Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[HTC's Touch.B gets demonstrated, featurephone status confirmed (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/htcs-touchb-gets-demonstrated-featurephone-status-confirmed-v/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/htcs-touchb-gets-demonstrated-featurephone-status-confirmed-v/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/htcs-touchb-gets-demonstrated-featurephone-status-confirmed-v/#commentsHTC's Touch.B gets demonstrated, featurephone status confirmed This isn't going to be fun, so we'll just say it and get it over with: the HTC Touch.B isn't the updated Android smartphone we'd been hoping for. As it turns out it isn't even a smartphone, relegated to the realm of the featurephone by running Qualcomm's BrewMP OS. Full Flash support is nice, and we must say the UI has a charming, simple look to it, but it all looks a little... limited, and that screen seems awfully small given the size of the phone now that it's been turned on. See for yourself: there's a quick video demo after the break to get you primed for this one to ship sometime next year.

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HTC's Touch.B gets demonstrated, featurephone status confirmed (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>brewmpfeaturephonehtchtc touch.bHtcTouch.bqualcommtouch.bThu, 03 Dec 2009 09:01:00 EST<![CDATA[HTC 'Touch.B' is an Android-powered Touch2?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/htc-touch-b-is-an-android-powered-touch2/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/htc-touch-b-is-an-android-powered-touch2/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/htc-touch-b-is-an-android-powered-touch2/#comments If you glance at this thing for just a fleeting instant, you might actually mistake it for a Touch2 -- but it's not. A closer look at the button layout shows a decided lack of keys required by WinMo 6.5, which leads us to the logical conclusion that the so-called Touch.B here -- previously known under the codename "Rome" -- runs Android. MobiFrance doesn't have any additional details on the phone, its specs, or where it might launch, but if it does in fact run on the Google juice, it's looking like a possible successor (or kissing cousin, perhaps) of the Tattoo. Now that we look at it, we're not actually seeing the buttons that'd be required of an Android device, either -- and we have heard rumors for ages now that HTC would be releasing devices running a homegrown dumbphone platform -- but we'll hold off on the conclusion-jumping until we get just a little more detail.

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HTC 'Touch.B' is an Android-powered Touch2? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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