On June 5th 2007, the HTC Corporation announced its newest smartphone: the HTC Touch, also known as “Elf” or the HTC P3450. Considering that Apple announced the iPhone half a year earlier but not having it available until the end of June, the release of the HTC P3450 seems to be a clever move by HTC. However this is only valid for Asia and Europe, the U.S. market will have to wait until the end of 2007 until the HTC Touch is available there as well.

Owing to the HTC Touch’s innovative TouchFlo™ technology, the user is able to operate this device using simple gestures, for example wiping across the screen with a thumb. This alone looks rather impressive, almost futuristic and will guarantee you jealous looks from everyone. The HTC Touch is really a headturner.

But there’s more to the Elf than meets the eye. Even though it doesn’t have the fastest of today’s processors, it is ridiculously small and light-weight. It easily fits into your trouser pocket and you won’t even notice it. On the connectivity side it offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ExtUSB™ which is basically an 11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one. The HTC Touch does however lack infrared capability but in modern times of Bluetooth wireless data transfer this seems to be a bit out of fashion anyway.

Also make sure to check out the accessories page to find out how to customize, protect and style your HTC Touch smartphone even more!