due Q4 2006

Yet another Windows Mobile 5.0 phone from HTC? That big 240×320 pixel touchscreen display looks familiar enough,…

and quad-band GSM plus EDGE and WiFi are pretty standard these days – so too the 2mp camera and FM radio. The big plus here is integrated GPS and onboard TomTom; the only other satnav-included phone right now is the Benefon Twig. For a retailer, the nice thing about preloaded satnav is the add-on sell – more cities, more countries, updates to existing maps … The P3300 comes as a “taster” edition with a single-city map or a “premium” edition with Western Europe preloaded on a microSD card.