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Impressions of the HTC TyTN and MTeoR launch June 16, 2006 [General] | By Lutzh Haedrich.  HTC launched today the world's first tri-band 3G Windows Mobile PDA and 3G Smartphone in London. msmobiles.com was there and had the chance to be part of the press conference and the following hand's on of the first HTC brandet devices!  By Lutz Haedrich As mentioned earlier, HTC announced that it will release their products in future under it's own brand name. On thursday HTC invited the press to tell the world about it's strategy and the products that will hit the markets in near future. The event took place at The Hospital in London, capitol of the United Kingdom   The tube - the London underground train - was still flagged by Windows Mobile commercials   Peter Chou, CEO and President of HTC Co. Ltd, Pieter Knook, Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices Division and Florian Seiche, Vice President of HTC Europe Co. Ltd. spoke about the partnership between HTC and Microsoft as well as about the reasons why HTC will sell their products under their own brand now (Listen to the podcast session we've recordet at the press conference HERE!)  From left to right: Florian Sieche, Peter Chou, Pieter Knook  Peter Chou  Florian Sieche  Diane Studman, Spokes(wo)man of HTC Most important part of the session was the chance to get the hands on the new devices that HTC will launch soon - the first 3G enabled Windows Mobile powered Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone. The HTC TyTN (speak Titan) and the HTC MTeoR (speak Meteor) will hit the street in the next couple of weeks as HTC announced.  Get the official HTC flyers for the devices HERE: HTC MTeoR Factsheet HTC MTeoR Highlights HTC MTeoR Specs HTC TyTN Factsheet HTC TyTN Highlights HTC TyTN Specs Asking if the launch of the TyTN and the MTeoR under the HTC brand will have any influence on the launch of those devices from carriers (like O2, T-Mobile, Orange & Co.) brought up an simple answer: It's up to the carriers how fast they will be able to pack the devices with their extensions (well, let's call it branding, in fact) and bring them out.  On the picture: Diane Studman (right), spokes (wo)man of HTC Europe with the HTC TyTN and an HTC employee with the QTek 8500 The main reason why HTC decided to use the brand on the devices was - quote - to bring better support to anyone who bought an HTC device. Imagine - you've bought an Qtek S200 at Amazon, now you look for software updates on the Qtek sites that want your IMEI first, only to tell you that your device is not an original brighthand buy - that times shall be over then, because you should find all kind of support and even more on HTC's newly launched (still in progress) website! After the briefing by Peter Chou, Pieter Knook and Florian Sieche the hands on session took place where HTC showed working samples (still with the "Testing Device Not For Sale" in the boot screen)     Now there's only one thing missig: The device for an review. Watch this space around the next two weeks, to get more!  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 16 Comments ]
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