HTC Touch Dual coming to US through Best Buy

HTC has just announced that its coveted TouchFLO and Windows Mobile 6.1 equipped “Touch Dual” smartphone will be seeing US shores exclusively through Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile retail outlets. The phone will be sold unlocked.

“At Best Buy we are committed to providing customers with a wide selection of high-quality handsets,” said David Ryan, director of merchandising, Best Buy Mobile. “We look forward to adding the innovative HTC Touch Dual to our current lineup of unlocked phones.”

The Touch Dual will be among the first mobile devices to run Windows Mobile 6.1 in the US. With collaboration from Microsoft, HTC plans on extending the functionality of the Touch Dual through release updates — providing easy navigation, strong security, and support for Microsoft Office Mobile applications and System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008.