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Leigh Geary from Cool Smartphone has published one of the 1st HTC Touch Cruise reviews online and seems to like it quite nicely.

This phone has some real nice specs too:

• Quad Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz)
• Triband UMTS (850/1900/2100)
• HSDPA and HSUPA connectivity
• 400 Mhz MSM7200 Qualcomm CPU
• 128 RAM and 256 ROM
• 2.8? 320×240 px QVGA display
• 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
• 0.3 mpx front camera for video calls
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Built-in A-GPS
• micro-SD/micro SDHC memory card slot

I took this device on a day out. We decided to go to the local safari park and, I’ll be honest, I had no way of knowing how to get there. I turned on the Tom Cruise (now that sounds weird) and punched in the postcode. It located me, directed me all the way and I received some emails during the journey. The combination of the wheel plus the HTC TouchFLO system makes one-handed or even one-finger operation so simple and easy – it really is the wheel reinvented. An email pops up, I click the action button, scroll the wheel around to select a mail from the list, click again and then I use the TouchFLO system to quickly hop into Internet Explorer to see what time the safari park is open until. Even better, when I get there I can take fairly brilliant photos with the 3 megapixel camera and then I can make a video call to a member of my family and say, “Look at this elephant! Woow!”

The device we tested is network free, so you can pick whatever SIM card or network you fancy and get going without any problems. Yes, obviously there’s no keyboard, but there is WiFi, 3G, quad-band connectivity, video calling, GPS, microSD storage and you get a smooth experience thanks to the 400Mhz CPU. This isn’t just a navigation tool, this is a capable, well designed and well thought-out device which takes the success of the HTC Artemis to the next level.

Read Gears complete HTC Touch Cruise Review.

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