30fps
- Quad-band GSM support
- Tri-band 3G with HSDPA (7.2Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps) support
- Wi-Fi with DLNA technology
- Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality
- microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
- FM radio with RDS
- Bluetooth and USB v2.0
- 3.5mm standard audio jack, TV-out functionality
- Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor for screen auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation
- Smart dial
- Office document editor (but no PDF viewer)
- Full Flash support in the web browser (IE)
- Top-notch audio output quality
Some good news for Windows Mobile fan out there; MyXpax tweets yesterday that Celcom is going to sell HTC HD2 later this month. Considering now everyone are in festive mode, most likely it will happen after the long holiday, but just not sure when.
It’s been almost 3 month since the HTC HD2 official release in Malaysia, and yet no carrier offering this phone until this announcement. Well, it’s better late than never, right?
HTC HD2 is considered as the HTC’s s flagship smartphone in Windows Mobile segment with high price tag, around RM2800 when it’s first launched. HTC Hd2 also is one of best and highly regarded Windows Mobile phone out there as well.
This phone run on Windows Mobile 6.5, and the first Windows Mobile smartphone with capacitive touchscreen with multi touch feature. There are rumors circulating around before that, this is the only Windows Mobile smartphone that met the specification to run Windows Mobile 7, due to announcement next week at MWC 2010.
Powering the phone is Snapdragon 1GHz chip, one of the fastest processor at this moment for portable device.
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I finally made myself available for HTC HD2 launch at Boiler Room Hartamas yesterday evening, after missing so many gadget launch. I arrived there at sharp 5.30PM. The place is already packed with quite a number of media folks as well as bloggers. Gadget launch nowadays has many followers and to me, that’s good for out tech industries. More and more people are aware of technology such as smartphones which can help improve productivity significantly if it’s used properly.
Being the first timer to such gadget launch, I even forgot to bring along my Canon EOS 1000D. So sorry, no photos to show you, except the HTC HD2 images in the bag of goodies provided by them.
Just like other events, as usual, it started with talk by the HTC Country Manager followed by the manager from SIS, the company that distribute HTC smartphones here in Malaysia. Then come the part that where most attendees are anticipating; product overview by their engineer. I have go through the lengthy review from GSM Arena beforehand, so I basically have ideas what this HTC HD2 has, if not better.
I left the event after the product overview session end due to other commitment. Anyways, it was a good experience to get to know other people out of the industry that I’m make living for. I don’t have a chance to have hands on with the phone itself, so I would point you again to the review at GSM Arena. MyTechNews was there as well, and he put up some nice photos captured at the event on this post.
The phone would be available by end of November at nationwide retail store with RRP RM2899. Here is the key features, courtesy of GSM Arena
Key features
- Huge 4.3″ 65K-color WVGA glass-covered capacitive touchscreen
- Multi-touch input
- Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS with Sense UI
- Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz CPU and 448MB RAM
- Quad-band GSM support
- 3G with HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- 5 MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash and touch focus
- VGA video recording at 30fps
- microSD card slot
- Standard microUSB port and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- Standard 3.5mm audio jack
- Great audio quality
- MS Office Mobile document editor
- Opera 9.5 web browser
- YouTube client, Facebook and Twitter integration
- Excellent video playback performance
- Good battery life
You read it right, that HTC HD2 is going to be launched today for Malaysia market. We’re ahead of the US 
. It is going to be the ‘biggest’ launch as stated in the promo, but with double “”, it has got to do with something else I guess, such as biggest screen, biggest phone or even ‘biggest’ price…
While I’m still pondering if I should be there, I’ve gone through a lengthy review from GSM Arena about this Windows Mobile 6.5 powered phone, in order not to get over excited. You know, it is Windows Mobile la.. from Microsoft, not some cool iPhone or Andoid… Well, that’s just a common perception that the word sometimes come from the person who has never used it. Weird?
In a nutshell, Windows Mobile 6.5 with Sense UI from HTC is really a different thing altogether, unlike it’s predecessor. HTC HD is also equipped with capacitive touchscreen to appeal more users. Think of iPhone’s touchscreen, not Blackberry Storm. As Windows Mobile smartphone tends to be slightly expensive than its rival, you should really read the review beforehand, if you plan to get one for yourself . Windows Mobile is thing of the past?? Hold off your word until you try this one.
