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HTC has released a successor to one of its first touch screen phones the HTC Touch. The new device, the HTC Touch 3G looks a lot like the previous device, but has subtle differences and sleeker appearance. The HTC Touch 3G has also had a bit of colour injected into it and is available in black, blue, brown and gold; colours will probably depend on the network you choose.

As with the rest of HTC’s touch series, the Touch 3G is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, which is capable of displaying and sending emails, writing and editing Word documents and browsing the internet effortlessly.

The Touch 3G also features a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Navigating through the phone is easy with HTC’s superb TouchFLO user interface and your images and files can be stored on a microSD card via the card slot.

A built in multimedia player is also onboard, but the downside is that there is no 3.5mm headphone socket. Instead there is a HTC ExtUSB connection that is used charging/synchronisation and listening to audio and video files.

The HTC Touch 3G is bound to be popular with people who want a functional and powerful Smartphone. The Touch 3G is expected to be out sometime this month, on a range of networks; price to be confirmed.

Leaked specs and pictures of a new Asus Smartphone have been published on the internet. The new device is rumoured to be called the Galaxy 7 and will run the Windows Mobile operating system.

The Asus Galaxy 7 is set to rival Samsung’s Omnia i900 and features a large 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display combined with Asus’s Glide User Interface. Other features include a 5 megapixel camera, a trackball similar to the BlackBerry Pearl and a stainless steel body.

The user can navigate through the device using either the touchscreen or the trackball and the phone is quad-band so calls can be made and received anywhere in the world. Also crammed into the Galaxy 7 is Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth and 4GB of internal storage for your media and data files.

3G is also supported and a microSD card slot is integrated for expanding the storage capacity. A full spec list hasn’t been released yet, nor has a release date, but several sources on the internet hint that it might be available as soon as the end of October.

HTC yesterday announced a new touch device for their Smartphone range called the Touch HD. Sporting the now familiar sleek black exterior of new HTC devices; the Touch HD features a huge 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen with a resolution of up to 480×800 pixels.

The Touch HD has all the features that you would expect from a HTC Smartphone including, Wi-Fi and HSPDA connectivity, Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, GPS and A-GPS and Google Maps. The Touch HD also features an impressive 5 megapixel camera for capturing photos and videos.

HTC’s TouchFLO 3D user interface is also included to navigate through the device, as well as a media player capable of playing various audio and video files. A 3.5mm headphone sockets is also featured, making the Touch HD compatible with a wide range of headphones.

As stated above the operating system is Windows Mobile 6.1, which will keep you up to date with your emails and let you browse the internet effortlessly, and the Touch HD has a microSD card slot to store your data and media files.

HTC say the Touch HD will be released in Q4 of 2008; price and availability are to be confirmed.

In a press release issued today, Sony Ericsson announced that the official release date for their flagship Smartphone, the Xperia X1 will be the 30th of September. The initial release will be available to the UK, German and Swedish markets with the rest of Europe and Asia getting the handset by the end of the year.

The X1 will be the first in the new range of Xperia handsets that will be targeted at the high-end of the mobile phone market. The Xperia X1 will feature the Windows Mobile operating system and a 3 inch touchscreen display.

Other features comprise of a slide out QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi and HSPDA connectivity, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a microSD card slot for up to 8GB. The device is set to go head to head with the HTC Touch Pro, Blackberry Bold and of course the iPhone 3G in the race to become the best Smartphone.

The Xperia X1 is due out in the UK on the 30th September; no firm prices yet but expect it to be on a range of networks and tariffs.

HTC have released details of its upcoming new Smartphone the S740. Built to be the successor to the S730, the new S740 has been styled to look like the Touch Diamond and Touch pro but has two keypads; a front mounted numerical pad (as on standard mobiles) and a slide out QWERTY keyboard like the HTC Touch Pro.

The S740 features a 2.4 inch display, which unlike the Touch Pro and Touch Diamond is non-touchscreen. As well as the styling, other features have been lifted straight from the Touch Diamond including a 3.2 megapixel camera, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connections, Bluetooth and GPS/A-GPS.

Also included in the HTC S740 is an internal memory of 256Mb and a microSD card slot. The S740 is slightly bigger and heavier compared to the Touch Diamond, but with the integration of that QWERTY keyboard you can forgive a few extra grams.

HTC say the S740 will be shipped in September; prices are to be announced.

The Treo Pro is the latest device to come from renowned Smartphone maker Palm. This superb phone benefits from the powerful Qualcomm MSM7201 processor, 128MB of RAM and the user friendly Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system.

The Treo Pro sports a 2.4 inch touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard, which has been designed to take on the new Blackberry Bold. Also included on this Quad-band Smartphone is HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, built in GPS, Bluetooth, 256MB of internal storage and a microSDHC card slot that can take up to 32GB.

A two megapixel camera is mounted at the rear, with an 8x digital zoom and video capture. Synchronisation to your computer is easy with the integrated USB connection, meaning that you can use the Windows Mobile operating system to check your emails, write documents and access the internet when you’re out and about.

O2 and Vodafone have already announced that they will be carrying the Palm Treo Pro in the UK and that it will be available in September.