The HTC Touch 2 is a new smart phone offering from HTC, promising new functionality with the release of windows mobile 6.5. The Touch 2 promises to bring together new functionality and greater ease of use, all in one package. The Internet Explorer web browser in the HTC Touch 2 is a very welcome addition, able to render full size web pages with an intuitive zoom feature. Oddly enough, Internet Explorer is not the default option for web browsing, instead passing the honour onto Opera. In addition, the new access to My Phone allows users to wirelessly back up contacts, calendar dates, photos, music, and other files seamlessly with your online My Phone account. What’s odd however is that for a phone named the HTC Touch 2, there are simply better touch screens not only available in the open market, but on other models of HTC phone. The display is not nearly as sensitive as it should be, requiring the unnecessary pressure using the included stylus, rather than a quick sweep like other smart phones. In addition, there is no accelerometer built into the unit, and therefore it does not work in a landscape fashion when turned sideways. All in all, the HTC Touch 2 is a weak addition to HTC’s existing phones and does not add much notable value. For a phone called the touch, it simply lacks the high precision touch screens and functionality already available on competing mobile phones, while delivering little else along the way.