HTC Touch Viva

Windows Mobile loyalists, and we know there are still a lot of those, will be charmed by HTC’s Touch Viva mini smartphone. The only question is whether you can upgrade it to Windows Mobile Phone.

Size and specs may be slight but this mighty mite bring’s a 2.8-inch touch screen, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, a 2 Megapixel camera for stills and video plus microSD connectivity.

A big feature is HTC’s TouchFLO user interface that exists above the requisite Windows 6.1 and brings finger swipe navigation and widgets for weather, time, messaging and social media.

 The HTC Touch Viva is a serious and utilitarian phone that is pretty no frills in its approach and appearance but offers a sensible array of features. What isn’t sensible is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack. C’mon, no one uses the proprietary USB headphones on these devices so why is HTC so insistent on pushing USB as the only way to get audio out? Despite that head scratcher, this is a semi-smartphone that, while lacking 3G connectivity, should satisfy WinMo peeps.