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13 February 2008  |  Avg user rating: RatingRatingRatingRatingRating 

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Click here to find out why the HTC Touch Cruise claimed the award for Best Mobile Sat Nav at the annual Mobile Choice Consumer Awards.  

Look and Feel

The Touch Cruise has a slightly angular appearance which makes it look distinctive. Its flat screen is relatively unusual – we are more used to seeing indented screens on Windows Mobile devices.

 

Ease of Use

The touch-screen is not as responsive as some, but we love the navigation button which you can rotate for scrolling as well as pressing in the usual up, down, left and right configuration.

 

Features

The HSDPA is welcome as are the Wi-Fi, GPS and FM radio, but it is niggling that mains power and audio have to share the same mini USB socket.

 

Performance

We found nothing intrinsically wrong with this smartphone, but it just doesn’t have the buzz that some others can offer.

 

Battery Life

Battery life is slightly above average, although you can really go to town depleting it with all the power-hungry features that are here.

 

HTC Touch Cruise

Pros: HTC’s characteristic TouchFLO look is here, and there is a strong range of features.
Cons: We didn’t find the flat screen as responsive to touch as we would like.

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Verdict: The Touch Cruise is not a bad take on a feature-crammed smartphone, but there is stiff competition out there.