This is known as the ‘BlackBerry Pearl Competitor’. Even though it is nothing compared to the iPhone, it is sure to be strong enough to remain as the more popular smart phone in the market. HTC Touch Dual is a quad-band GSM phone that has a slide-out keypad and other improvements compared to the original HTC. Now the button arrangement is the same as a normal phone keypad but with semi-QWERTY format and it uses the predictive-text-software as well. Everything seemed fine until I realized that the virtual keys are too close together. To make things worse, I also realized my beefy fingers having difficulty in pressing the Touch Dual buttons.
If you look closely, you will notice the screen size is 0.2 inch smaller than the old version. So it makes watching videos a bit uncomfortable, especially if you are used to watching the big screen on other phones. However, I never forget to look on the bright side. The best thing is it is easier to insert additional microSD cards into the slot, so for those who have tons of files, this comes in handy. The phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, which is a slight improvement over Windows Mobile 6.0. Still, HTC is the best choice next to BlackBerry, so now you get a choice - to pick HTC or BlackBerry.