HTC Announces the Touch Diamond, the "iphone killer"

[techquilla]

Well from the looks of it, it just might live up to its expectations. This device basically packs everything one might look for on a phone, well, almost everything.

They've posted quite a few videos of the device, some looks reproduced while others are hands on, at their youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/htc/

As for the spec, see below.

However, the spec doesn't mention anything about a MicroSD slot though. Although it has a 4GB internal storage, that just might not be enough. Can anyone confirm this? All in all, it does seem like a full featured phone. Can't wait for it to start shipping.

Processor Qualcomm? MSM7201A? 528 MHz

Operating System Windows Mobile? 6.1 Professional

Memory ROM: 256 MB

RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM

Internal storage: 4 GB

Dimensions 102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.5 mm (T)

Weight 110 g (with battery)

Display 2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution

Network HSDPA/WCDMA:

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Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz

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Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

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Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control TouchFLO? 3D

Touch-sensitive navigation control

GPS GPS and A-GPS ready

Connectivity Bluetooth? 2.0 with EDR

Wi-Fi?: IEEE 802.11 b/g

HTC ExtUSB? (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)

Camera Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus

Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera

Audio Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS

Ring tone supported formats:

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MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB

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40 polyphonic and Standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI

Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery

Capacity: 900 mAh

Talk time:

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Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA

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Up to 330 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

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Up to 396 hours for WCDMA

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Up to 285 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 145 minutes for WCDMA

(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz

DC output: 5V and 1A

Source: http://www.htc.com/www/, http://www.youtube.com/htc/

[giga Veteran]

Looks interesting. Largest question though is what browser will it use and the implementation of it.

edit: Hold on, video playback? multi-touch?

[Slimy]

Sweet!

[MrA]

Looks interesting. Largest question though is what browser will it use and the implementation of it.

That should be obvious. WinMo => Pocket IE. Now if only MS got off it's ass and released deepfish.

EDIT: And what's with all the phones being branded as "iPhone killers". The iPhone has practically no market share. If anything, try "RAZR killer" or "Blackberry killer".

[obiwong]

i'm sold

where do i sign?

[PL_ Veteran]

I don't like Windows Mobile, I think Mac OS X is one of the iPhone's biggest selling points, the UI works better. I used Windows Mobile and found it frustrating.

[brayan27]

I heard this is coming to sprint! I hope so! :punk:

samsung instinct+HTC diamond :jump:

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sprint-carrier-c_2_3.html

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

VERY interesting - and hopefully will be available by the time I am due an upgrade.

A few things though - no slide-out keyboard - that's gonna take me some time to get used to - because the Microsoft on-screen keyboard just sucks.

No flash!?

[redfish]

htc is a cool company.

im getting a mogul soon, its not exactly an iphone equivalent, but the design is really good for a keyboard based device

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Also, does it take storage cards of any description?

[daniel_rh]

You're right Windows Mobile is powerful but the interface is so old and not optimized for finger touch, thanks god and many developers there're many free applications to solve this problem.

[giga Veteran]

Also, does it take storage cards of any description?

4GB internal. So I don't think so.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Then that's a no-no! I wouldn't even consider a device without expandable memory - even if it had 4 gig! :(

[Marshalus Veteran]

I would drop my HTC Tilt for that in a SECOND!

[Quillz]

It doesn't have the 850 band, so it won't work all that well in more rural parts of the US.

[Abhishek kapoor]

it was awesome ........

[MMaster23]

guys .. i need new pants .. this thing ROCKS... who want an like-new HTC Touch Dual?

check out: http://www.htc.com/www/default.aspx (click on the video)

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46278

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46286

Dutch pda webshop is listing it as 529 euro on June 16th.. can't wait for some in depth review.

also check out www.engadget.com for more details.

for more TouchFlo 3d info, check out HTC's youtube channel: http://uk.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=HTC

[techquilla]

Looks interesting. Largest question though is what browser will it use and the implementation of it.

edit: Hold on, video playback? multi-touch?

The HSDPA is attractive if it comes with a nice browser. Maybe opera?

Oh, and the VGA resolution is a nice thing to have as well.

[MMaster23]

more more more [/smith]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/a-littl...-touch-diamond/

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-tou...amond-hands-on/

http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-touch-hands-on-2/

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-tou...p-and-official/

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/htc-unv...oo-big-not-too/

Damn .. not these pants too ... * needs his third pair of pants..

[digitalsoft]

Very impressive phone!

[giga Veteran]

The 3D weather effects are really nice from what I saw in the video. (Y) Love the flipping clock as well.

Here's an actual video of it in use: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JJtmnsHDVbk

Main thing to work on is speed and fluidity right now as its a bit rigid navigating around.

I'm hoping this mail viewer is a joke though:

[techquilla]

The 3D weather effects are really nice from what I saw in the video. (Y) Love the flipping clock as well.

Here's an actual video of it in use: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JJtmnsHDVbk

Main thing to work on is speed and fluidity right now as its a bit rigid navigating around.

I'm hoping this mail viewer is a joke though:

LOL, ....

See the "outlook" text on the bottom left hand corner of the envelope? My guess is that the screen allows you to switch between multiple email accounts. I could be wrong though, not sure. Anyways, you could always just use windows mobile's mail application if you find that annoying.

[Crazysah]

Wow. This thing is beatutiful and hopefully it won't have any problems on launch. or has it already launched? Worldwide launch?

[giga Veteran]

I think you switch between email accounts from the mail icons on the right side with the green dots on them ;)

[mail]

I don't like Windows Mobile, I think Mac OS X is one of the iPhone's biggest selling points, the UI works better. I used Windows Mobile and found it frustrating.

Yep, well said. It's just unbelieveably easy and fluid to do things on the iphone. However this phone looks promising.