The HTC Touch debuted in June 2007 — a whole year before the iPhone was made available to Canada.  After a friend of mine introduced it to me, I hadn’t given it much thought until I ended up looking for a smart phone — it was down to either the Samsung Jack or the HTC Touch.  The only edge the HTC Touch had was its Wi-fi, so I took it.  This was half a year ago, March 2008.

photo credit: Titanas

How far we’ve come along: HTC has since introduced the HTC Touch Dual, HTC Touch Cruise, HTC Touch Diamond, and recently, the HTC Touch HD.  I’m impressed by how well HTC is capitalizing on its Touch line — the Touch provided the reassurance that mainstream customers needed to trust HTC, and slowly, it’s making its way into the market.

Source: http://www.coolhunting.com/images/HTC-Touch-Diamond-Angle.jpg

While I thought the HTC Touch Diamond was enough for the rest of the year — after all, hype had only recently been calmed, HTC kicks all Diamond owners in the nuts with the official announcement of the HTC Touch HD.  While it does look like a sweet phone (with a screen bigger than the iPhone), I’m not sure that it’s come soon enough — the iPhone already has quite the hold on Canada.  Perhaps in retrospect, HTC should’ve just skipped the Diamond and gone with the Touch HD — but in a sense, I guess the Touch Diamond has a different “feel”.

• HTC’s official press release: http://www.htc.com/www/press.aspx?id=65236?=1033
• Leaked photos + forum thread: http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-professional-news/272214/introducing-the-htc-touch-hd/