The Touch Viva’s specifications are very similar to the original Touch, but there are some differences in design aspect. To begin with, the little device has in fact grown up in every direction; this is somehow strange, since its bigger size doesn’t lead to anything new. The screen is 2.8”, running in QVGA resolution, but it doesn’t find its place exactly on the same plane the front side is, which makes it different from the other devices of the series.
The Viva isn’t a high-end smart phone and, as such, lacks some bells and whistles. There’s no 3G or GPS, but you do get Wi-Fi and a revamped TouchFLO interface that’s similar to TouchFLO 3D and runs really fast. In fact, we think it’s one of the fastest Windows Mobile phones we’ve used.
When you turn the Viva on, a series of finger-friendly icons appears on the bottom of the screen, allowing you to quickly scroll to your messages, contacts or even weather updates. HTC’s attempt at making Windows Mobile more usable isn’t bad, but you do find yourself fiddling with small icons every now and then.
HTC has managed to make the Windows Mobile messaging interface much more usable. You can select from several on-screen keypads, including a full QWERTY or a standard mobile-phone keypad. Both work well, but we found using the stylus faster than using our fingers.
Another smart move by HTC is using Opera Mobile 9.5 as a browser instead of Internet Explorer Mobile, which doesn’t render pages as well. Opera Mobile allows you to zoom in and out of full Web pages and also lets you open tabs, making browsing the Web straightforward and enjoyable.
What You can find in HTC Touch Viva ?
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2008, September. Released 2008, October
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 104.5 x 59 x 15.8 mm
Weight 110 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches (~143 ppi pixel density)
– TouchFLO finger swipe navigation
– Handwriting recognition
– 5-way navigation
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Memory Card slot microSD
Internal 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, miniUSB
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset TI OMAP 850
CPU 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE)
Radio No
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
Colors Storm Gray
– Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
– Voice memo
– MP3/AAC player
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Stand-by Up to 270 h
Talk time Up to 8 h
Misc SAR US 0.65 W/kg (head) 1.31 W/kg (body)
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