HTC Diamond Touch

[Andys]

Should I get one or is there a better phone on the market?

yeah I don't want something like N96 or iPhone because they are rip off's.

[alexxxxx]

i saw someone at college with an HTC Touch (dunno if it was diamond). Looked quite cool but dunno about the spex.

[Wayne]

Here are some pros and cons from various sites:

Pros Compact, trim and stylish design. Stunning VGA quality touch-screen. Improved UI design. Fast connectivity
Cons Disappointingly vapid camera and video performance. No option to expand memory. Windows OS not ideal

Advantages: 4 GB of internal storage, HSDPA 7 . 2Mbps, Built - in GPS receiver
Disadvantages: Poor battery life, No TV out port, No memory card slot,

We like:
GPS; Wi-Fi; HSDPA; accelerometer; slim design

We don't like:
Sluggish interface performance; lack of flash on camera; screen isn't as responsive as we would have liked

Does Not Have –
• Card slot
• HSCSD
• Infrared port

I don't really like the back of it tbh.

HTC Diamond 100 platform. Full HTC platforms guide

General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - American version
3G Network HSDPA 2100 / 900
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2008, May
Status Available. Released 2008, May
Size Dimensions 102 x 51 x 11.5 mm
Weight 110 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 640 pixels, 2.8 inches
- TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive navigation controls
- Handwriting recognition
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3, WAV, WMA
Customization Download, order now
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Card slot No
- 4 GB user available memory
- 192 MB DDR SDRAM, 256 MB ROM
- Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz processor
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, miniUSB
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes, order now
Colors Black
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video; secondary VGA videocall camera
- Built-in GPS with A-GPS
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Voice memo
- MP3 player
- Motion-based games
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh
Stand-by Up to 285 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min

[Andys]

Thanks Wayne

[Wayne]

Glad I could help. Are you getting it on contract?

[alexxxxx]

bit of a wound there is no card slot

[Wayne]

It has 4gb built in though, not bad.

[Jordy]

It has 4gb built in though, not bad.

True, you should be looking for an MP3 Player if you need more than 4GBs.

I'm a fan of the Windows Mobile OS, however the HTC Diamond Touch isn't as 'Touchable' as it makes out, you can only use your fingers to do basic things on the phone (Typing & Ringing primarily), you'll have to use a stylus to do a lot of things. It's called Touchflo 3D as it knows the difference between your finger and a stylus.

Windows Mobile is excellent as a personal organiser, portable office & outlook built-in and the applications can be anything as there's no limits. Internet browsing doesn't use 'Pinching' to zoom in and out I believe, unlike the iPhone and Android.

It's a very nice looking phone and surprisingly light but it really depends on what you need it for, I'd personally never buy a Smartphone/PDA with out a real keyboard. Also try looking at the previous model, the HTC Touch, it's much cheaper, I saw it in Cex for just £150 with sim unlocked last week, second hand but A grade condition and WM6.1 still.