HTC Nike P5500 Nike touch slider get’s official today. And from now on it will called HTC Touch Dual.

Touch Dual has been officially announced today by HTC. It looks that most of the details that started leaking to the net few months ago were correct.

HTC Touch Dual, formerly known as HTC Nike, is the upgrade to the original HTC Touch. It ads auto-sliding keypad and 3.5G HSDPA connectivity to already very attractive package.

The specs for HTC Touch Dual include:

• WCDMA/HSDPA: 2100 MHz/GSM/EDGE: 900/1800/1900 MHz connectivity
• Qualcomm® MSM7200, 400 MHz Chipset
• Windows Mobile® 6 Professional OS
• 2.6-inch QVGA flat touch screen
• 2 megapixel plus front facing camera for video calling
• 256 MB flash, 128 MB RAM
• microSD slot
• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
• HTC ExtUSBTM (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 Full-Speed)
• 1100 mAh battery
• WCDMA: up to 240 minutes, GSM: up to 360 minutes talk time
• WCDMA: up to 150 hours, GSM: up to 250 hours stand-by time
• Dimensions: 107 x 55 x 15.8 mm
• Weight: 120g

HTC Touch Dual will start shipping later this month, with Orange customers in UK, France, Romania, Poland and Switzerland getting their hands on HTC Touch Dual first.