The new HTC Touch Cruise is the first mobile phone to offer HTC Footprints, an application experience that enables people to permanently chronicle their special moments by capturing a digital postcard on their phone. Once captured, Footprints provides the ability to take notes and an audio clip of a favorite restaurant or special place while identifying its specific geographical location. In addition to identifying each postcard with its specific GPS co-ordinates, Footprints also auto-names each postcard with its general location or area. Geo-Tagging in a whole new way!
Flipping back through their photos, HTC Touch Cruise users will be able to retrace their steps to that exact location in just a few touches. Unlike other devices with geo-tagging functionality, HTC Footprints works effectively outdoors and indoors, offering a more accurate record of location for future reference and navigation.
"Just as we have seen GPS technology transform how people navigate to new places, we are now seeing location-based applications like HTC Footprints changing how we interact and carry our memories," said Peter Chou, President and CEO, HTC Corporation. The HTC Touch Cruise is also an advanced in-car navigation system. When placed into its accompanying car cradle, the HTC Touch Cruise automatically transforms its user interface into an easy-to-use, one-touch interface that provides seamless turn-by-turn directions.
The handset's features include -
- Connectivity: WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Qualcomm Chipset MSM7225, 528 MHz
- 512 MB flash ROM, 256 MB RAM microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
- 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution
- 4-Way navigation wheel with Enter
- 3.2 megapixel camera with fixed focus
- Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
- Wi-Fi
- Mini-USB 2.0
The new HTC Touch Cruise will be available to customers across all major global markets in spring 2009. There’s no pricing mentioned yet.
