Can’t Wait for iPhone? Get the HTC Touch!

Ok, this is what this mystic beauty holds within the confines of its curvaceous body…

Dimensions: 99.9 x 58 x 13.9 mm || Weight: 112 g

Display Type: TFT Touchscreen, 65k colors

Display Size: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches, TouchFLO finger-swipe navigation, Handwriting recognition, 5-way navigation.

Memory: microSD (Trans Flash), 1 GB card included, 64mb RAM, 128mb ROM, TI OMAP 850, 201 MHz processor

EDGE, Bluetooth, USB (mini USB) included

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional

Colors: Soft Black and Wasabi Green

Camera: 2MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels (no flash though)

Up to 200 h stand-by time and up to 5 hrs talk time

Need I say more everybody?

If you can’t wait for Apple’s iPhone to reach the Asian Markets (expected early next year), then it is time to get your hands on the HTC Touch! But hold your horses! The gadget is not available in the Asian market until early July this year. You can however get it from your friends or relatives who happen to be in UK since it has been launched there yesterday.

For the rest, it’s up to you to decide: Almost a year’s wait for the iPhone or a month’s wait for HTC Touch?

Courtesy: GSMArena

Print Media, You are next!

Following up on the government’s recent onslaught on private TV and broadcasting stations, Daily Times is quoting in today’s headlines that the state is now planning to introduce another law to curb down the printing and publication of ‘objectionable’ cartoons and editorial comments. This, if it happens, will encompass all the national as well as regional newspapers across the country.

PEMRA Ordinance Challenged

In related news, PEMRA’s recent right (see here) to suspend privare TV licenses, confiscate property and equipment etc has been challenged in the Supreme Court as well as the Sindh High Court on the grounds that the ammendment made to the PEMRA ordinance serves as a gag order to the fundamental right of freedom and speech of the Pakistani people.

“Go Media!” chants Lal Masjid

Doing in Rome as the Roman’s do, the fine folks at our very own Lal Masjid have ‘voiced’ their support for the Pakistani media and declared its struggle against the recent restrictions put forth by the government as yet another ‘jihad’. 

According to Lal Masjid’s senior cleric, Maulan Abdul Rashid Ghazi: “Criticising wrong polices of the government and speaking truth before a cruel ruler is also a jihad. The government has no courage to bear a mere criticism of the media.“

Courtesy: DAWN and DailyTimes