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Testseek.co.uk have collected 134 expert reviews of the O2 Xda Diamond and the average rating is 70%. Scroll down and see all reviews for O2 Xda Diamond.
 
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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
  • No expansion slot
  • No keyboard

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  Published: 2009-02-13, review by: alphr.com

  • Slim, sleek, powerful and good value, but poor battery life rules this phone out of the running. ...

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  Published: 2008-09-16, review by: gadgetshow.channel5.com

  • 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 -...
  • 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...
  • If the aim is the iPhone 3G, then HTC so nearly struck gold. Or diamond. Only a few niggles meant that this just fell short of the ultra-phone.Best offers for the HTC Touch DiamondeBay.co.uk £229.99 Amazon Marketplace £239.99 HTC Touch Diamond i...

 
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  Published: 2008-09-03, review by: letsgomobile.org/en

  • Abstract:  HTC Diamond review H TC has been developing successful smartphones for some time now. The HTC mobile phones always come equipped with Windows Mobile Software which makes them ideal for business applications, thanks to the excellent synchronization. At ...

 
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  Published: 2008-09-02, review by: itreviews.com

  • Abstract:  On paper the Touch Diamond is a desirable device. Some of this desirability remains in the real world, but the poor battery life is the biggest of several irritations. The Touch Diamond was first made available SIM-free, but network operators are pick...

 
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  Published: 2008-07-31, review by: techradar.com

  • Easy to use, Attractive styling, Responsive and fast operation, Great software
  • Unable to expand memory, Typing can be awkward

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  Published: 2008-07-26, review by: 3g.co.uk

  • Abstract:  we cant help but feel let down by the HTC Touch Diamond. It looks wonderful and the touch-screen interface simply sparkles, but sadly the usability just isnt there, with the touch-screen proving more a hindrance than a blessing. In addition after us...

 
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  Published: 2008-07-22, review by: computeractive.co.uk

  • Looks good; great game included,
  • Extremely slow, to the point of being unusable,
  • A great idea in theory, but in practice the Touch Diamond is fatally flawed...

 
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  Published: 2008-07-14, review by: zdnet.co.uk

  • HSDPA , WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, Atrtactive TouchFLO 3D interface on top of Windows Mobile 6.1, Stylish and pocketfriendly
  • Very poor battery life, TouchFLO 3D runs slowly and is not always well integrated with Windows Mobile, No expansion slot, No keyboard
  • HTCs Touch Diamond crams a multitude of features into a compact and stylish device, topped off by a flashy user interface. However, the TouchFLO 3D interface has too many rough edges and the battery life is terrible...

 
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  Published: 2008-07-11, review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • 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. Dan Nystedt Lowest online p...

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  Published: 2008-07-09, review by: itpro.co.uk

  • A true Diamond in the rough. The latest HTC device has some great features and some real thought has been put into its interface but there’s no doubt that it more hamstrung than helped by its Windows Mobile background. Despite the excellent3D interf...

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