HTC has surely raised the bar, as they say, in mobile internet and entertainment. The HTC Touch HD, which was leaked few days ago, is now official, and its most astonishing feature is the 3.8" touchscreen display with WVGA resolution (480x800 pixels).

If that wasn't enough, the Touch HD has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus but no flash, a 3.5mm audio jack, 512MB internal memory, 288MB RAM, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, built-in A-GPS, HSDPA at 7.2mbps, HSPA, Qualcomm® MSM7201a™ 528 MHz CPU, runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, has the HTC TouchFLO 3D user interface, and only weighs 146g.

The phone supports microSD memory card but the battery capacity is a mere 1350mAh.

This will be the direct competitor of the BlackBerry Storm, and as you can see, the front housing is very similar.

The only reason this won't be my next phone is that it does not run on Symbian OS9.5, which I'm very much used to, as there is enormous variety of applications, games, themes, and of course, users.

Press release after the jump.

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