HTC Pure – Balances Your Work and Play

Released for AT&T, the HTC Pure is a sleek touchscreen smartphone that can satisfy both business and entertainment needs. As AT&T’s first handset running Windows Mobile 6.5, the Pure brings a better user experience with a simpler interface, an improved mobile Web browser and the long-awaited Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

The Pure boasts a slim bar-type form factor by measuring 4.25" high by 2.09" wide by 0.54" deep and weighing 4.15 ounces. Its large 3.2-inch display with WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) resolution works perfectly with HTC’s latest version of TouchFLO 3D user interface. It provides a virtual QWERTY keyboard with haptic feedback to let you know when your command is registered. Equipped with an accelerometer, the Pure will change its screen orientation automatically when you tilt the phone.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.5, one of the highlights of the Pure is its Microsoft’s app store, Windows Marketplace, where you can download free and paid applications in a wide range of categories. For web browsing, the Pure offers the new Internet Explorer Mobile with support for Flash Lite to give you a desktop-like browsing experience. You might also use the preloaded Opera Web browser.

In addition, users will find a new service called MyPhone, which enables you to back up your contacts, text messages and more to a password-protected Microsoft website for free. In case you lost your phone, it will also help you find it by showing its last known location on a map.
Needless to say, like any other Windows Mobile phone, the Pure features a full suite of Office Mobile and Direct Push Technology for real-time email delivery and automatic synchronization. POP3 and IMAP email accounts are supported as well.

As for multimedia features, the Pure sports with a 5.0-megapixel camera, offering auto-focus, digital zoom and video recording capabilities. You can play multimedia files using either the TouchFLO 3D’s media player or the Windows Mobile Media Player. With 3G support, the handset also offers a number of AT&T applications, including AT&T Music, AT&T Video and AT&T Navigator for GPS navigation.

Other advanced features of the Pure include Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, text and multimedia messaging, an ambient light sensor, a gravity sensor, FM radio and voice commands. It comes with 144MB internal memory, but you can add up to 16GB of additional capacity with a microSD memory card.

To sum up, the HTC Pure has an array of Microsoft services and applications packed in a stylish design. If you are looking for a less expansive smartphone with both business and consumer appeal, this might be your pick.

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