Mobile device maker HTC has added
four new handsets to its line-up, including a BlackBerry-like model with a
qwerty keyboard for emails; a PDA with built-in satellite navigation; and a new
candy-bar smartphone for business users.
Available from October, the four new models offer different mixtures of
features to appeal to different market segments. All have wireless connectivity
and are based on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 platform.
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HTC European vice-president Florian Sieche said the new devices demonstrated
the firm’s ability to innovate and lead in the smartphone market. “Each is very
distinctly targeted at a different user group, it’s about being able to offer a
great, segmented portfolio that can serve all sectors. We don’t to leave a hole
in the portfolio anywhere,” Sieche said.
The HTC S620 has a BlackBerry-like design with a qwerty keyboard beneath a
2.4in colour screen and features a new Joggr touch-sensitive navigation bar. It
offers mobile access to corporate Exchange email servers via Microsoft’s Direct
Push, and is a quad-band GPRS device with Wi-Fi support and Bluetooth. It is
expected to cost about £279.
Meanwhile, the HTC P3300 and P3600 are styled more closely along traditional
PDA lines. The P3300 is HTC’s first model with integrated GPS functionality and
includes TomTom Navigator 6 software. It is a quad-band GPRS device with Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth and costs from £349.
The £419 P3600 builds on HTC’s existing compact PDA line-up and is a 3G
handset with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, plus a two-megapixel camera for taking photos
and a secondary camera for video calls.
Finally, the HTC S310 is a candy-bar Windows Mobile smartphone with quad-band
GPRS and Bluetooth. With an expected price of £179, it offers companies an
affordable messaging device for mobile email, according to HTC.
“It’s basically a powerful but small smartphone that allows us to address the
broader enterprise audience, as firms can deploy mobile email to a wider
employee base with it,” Sieche said.
HTC sells its handsets via UK resellers such as Expansys and Hugh Symons, but
the models will also be available as own-brand versions from mobile carriers in
the near future.
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