As I remember it the HTC Touch came out just a couple of weeks before the iPhone. Some functions could be done by touch, but others required a stylus.
Yes.
HTC announced the HTC Touch in a big reveal on June 7, 2007 in London. However, they were not to go on sale in quantities until September in Great Britain, and were not available in the US and the rest of the world until October/November.
As the June 11, 2007 TechCrunch review unequivocally stated ". . .the HTC Touch wont even be out in the US until Q4 of this year and will most likely see its way to T-Mobile."