In HTC parlance, the
"Neon" codename denotes a device of the
Touch Dual form factor -- original
Touch styling plus a slider keypad, a drill we all know by now. This particular form factor seems to be a pretty popular one, too, considering the sheer number of variants HTC's turned out; at this point, we have one for Europe, one for North America, and one for Japan, and a new FCC filing suggests that there's still at least one more trick in that pony. The so-called NEON400 doesn't give much away from the ID label document that we see here, but test reports indicate that it's sporting CDMA 850 / 1900 -- just right for launching on
Sprint,
Verizon,
Alltel -- you get the idea -- and obviously, we'll see EV-DO in there as well. Against the
Touch Diamond, the Dual is starting to look just a little dated, but it gets that all-important keypad that the Diamond lacks -- so even networks that end up launching the Diamond can realistically make room for this one in the lineup when it's announced. By someone
other than the FCC, that is.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jul 4th 2008 12:00PM
Great picture of............................................................................nothing.
danny003 @ Jul 4th 2008 12:01PM
Bell Canada will be carrying a CDMA Touch Dual soon
we2love @ Jul 4th 2008 12:03PM
test
Wormbolt @ Jul 4th 2008 12:40PM
Another blatant rip off of a line drawing of the outline of an iPhone.
cesium @ Jul 4th 2008 2:52PM
it's not funny anymore
Bob @ Jul 4th 2008 12:55PM
CDMA? Does it come with a brontosaurus burger and a club?
TheGasMan @ Jul 4th 2008 2:35PM
What?
TheGasMan @ Jul 4th 2008 2:35PM
"plus a slider keyboard"
Let's be clear that this has a slider keypad, not a slider keyboard. Big difference. If it had a slider keyboard, I might be interested.
Steffen Jobbs @ Jul 4th 2008 3:02PM
Typical WinMo handset.
kevin Nguyen @ Jul 4th 2008 4:48PM
Why bother with Touch Dual at this point when Touch Pro and Touch Diamond are coming to CDMA?
Michael @ Jul 4th 2008 6:47PM
Some variants of the Touch Dual have a keypad (where the 1-9 keys have the typical 3 letters per key, with predictive text entry).
http://www.softteq.com/nick/MeettheHTCTouchDual_7E3E/IMAGE_014_thumb.jpg
Other models (I think the distinction is carrier-specific) have 2 letters per key on a wider arrangement of keys
http://www.softteq.com/nick/TheDualTouchDuals_DED1/touch_dual_telstra.jpg
Hopefully the latter version will show up on Sprint/Alltel/Verizon here in the united states