HTC unveils Fuze: competition for iPhone
Fresh off several hot smartphone releases, device maker HTC on Tuesday unveiled the HTC Fuze, a touch-screen handheld that takes cues from the T-Mobile G1, without the Google Android guts.The Fuze, an AT&T exclusive in the U.S., takes what made the G1, also made by HTC, a swift seller and ups the ante with a host of new features and functions. Like the G1, the Fuze features a fill slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Where it differs is the touchscreen, which ties in HTC’s own TouchFLO 3D user interface for one-touch access. The smartphone, which runs on AT&T’s 3G BroadbandConnect network, is designed specifically for one-hand operation, using gesture-based navigation, meaning users can touch, hold and slide along the screen tabs. The 3-D touchscreen interface extends to the Opera Web browser, where users can zoom in or out to ease navigation.
Another striking difference between the Fuze and the G1 is the Fuze’s operating system — Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, which offers integration with Microsoft Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar and to-do lists. It wraps in a unique business card application that lets users capture and save contact information using the built-in 3.2 megapixel camera. The device hosts a 262,000-color, 2.8-inch, 480-by-640 VGA touchscreen for touch-sensitive navigation control, with three-dimensional animated transitions. On the connectivity side, the HTC Fuze can connect to voice and data via AT&T’s 3G network, and also features built-in GPS, Wi-Fi access and Bluetooth 2.0. It also has a push-to-talk feature for instant communication. The HTC Fuze is available now starting at $299.99 with a contract at AT&T stores. Voice plans start at $39.99 per month with monthly enterprise data plans starting at $45 and personal data plans starting at $30.
Source: Cnet, CRN
Comments(22)
Sprint already has this phone available as the HTC Touch Pro, I already use it. It’s a damn nice phone.
Sexy.
Sorry but this news article is rubbish.
“takes cues from the g1″? The touch pro was out before the G1, and this is simply the AT&T branded Touch Pro.
Martin just pasted the wrong picture there.
http://www.crn.com/networking/212001873
Fuze is a little diffrent. But indeed looks quite the same, just the keyboard is a little diffrent.
And yeah, the touch pro has been around for quite some time, don’t see this as something imba.
Windows Mobile is the biggest slowest crappest pos ever made – I have it on my HTC and can’t wait to get something better
ehh…this look like the HTC DIAMOND
Does HTC wants to sponsor me, I’ll write them a nice review I promise!
Man… I’d almost kill for one of those. It has about anything you wish for in a mobile phone. My brother has the QWERTY-less one and it’s peachy. Cool stuff. Unlike the G1, it looks like a joke. 
No “HTC Diamond Touch Pro” phone is identical. Each Company calls it differently. They usually change not only phone appearance, but hardware as well which is especially true for less bulky non keyboard model Diamond Touch.
What’s the deal with all these vendor sponsored reviews lately????????
Got mine yesterday. Freakin sweet!
competition for nokia maybe but its a windows OS so that will turn most sensible people away…
It’s got a keyboard so it already beats the iphone in my eyes. Touch screen technology is a hideous thing.
@#5
Got WinMobile 6 on my HTC P4000 and it runs like a top with PDF price lists and brochures in it, I use Excel a lot and Outlook sync, MapQuest (mobile) and nearly 10,000 database, againg fully synch’d to my desktop.
Runs fine, sorry #5 perhaps you have some, maintenance needed or you have some crappy, 3rd party software in there too.
(Yeah I know,you know what you’re doing, there’s no way you have buggy software installed, its all Microsoft’s fault)
@13 HTC touch has always been far superior to the old, outdated technology that Apple used on their i-Toy.
Apple juts bought out an old, dead company and took over their out of date toch technology.
HTC uses a good touch system that responds to a stylus with great accuracy.
The difference is, Apple build toys so kids can play house in their tree fort and pretend they are their daddy.
HTC builds enterprise class mobile devices, and does it qite well, not rugged like Symbol-Motorola Enterprise devices but still useful.
I want one thats compatible with boost mobile
strange.. new phone :O for some reasons i already got this one ages ago .. or maybe a few month
That’s the HTC Touch Pro, minor mods from At&t. There’s no new phone from HTC, except the HD.
Windows Mobile runs just fine if you know how to tweak it. I have the Touch Diamond and it works great.
RapidShare link please
the News is wrong:
afaik, all WinMo devices (including Omnia & Xperia) can handle only 65k colors.. it`s a matter of OS design
@8 Limbo
The face of this is identical to my HTC touch diamond… Still another very sexy phone from htc.
When does the PC version come out?
@18
I agree.
Rapidshare links, please.
Oh, and this is the Diamond/Touch Pro that’s just AT&T branded.