A New Age for Mobile Phones Begins HTC unveils Touch Diamond™

Debut brings breakthroughs in size, style connectivity and overall user experience, leaves compromise at the door.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 27 May, 2008 – HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; “HTC”), the world's leading provider of Microsoft® Windows Mobile® smart devices, today unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond. Delivering unmistakable style and meticulous craftsmanship, the Touch Diamond is defined by its compact size, game-changing Internet and its new captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. Born from a unique heritage of innovation and a deep desire to blend design with simplicity, the result is an uncompromising mobile phone that sets a new benchmark for phone sophistication and shapes consumer expectations for how a phone can be used.

“Today we mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at broadband speeds,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “The HTC Touch Diamond will make browsing the Web and using web-enabled applications just as practical and easy to use as making calls.”

(From L to R) : Mr. SK Wong, Country Manager, Malaysia. Mr. Frank Teh, Managing Director, SIS Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd. Mr. Melvin Chua, Product Marketing Manager, Southeast Asia, HTC.

A New Dimension to Touch
HTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with the introduction of its new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, HTC is introducing a new innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with the Touch Diamondä.

Making The Mobile Internet Fun
With the introduction of the Touch Diamondä, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps* wireless connectivity. Committed to improving web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of websites in the way they were designed. As part of this browsing experience, users can zoom and pan websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.

In addition to web browsing, the Touch Diamond includes a new, customized, HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content.

Unmatched Style and Size
The HTC Touch Diamond is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand without compromising on features or functionality. Blending contrasting design elements of metal and unique geometric facets, the Touch Diamond complements a user’s personal style.

Bursting with Innovation
The HTC Touch Diamond delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality that set a new standard for integrating mobile phone innovation into a small package. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera with auto-focus that ensures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Diamondä experience a stand out.

Pricing & Availability:
The HTC Touch Diamond™ will be available from June 2008 at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price is RM 2,799**.

* 7.2Mbps speed is subject to mobile operators’ network.
**All prices are subject to pricing policies of individual operators.