The HTC Touch Dual will debut in the United States this quarter. Announced today at CTIA)Wireless 2008 spring conference, the HTC Touch Dual combines the touch screen with integrated TouchFLO and slide-out keypad. Best Buy will be the first to offer the HTC Touch Dual.

Features of the HTC Touch Dual include the following:

• TouchFLO, a touch-screen technology that allows finger-touch scrolling, panning and photo zooming
• Slide-out 20-key keyboard for quick dialing, text messages and e-mail
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Microsoft Office Mobile for working on documents and getting your Outlook e-mail
• 2 megapixel camera for shooting photos/videos and a second camera for video calls
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) and HSDPA (850/1900Mhz) connectivity

In partnership with Microsoft and mobile operator partners, HTC will extend the functionality of current HTC devices by providing Windows Mobile 6.1 updates. Windows Mobile 6.1, an update to Windows Mobile 6, provides new timesaving features, easier phone navigation and management, stronger security safeguards, and support for Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008.

Some of HTC’s most popular smartphones including the Touch by HTC and Mogul by HTC from Sprint, AT&T Tilt, Alltel Wireless’ HTC Touch and PPC6800, and the HTC TyTN II, will be among the first of many devices available for a Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade.