http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Telus' HTC Touch Diamond gets video review http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 12:58AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 1:25AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 1:44AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 5:00AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 5:48AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 6:50AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/
I have so far been unable to get the GPS to work. Telus sells their Navigator GPS service for $10/month and it seems like they may have removed the ability for other software to use the GPS. In the manual it says to start by downloading the satellite data using the QuickGPS program. But the QuickGPS program does not seem to be on my phone anywhere. I tried enabling GPS in the Google Maps app, but it can't find it so far (will try further outside the house later today).

BTW, the delay that the first European models had is now a thing of the past with this model. I played with a European one a month ago and this one is much faster in navigation. For speed jockeys it may still not be instantaneous enough, but for most of us regular folks it is just fine.]]>Aug 18th 2008 7:22AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/VGA display (2.8-inch, 480 x 640 pixels)
TouchFLO 3D Home screen (better than Omnia's Touchwiz UI)
Nicer design
More compact body
Lighter weight
Active magnetic stylus (Omnia has no stylus slot)
Touch-sensitive scroll wheel (better than Omnia's optical joystick)
Better sunlight legibility (by a small margin)
Standard miniUSB slot (as opposed to Samsung's proprietary custom plus)
Dedicated graphics chip with 64MB memory
Comes with the amusing Teeter game (uses the accelerometer)
Has pre-installed YouTube client and MP3 Trimmer application for ringtones
Better video playback performance

Omnia over Diamond:
Bigger, though lower-res display (3.2", 240 x 400 pixels)
Has a better, more solid build and finish
Almost double battery life
Better CPU performance (by a nice margin according to software benchmarks)
Quad-band GSM support (Diamond has two versions to cover all the four bands)
microSD card slot (Diamond has none)
8 or 16 GB of storage memory (Diamond has 4GB)
Much better 5 megapixel camera (better processing, higher resolution, face and smile detection, geotagging)
TV-out (Diamond lacks that)
Landscape QWERTY keyboard (Diamond has one but only in browser)
Auto screen rotation is available in all applications and can be switched off
Comes with DivX video support (Diamond has none, but DivX players can be installed)
Has pre-installed a custom Alarms app, a Video editor and a unit converter
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I'm just happy he said "about" in the review instead of "aboot" lol

....on a serious note, no demonstrating txt entry, which is what we all use the phone for, whether it be e-mail, sms, or entering a website address or contact info. That make/brakes a touchscreen phone for me. I liked the txt entry on the Instinct, but that was all I liked about it.

He pulled up Youtube in the demo- is there a Youtube app now for Windows Mobile I missed somewhere?!]]>Aug 18th 2008 12:47PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 19th 2008 9:51PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/Aug 18th 2008 12:50PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/
Tried the GPS today with Google Maps in the Greater Toronto area and it worked very well. Took about 5 minutes to first connect and it found 6 satellites and tracked me as I drove on highways and county roads.

As for Wi-Fi, it works very well. I set it up easily (my network has WEP encryption) and the Diamond connects at 54Mbs speed. Accessing the web was snappy and downloading e-mail was very quick.]]>Aug 18th 2008 10:20PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/
I had a Win Mobile Dell AXIM before; the RESET was most usefully button and I have to use it everyday to reboot.]]>Aug 19th 2008 8:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/08/18/telus-htc-touch-diamond-gets-video-review/ something. I find a lot of the time it's because
another person likes that particular item.

the diamond is. small, light, and well designed
htc did a good job on the home screen.
windows mobile blows, mine freezes every once
in a while . the speaker is clear. I like my diamond.
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