LONDON — October 1, 2007 — HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; HTC), the world’s leading provider of Windows Mobile®-based smart devices, today announced the European launch of the HTC Touch Dual, a new and more powerful member of the Touch family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek and innovative sliding keypad design.

The HTC Touch Dual follows HTC’s heritage of bringing a new level of simplicity to the powerful and feature rich device experience that today’s mobile users demand. Taking a design cue from the stylish HTC Touch, the HTC Touch Dual adds high speed 3G/HSDPA connectivity and a slide out keypad into a thin and narrow device designed for easy typing.

Specifications

• Size: 107 x 55 x 15.8 mm
• Weight: 120 g
• Connectivity: WCDMA/HSDPA: 2100 MHz/GSM/EDGE: 900/1800/1900 MHz
• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
• Display: 2.6-inch QVGA flat touch screen
• Camera: 2 megapixel plus front facing camera for video calling
• Internal memory: 256 MB flash, 128 MB RAM
• Removable memory: microSDTM slot
• Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
• Interface: HTC ExtUSBTM (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 Full-Speed)
• Battery: 1100 mAh
• Talk time: WCDMA: up to 240 minutes*, GSM: up to 360 minutes*
• Standby time: WCDMA: up to 150 hours*, GSM: up to 250 hours*
• Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7200, 400 MHz