The HTC Pure is a relatively compact smartphone with a 3.2″ resistive touch screen. It makes the iPhone 3GS look large and feel heavy (to be fair, the iPhone is thinner, though larger in all other respects), and is a much smaller sibling to the Touch Pro2. Since it’s a slate design phone like the iPhone and LG Incite, it has an on-screen keyboard but no hardware QWERTY keyboard. The Pure is attractive, though it lacks that special sauce that makes the HTC Imagio look so cool. Build quality is good and the Pure feels more high end than the Incite and is easier to use in terms of software, screen and user interface. The piano black finish is attractive and reminds us of the HTC Fuze, but handle it for just a few minutes and it starts to look grimy with fingerprints.
Features at a Glance:
The HTC pure is a quad band GSM phone with EDGE and 3G HSDPA (up to 7.2Mbps like the iPhone 3GS) on AT&T’s US bands. It has a 3.2″ resistive touch screen that works both with a finger and the included stylus. It runs on the usual Qualcomm 528MHz CPU with 288 megs of RAM and 512 megs of flash storage with approximately 235 megs free for use. It has an SDHC microSD card slot that’s located under the battery door (you do not need to remove the battery to access it), a GPS that works with AT&T Navigator and other GPS and mapping applications, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera. Not bad for the $149 contract price tag and retail $349 no contract price.
Features:
AT&T Smartphone
Windows Mobile 6.5
3.2” WVGA Touchscreen
Windows Application Suites
TouchFLO 3D Interface
Internal GPS Antenna
Motion G-Sensor
Ambient Light Sensor
FM Radio
802.11b/g WiFi
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Dual Cameras
Specifications:
Form Factor: Ultra Slim Bar PDA
Platform: Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
Processor: Qualcomm MSM 7201A, 528MHz
Memory (ROM): 512MB
Memory (RAM): 288MB
LCD: 3.2” WVGA Touchscreen
Band: HSPA/UMTS (850/1900)
Band: GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz)
Playback: MPEG4 (H.263/H.264), MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, AMR
Interface: USB, microSD, USIM/SIM card slot
Applications:
Microsoft Outlook Mobile
Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile
Microsoft Media Player Mobile
Microsoft ActiveSync
Microsoft Windows Mobile Update
Microsoft Windows Mobile Marketplace
Internet Sharing
Pictures & Videos
Games
File Explorer
Device Management
Security Enhancement
Microsoft Office Mobile
Microsoft Windows Live!
Windows Smart Dialing
Microsoft Remote Desktop Mobile [optional]
