After releasing the Touch and the Touch Dial, HTC has now released the Touch Cruise – a touch phone that comes with built-in GPS for personal navigation.

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HTC says that the new Touch Cruise comes bundled with Co-Pilot Live Version 7 navigation software, giving users the ability to find the fastest routes to their destinations, and locate restaurants and services on the way.

The Touch Cruise is a Windows Mobile 6 Professional device with MS Direct Push email, and includes 3.5G-HSDPA wireless connectivity. It also features HTC’s TouchFLO technology, which enhances finger touch scrolling and browsing of Web pages, documents, messages and contact lists, controlled by simply sweeping a finger across the screen. The HTC Touch Cruise features the HTC Home screen, providing one-touch access to emails, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for hundreds of cities around the world, the company says.

The new Touch Cruise offers HSDPA/3.5G connectivity plus Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, sports a  2.8-inch screen for mobile multimedia viewing, and also comes with a 3-megapixel auto focus camera, built-in FM radio and microSD memory card slot.

The HTC Touch Cruise is available now with an RRP of $1,149.

See: www.htc.com