Orange today announced that the HTC Touch HD handset will be available in the UK from early November, exclusively on the Orange network. The handset will also be available from Orange in France and Romania in the forthcoming months.

The HTC Touch HD is exclusive on the Orange UK network until 2009 from £79.99 on an 18 month, £40 per month contact Package includes inclusive option of anytime mobile internet browsing (subject to 250Mb per month).

Key Touch HD product specifications:

• Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
• Weight: 146.4 grams/5.164 oz with battery
• Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO 3D with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Display: 3.8 inch Wide Screen VGA screen (480 x 800 WVGA)
• Camera: 5.0 megapixel with auto focus – Second Camera: VGA
• Internal memory: 512 MB flash; 288 MB RAM
• Memory card: microSD memory card (SDHC capable)
• WLAN: 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
• GPS: GPS/AGPS
• Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
• Battery: 1350 mAh
• Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 390 minutes / GSM: Up to 310 minutes
• Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 450 hours / GSM: Up to 390 hours
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7201a 528 MHz