Before Apple debuts with its multi-touch iPhone, HTC, makers of Windows Mobile handsets, including Rogers new release, the HSDPA-enabled TyTN, may have been contemplating multi-touch technology as one of the main features in their smartphones. The invite had a picture of a woman (right) touching the number five and promised that there “will be a major announcement” which, specifically is about something that “heralds a new mobile experience that will change the way we use and control our phones”.

According to Smartphone Thoughts, this announcement will be a new smartphone based on the Elf Pocket PC. This Elf-based smartphone will feature a multi-touch user interface similar to the iPhone’s. Smartphone Thoughts got the information from a very reliable tipster. Even so, the invitation itself gives one a very good clue about the possibility of a multi-touch smartphone.

I for one believe that it is a multi-touch HTC smartphone they’ll announce June 5. Although, iPhone news have no apparent effect to HTC stocks, the iPhone is generally seen as a threat to smartphone and business phone manufacturers like HTC and RIM.

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