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Pocket Picks has already alerted you to the follow-up to the HTC Touch here but the original rumours billed it as the HTC P5500, aka HTC Nike. Now operator DoCoMo has launched the Touch sequel over in Japan as the HTC1100. As you can tell from the picture, a sliding number keypad has been added, no doubt to aid HTC’s frustrating TouchFLO touch-sensitive operation technology. We’ve also noticed the touch-screen size has been reduced from 2.8 to 2.5-inches while Wi-Fi has been unceremoniously scrapped. Instead, download speeds are now HSDPA style, which shows HTC is happy for this next generation 3G technology to handle the main connectvity duties. The HT1100 is still powered by a Windows Mobile 6 OS and harbours a two-megapixel camera.

We’re still unsure when this HT1100 smartphone will be be released in the UK and whether it will still bare this model number but rumours are circulating that HTC are preparing to announce four new handsets sometime next month. As ever we’ll keep you posted of any officially announcements.

(via Akihabara News)