Sprint to Offer Touch-Screen Smartphone With Windows Mobile Software

Malykhina, Elena. "Sprint to Offer Touch-Screen Smartphone With Windows Mobile Software." Information Week. 17 October 2007.

Apple's iPhone is getting more competition, this time from Sprint. Next month, Sprint will star selling the HTC Touch, a full touch-screen smartphone that will run Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 operating system. The phone is integrated with TouchFLO technology, developed by HTC, which allows one to navigate through the phone's menus with a finger swipe. The Touch was first introduced in June in the United Kingdom. The Touch uses Outlook Mobile, which allows IT departments to integrate the phone with their Microsoft Exchange servers. The Touch also comes with Office Mobile, Windows Live, and support for thousands of third-part applications. Sprint will offer content on the Touch specific to its network, including the Sprint Music Store for wirelessly downloading songs to the phone, Sprint Exclusive Entertainment for sports and entertainment videos, Sprint TV for live and on-demand video and audio, and Sprint Radio. The Touch has a few features the iPhone does not: a microSD card slot that supports up to 4 G of expandable memory, stereo Bluetooth, and high-speed data access via Sprint's 3G EV-DO cellular network.

The Touch costs $250 with a two-year subscription to Sprint and a $100 mail-in rebate. The iPhone costs $400 with a two-year subscription to AT&T.