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HTC Touch HD, Touch 3G and Touch Viva Hands-On Impressions

2:43AM Jason Chen | We got hands on time with the HTC Touch 3G, Touch Viva and most importantly, the Touch HD last week at CTIA. Although we didn’t get to delve deep into its Windows Mobile guts, we did spend enough time fiddling with the TouchFLO interface up top that we know how it’ll feel for you on a day-to-day basis. You’ll be pleased. More »
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Actual HTC Opal Spyshots Surface (Touch’s Twin)

2:40AM John Mahoney | The Touch-like HTC Opal we saw renderings of earlier this week looks like it definitely exists, according to these leaked shots. Yeah, if you’re having a hard time seeing a difference from the original Touch, so are we. We saw some specs too that indicate it’s very similar (still no 3G, same processor), but here it is, in the wild. The Touch HD we saw definitely still holds the title of HTC leak-of-the-week, though, and if anything’s going to be a true successor to the original Touch, it’s that, not the Opal. Another shot post-jump. [Pocketpt.net via Boy Genius] More »
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HTC Opal Leaks, The Sequel to the HTC Touch

10:56PM Mark Wilson | We’ve already seen phones like the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, but according to some legit-looking internal documentation, the HTC Opal is the official sequel to the original HTC Touch. Word has it that the Opal will ship with the 3D TouchFLO interface we’ve seen in the latest HTC products (which makes sense), but unfortunately, the spec sheet dated from July shows that the Opal still lacks 3G and features the same 200MHz processor as its predecessor. More »