The HTC Touch, also known as the HTC P3450 or its

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the HTC Elf or the HTC Vogue for the CDMA variant, is a

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designed and manufactured by

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. Its main, unique feature is a user interface named ''TouchFLO'' that detects a sweeping motion and can distinguish between a finger and a

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. TouchFLO incorporates stylus-free access to a music player, a photo album, a video player and a picture-based

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. The global launch of the Touch was in

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, on , and the phone was initially available in two colours:

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. The carrier bound names for this phone include Verizon Wireless XV6900, T-Mobile MDA Touch, O2 XDA Nova, Okta Touch and Vodafone VPA Touch.PDAdb.net - Devices with the codename Elf
/ref> In November 2007,

started to sell an "Enhanced" Touch, also known as the HTC P3452 or its

the HTC Elfin, with double the RAM and ROM of the original version (128 MB and 256 MB respectively).PDAdb.net - HTC Touch P3452 - Enhanced Version (HTC Elfin 100) Specs
/ref> The newer version is also available in two new colors:

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Sales

HTC shipped 1 million units within 5 months of the launch,HTC Touch Diamond shipments to reach the one million mark this month
/ref> and shipped another million in the following 6 months.

Features

*Connectivity **

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(Class 10) /

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2.0. Supports most common profiles including serial port, FTP, HID (keyboard and mice), headset, hands free, DUN (dial up networking for using the phone as a wireless modem for a notebook or desktop), and A2DP Bluetooth stereo. **HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB & audio jack) *Input **

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(designed for fingers and the included

) **5 -way directional block (including action button) **Power and camera buttons **TouchFLO *Memory **128 MB (35.46 MB user-accessible)

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**64 MB (47.89 MB accessible)

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expansion slot (SD 2.0 compatible, 1 GB card included, 16 GB SDHC Tested Successfully) *Other features ** TI OMAP 850 201 MHz processor **2.0-megapixel CMOS color camera **2.8 in. LCD screen (240x320 px, 65k-color,

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HTC Vogue

The

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version of the Touch, known as the "HTC Vogue" or the "HTC P3050", has double the

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and

of the original Touch, a faster 400 MHz processor (QualComm MSM7500), and a faster over the air data capability, but no

. This is sold under the name Okta Touch by Telecom in New Zealand. Also sold as the "HTC Touch" through

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and as the "XV6900" through

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in the United States; as the "HTC Touch" by

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; and through Raya and i2 Mobile in

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Operating system upgrades

The Windows Mobile version is upgradable, to 6.5.* via ROMs from XDA-Developers website.

Linux and Android conversions

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and Android operating systems are being ported to these phones. Vogue Linux runs on the HTC Vogue. Wing Linux, an Android version, is in development and available via ROMS, from

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website. Android versions through 2.3 (Gingerbread) have been successfully ported to the CDMA (Vogue) version of the Touch.

References

External links

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