It is designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation and was announced in October 2007 and released in November that year.

The HTC Touch Dual was announced on October 1, 2007, in London,[1] and launched on Orange in the UK in late November 2007.

The HTC Touch Dual runs the Microsoft operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, and features the ability to install others.

The phone uses a sliding keypad and this comes in two variants depending on model and geographic location.

The 20-key variant is a QWERTY keyboard which does not feature the added Windows Mobile keys.