The HTC Touch is the first HTC device to make use of what the company is calling its TouchFLO technology. TouchFLO uses of a new type of touchscreen and a series of changes to WM6 itself to allow users to control a device with their fingers as well as the traditional stylus. The Touch has a 2.8-inch LCD offering a resolution of 240 x 320. It also features a 2.0-megapixel camera; GSM, GPRS, and EDGE connectivity; and triband (900, 1,800, 1,900) capabilities, plus Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. The handset measures 4 x 2.3 x 0.5 inches and comes with a 1-GB microSD card and 64 MB of built-in RAM. HTC won't go head-to-head with the iPhone in the U.S. until the second half of this year, when it comes out in North American and Latin American versions. The Touch is now available in the UK, and, later this month, will be available in the rest of Europe and Asia.

MobilrBurn have tested this phone: The new user interface extensions totally change the way you interact with the device. Scrolling is accomplished by grabbing the screen with your fingertip (not the fingernail) and dragging it up or down. You can cause it to scroll on its own by grabbing the screen and "throwing" it with a quick up or down motion. It can be sped up even further with an additional flick of the finger. Tapping stops the scrolling action. Most scrollable screens on the Touch, including the Pocket IE web browser, now support this feature.

Other new UI elements include HTC's separate suite of finger based menus. Running your fingertip with some pressure from below the screen (roughly from the HTC logo) upwards brings up the new menu. From there, swiping your finger from left to right, or vice versa, will flip, in a 3D cube style that Apple iPhone fans will recognize, between the three pages available: picture speed dial, multimedia functions, and quick app access. HTC offers their own finger-friendly media player, in addition to standard Windows Media Player, in order to keep things easy to use. Even the home screen is now finger friendly, offering three views: time, weather, applications.

Also ZDNET Blog has some impresssions: While the HTC Touch has a revolutionary touch screen interface, it does not support multi-touch like on the Apple iPhone and still has the Windows Mobile 6 interface under the new HTC shell. It also isn't the highest speced Windows Mobile device on the market as it is targeted to the general consumer like the Apple iPhone. Mobile enthusiasts and data consumers will note that the HTC Touch lacks 3G connectivity, has a processor more fit for a Standard (Smartphone) device, and is not loaded with lots of hardware buttons.