HTC to announce new device

John Chan | Jun 05, 2007

HTC will be announcing a new product in the US today, and speculation is rife that it will be the Elf, a compact PDA-phone.

According to various online media sites, the device manufacturer will hold a US press event on June 5. Images of the HTC Elf were already leaked a few weeks before this. This included unboxing pictures of the device on blog site The Boy Genius Report. A separate rumor goes even further to suggest that multi-touch technology (similar to that found on the iPhone) will be incorporated into the new Windows Mobile 6 PDA-phone.

In another hearsay, Digitimes said Dopod will be releasing six new devices in China. The codenames of these are said to be Athena-c, Cruiser, Kunlun, Nike-c, Elf and Sedna-c. Four of the six codenames (without the -c suffix which may denote the Chinese variant) have been talked about before in rumor sites, with the Athena (Dopod U1000) and Cruiser already launched in various markets. The Kunlun and Sedna-c are new and expected to be launched in the second half of 2007.

HTC devices have been under the Dopod brand in the Asia-Pacific region. Dopod International was recently acquired by HTC, and will use the HTC brand name in this region come July. Devices in China will continue to be marketed under the Dopod brand.

When contacted, Dopod declined to comment on the rumors regarding the product to be launched and the supposed impending release of the six new devices in China. Check back with CNET Asia tomorrow as we bring you the details of the HTC announcement.

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