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1. Available now?
2. How much?

one more:

Will you give one away? hehe]]>May 6th 2008 1:13PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 6th 2008 1:19PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
http://www.HTCTouchDiamond.com]]>May 13th 2008 5:23PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
Well, um, just keep your eyes open...you never know, it maybe be right on the back on whatever you are fucking holding, and a picture of it would be great.]]>May 6th 2008 2:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/but correct me if im wrong !!
thats how it looks like in the GAME

any info on that ?]]>May 6th 2008 2:24PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 6th 2008 3:52PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
And let me see from what I read that screen is only 2,5 inched diagonal, that tiny for a touch phone, I have an Iphone, and it bloody hard typing on that at times compared to a normal phone.

On this I bet its impossible.

And wow look at all those tiny icons every where.

As daid more fluff trying to emulate apple.........one day people will wake up and realise why apple are good, its because they research usabilty above all ealse...this is just a poor mans iphone.

Que the geeks who hate Apple :-)]]>May 6th 2008 4:17PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 6th 2008 5:39PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
"Just another iPhone wannabe. Apple innovates, everyone else imitates"

y do u guys even look at these posts...scared of a lil compitition]]>May 6th 2008 6:19PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 6th 2008 7:21PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 7th 2008 4:52AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
This Diamond Touch thingy. I guess the whole touch interface makes it more attractive and approachable to new users, but I get along ok with win6.1 as it is. All that ends up happening is I load up any custom apps I want and run with those. VGA, a bump in camera specs and sleekness all add to it being my next upgrade, but I wont shell out for a querty-less device. Anyone know of a device with similar specs in the pipline that includes a querty slider?]]>May 6th 2008 8:46PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
Curious...]]>May 6th 2008 9:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46286

Notably missing from the official specs is eGPS (which may be there, but just not stated because it could be confusing -- look how many people are confused about aGPS). However, I'm intrigued by another line referring to 145 minutes of video call time. I presume this goes along with the second camera, labeled as a "VGA CMOS color camera." Video conference calling, perhaps? I can see a lot of guys getting one of these, and then getting one for their girlfriends.

I've been seeing some complaints about the battery life. Granted that battery lives vary a lot from official specs, but a look at what HTC advertises suggests that they've improved power consumption dramatically. The CDMA Touch with its 1100mAh battery is advertised as having talk/standby times of 3.5 hours/250 hours; the CDMA Diamond with its 900mAh battery is listed at 4.5 hours/396 hours. Generally speaking, I have to recharge my Touch every 2-4 days, depending on how heavily I use it.

I'm really not sure why people are complaining, as I've basically doubled the time between charges from my older phones, and I may be able to nearly double it again. For when I know it's going to get more usage, I simply bring along the appropriate adapter, as there's almost always a friend nearby with a mini-USB connector on the chance that I don't have one of my own connected either to a computer or to a power source.]]>May 6th 2008 11:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 6th 2008 10:42PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 7th 2008 10:34AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
- 3.5" screen instead of 2.8". The increased size makes it better for reading and videos.

- A slide out qwerty keyboard. Virtual keyboards will never compare plus it's bad enough that the screen is so small.

- Universal headphone jack. This is the half. From what I understand bluetooth headphones should work but I still will have to carry around another headphone for other devices.

These 2 1/2 things would make this phone godly. I love everything else about it. The FM radio is a great bonus since I'm too lazy to organize an mp3 playlist. 5 years ago it was fun now I just want to listen new stuff without searching and downloading. The Xperia X1 already fills in some of this void but I still need to see more of it's interface in action.]]>May 7th 2008 11:34AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/at the conferernce]]>May 7th 2008 11:41AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
No Expansion-Slot for Memory-Cards !

Absolutely stupid, that HTC ignores that BASIC demand along with a high-end-PDA-phone !! Like this, it's crippled like an Iphone ...

... like this - no way HTC !

]]>May 7th 2008 1:44PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/# Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
# Qualcomm MSM 7201A @ 528MHz
# 256MB ROM / 128MB RAM
# 7.2MB HSDPA / HSUPA (rev A EVDO for Sprint versions)
# 2.8“ VGA screen
# WiFi
# Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
# eGPS
# 3.1MP Camera with flash
# Forward facing camera
# 4GB internal flash storage (Diamond only) - Samsung MoviNAND
# TV out (Raphael only)
# Orientation sensor (a-la-iPhone)
# FM Radio
# microSD expansion
# 900mAh battery (!!!)
# Diamond: 51x99x10.7mm with sliding keyboard
The Touch Diamond will hit Europe and Asia in June, everybody else later this year.
£395]]>May 7th 2008 4:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
ROM: 256 MB
RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM
4 GB Internal storage
102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.5 mm (T)
110 g (with battery)
2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution
HSDPA/WCDMA:
* Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
* Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
* Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz
(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
TouchFLO™ 3D
Touch-sensitive navigation control
GPS and A-GPS ready
Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi® IEEE 802.11 b/g
3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
FM radio with RDS
900 mAh battery

Talk time:
* Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA
* Up to 330 minutes for GSM

Standby time:
* Up to 396 hours for WCDMA
* Up to 285 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 145 minutes for WCDMA
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

From: http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46286]]>May 7th 2008 8:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
No qwerty = not enough pda for me....

+1 for qwerty comment, for the screen (should be 3 or 3.5) and the battery (900mah won't last half a day with some usage, even with the new and less power-hungry lcds, IMHO) ...]]>May 8th 2008 8:37AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
No SD memory expansion slot for me to move data fast between the phone and the laptop.

You came so close to getting this one right HTC.

]]>May 13th 2008 10:29AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
Why can't you just use ActiveSync to move stuff via USB cable? That's what I do now with my Wing and it works just fine...]]>May 19th 2008 4:09PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/sooooooooooo pretty the phone!!!

http://www.gophone.com.tw/report_hottopic_content.jsp?sn=0805160003&jump=1]]>May 16th 2008 12:30PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/May 22nd 2008 10:38AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://www.htc-diamond.nl!]]>May 27th 2008 7:45AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/
Some more picture posted by this website Plemix

http://www.plemix.com/phone-htc-diamond-phone

Looked very thin on that stylus picture]]>Jun 2nd 2008 6:01AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/Jun 4th 2008 2:53PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/ I'm waiting for the "Touch Pro"
Same specs but more ram better battery and a slide-out keyboard]]>Jun 5th 2008 6:51PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/Jun 5th 2008 12:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/Jun 10th 2008 6:44PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/plan to use the T9, I text faster than with QWERTY n stylus or fingers. Hate the back though, wished it was flat or at least symmetric. Would have been sweet with micro SD, always handy to expand if needed, instead of moving stuff back n forth. A blitz would have been handy, a matching bag would have been useful, can't see how they could have put a larger battery w/o making it thicker.]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:18AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/htc-diamond-review-433509.html)

"Though my love for the phone would like to say otherwise, there are some small issues with the phone. First of all, the phone is a tri-band phone, which could result in suboptimal reception in areas that rely on the 850 band."

How do I figure out if my "area" relies on quad band? I live in LA and I want to buy this phone but i would to be sure beforehand...]]>Jul 2nd 2008 4:07AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on/Jul 11th 2008 11:38PM