HTC updates Sprint Touch: faster 3G, Opera browser, WinMo 6.1

Sprint_touch_download_screenHTC is showing the Touch some love… if you’re running Sprint’s CDMA version that is. The official ROM is right here and brings your firmware up to 3.03.651.4 for the morbidly curious. The real meat isn’t in the version number, it’s in the firmware itself. According to HTC, upgraders will see these five benefits:

1.     Upgrades the operating system from Windows MobileĀ® 6.0 Professional  to Windows MobileĀ® 6.1 Professional
2.     EV-DO Rev. A functionality for faster download and upload speeds when utilizing data services wherever EV-DO Rev. A coverage is available
3.     Advanced GPS functionality including the Sprint Navigation application
4.     Adds the Opera browser
5.     Adds a full Qwerty on-screen key Qwerty keyboard

Obviously the faster Rev. A functionality will only be seen in an area where there’s appropriate coverage and you’ll experience more of an increase on the upload side of the house. Adding Opera Mobile brings two questions to mind: is this version 9.5, which just came out in public beta? Some earlier HTC devices had this version, so I suspect it is. Question number two: does this firmware make Opera Mobile the default browser? If I had an HTC Touch, I’d try it and let you know but I’ll have to rely on a guinea pig loyal reader for that info.

(via WM Experts)

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