Upstream Australia came out this morning with news that HTC is launching a new smartphone, the Touch Dual 850, on Telstra's new Next G network, in a bid to cater to the growing number of Telstra customers who are transferring from the soon-to-be defunct Telstra CDMA to Next G.
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HTC's new offering will go up against already-successful phones in the market including the Motorola RAZR MAXX V6, Palm Treo 750, Nokia 6120 Classic and the Samsung A711.
The new Touch Dual 850 (RRP $929, or on a Telstra $80 plan) will run on the Windows Mobile operating system, teamed with HTC's own ?Touch FLO' touch screen technology and slide-out keypad for emailing, text messaging and taking command of music and other applications.
While HTC is well-placed to take-on already-established giants in the Australian smartphone market, evidence suggests the company is struggling to make a name for itself since it opened its Sydney-based Australian subsidiary only last year.
