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The editors liked
HSDPA
Wi-Fi
GPS
Interface
No sign of Mobile 6.1
Looks good
Great game included
Small
Great screen
TouchFLO 3G is impressive
WiFi and GPS
Compact
Trim and stylish design. Stunning VGA quality touch-screen. Improved UI design. Fast connectivity ...
Easy to use
Attractive styling
Responsive and fast operation
Great software
HTC has come closer to the iPhone here than any other handset manufacturer. It's the best-looking Touch yet
With a more responsive touch wheel and five-way joypad
Plus a handy stylus. Specs and features-wise
The Diamond is amply loaded -...
Accelerometer
Slim design
WiFi
Bluetooth and GPS
Atrtactive TouchFLO 3D interface on top of Windows Mobile 6.1
Stylish and pocketfriendly
The editors didn't like
No external storage
No 3.5mm jack
Prototype we tested was sluggish
Extremely slow
To the point of being unusable
Poor battery life
No expansion for built in memory
No 3.5mm headset jack
Disappointingly vapid camera and video performance. No option to expand memory. Windows OS not ideal...
Unable to expand memory
Typing can be awkward
The 2.8-inch touch screen
While compatible with HTC's TouchFLO interface (which lets you flick through screens or photos by swiping your fingertip) is still a fair way behind the iPhone's interface
And the touch sensitivity isn't as accurate...
Sluggish interface performance
Lack of flash on camera
Screen isn't as responsive as we would have liked
Very poor battery life
TouchFLO 3D runs slowly and is not always well integrated with Windows Mobile
Abstract: Mobile Burn got their hands on Sprint’s soon to be launched HTC Touch Diamond smartphone. Overall they recommend the touchscreen device and noted a few improvements over the original Touch. For instance, Sprint has added a larger battery life, by as ...
Abstract: Email us at mossbergsolution@wsj.com. Find this and other columns and videos online free at the All Things Digital Web site: http://walt.allthingsd.com Published on September 3, 2008 Print Sphere Comment Tagged: The Mossberg Solution | permalink
Exceptional 640x480 screen; more responsive than the original Touch, Much better media player and overall TouchFLO interface, Opera Mobile a clear edge over other Windows Mobile phones, Above average battery and call quality in its category, EVDO Rev...
Still a "confused" UI: requires switches between dpad, finger, and stylus input.
If compared in isolation to 2007s Touch, the Touch Diamond would be a resounding success; outside of accessible storage and the questionable directional pad, it represents an upgrade in virtually every category. The Diamond is the first Touch phone, i...
Abstract: We have published by now several reviews of various aspects of HTC Touch Diamond (see the list at the end of this story!), but now here we are publishing an overall review of HTC Touch Diamond phone. After long time of using, afer release of the latest...
HTC Touch Diamond makes a revolution in the world of Windows Mobile. Portable and powerful, it’s fully worth of its price. The short battery life and the casing’s vulnerability to dirt and grease are the two and only weak sides, but that doesn...
Abstract: Heres one of the most elegant and beautiful WiMo devices available on the market, the HTC Touch Diamond. When it was announced earlier this year I was amazed by the beauty of this little beast, but wondered how nice this PDA phone would actually be. Y...
A devilishly handsome handset that packs an array of features despite its svelte size....
The 3D TouchFLO interface is not very user friendly.Look and Feel...
A feature-packed smartphone in a designer shell. Unfortunately what the Touch Diamond has in looks, it sadly lacks in usability. ...
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Published: 2008-07-11, Author: Dan , review by: techworld.com
The HTC Touch Diamond is a nice phone with a better camera than the 3iPhone 3G and other extras that will help make it a good rival, as long as HTC is able to spread its new Taiwan price of £50 to other parts of the world....
Abstract: No question, so far Windows Mobile smartphone cameras were pretty basic and users mostly got 1.3 megapixel cameras only or - if lucky - a 2 megapixel camera with fixfocus. However, with the recent launched and upcoming new Windows Mobile smartphones, t...
