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HTC has formally introduced themselves this morning at the luanch of their latest device (which would be called a Dopod if they had not reabsorbed the brand) simply named the HTC Touch. Surprisingly, we did not anticipate the Touch to be launched on the same date as the iPhone introduction (-6 GMT) and it does resemble Apple's first foray. Both are based on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE circuit with wireless connectivity, eschewing 3G and GPS navigation, both have media capabilities, and both have touch-senstitive input capabilities, with the iPhone giving it all on the multi-touch screen and the Touch, well, gives you the added accuracy of a stylus which the iPhone doesn't have.

We would take this ofer the iPhone, though, and the reasoning is simple - you can't send your iPhone back for warranty if it breaks as you'll only get it with that 2-year Cingular plan. So much for the grey imports. The Touch retails for RM2099 and will be released to the public tomorrow! More pics after the break!

Jeffery Luo, Vice President of Operations at HTC Taiwan was there like a proud father watching his newborn son.

Lovely. The Touch, we mean.

See how small the actual unit is? We can't really help but drool at it....

Tweaking the UI is the order of the month at HTC. Great touch-sensitive action, really!