The spark of the Diamond has reached the Indian bazaar. To roll over your hands on the diamond, you need to subscribe for Bharti Airtel’s connection because HTC has signed an exclusive agreement with India’s leading telecommunication services provider to release the Touch Diamond in the nation.
“The Touch Diamond is a breakthrough in innovation that packs the functionalities of a complete phone and offers an entirely new Touchscreen and mobile Internet and browsing experience for consumers. The launch of the Touch Diamond in India marks a new era in mobile phone evolution which will further catalyze the growth of Internet on mobile in the fastest growing telecom market in the world,” said Peter Chou, President & CEO, HTC Corp.
Indian users can enjoy Airtel’s state-of-the-art EDGE wireless network that ensures new and easy surfing capabilities. The touchscreen phone delivers the TouchFLO 3D to view a three dimensional touch interface and an innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with Touch Diamond
On the 2.8-inch screen, users can navigate through menus and also access animatedly to messages, e-mails, photos along with weather and people amongst others. It also features an integrated camera with an optical auto-focus lens. Users will appreciate the near-print quality viewing of photographs.
Syed Safawi, Executive Director - Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel said, “Our partnership with HTC to introduce India’s First 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D featured mobile phone underlines our commitment to innovation. We are very excited at the opportunity to bring to all Airtel users a best in class product which is elegant, stylish and equipped to deliver a power packed performance. HTC Diamond will have one touch access to “Airtel Live” giving customers an easy access to download a variety of Games, Pictures, Video Clips, Movies, Ringtones etc. This phone will be available exclusively on Airtel.”
HTC Touch Diamond runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional that allows Windows operation such as Outlook Mobile, Office Mobile, Windows Live and the capabilities to run thousands of third-party applications. It also includes a newly developed YouTube application to gain access to an array of user generated video content and make use of Google Maps for mobiles to get traffic updates and mapping.
According to Sumeet Gugnani, Director, Mobile Communication Business, Microsoft India, “We are delighted to partner with HTC and Airtel to launch the new Touch Diamond in India. Embedded with Windows Mobile 6.1, this device offers exceptional capabilities to manage office productivity while on the go. The intelligent HTC Touch Diamond is a perfect blend of stylish design – with its large touch screen - and the powerful, user friendly features of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 software. Windows Mobile phones have received an overwhelming response from the market in India, and we believe that this new good looking device will further accelerate the success of this powerful platform and enhance customers’ mobility experience manifold.”
The black-colored HTV Touch Diamond mobile phone carries a price tag of Rs. 27,500. No details on the availability date.
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