Orange gets HTC Touch HD exclusive

Orange is to get a two-month exclusive on the HTC Touch HD handset, through to early 2009.

The Touch HD comes with a 3.8 inch, high resolution, widescreen WVGA touchscreen and a 5 megapixel auto focus camera. The device also comes with HTC’s TouchFLO 3D user interface and is fitted with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack.

Orange UK director of devices Francois Mahieu said: "It is a great phone but also a wonderful multimedia handset which paves the way to even more innovations from Orange next year in the mobile internet space."

The handset will be available from £79.99 on an 18-month contracts of £40 per month from November.