With its unique body and incredibly sleek interface, HTC's Touch Diamond is a beautiful, distinguished handset. It's an amazing phone, but the occasional behavioral oddity and unfulfilled expectation are evidence that the software needs to catch up with t
There's no doubt that the Diamond and TouchFlo 3D have set the new standard for Windows Mobile and I?m looking forward to seeing what other manufacturers will do with ?Touch?.
The HTC Touch Diamond has a solid feel and is very comfortable in the hands. Its design is simply elegant; its faceted cover gives it a personality apart from other PDA phones.
There's no getting away from comparisons to Apple's iPhone 3G these days, so here it is: the HTC Touch Diamond was built as a follow up to the HTC Touch, launched last year as a Windows Mobile-based competitor for the original iPhone.
The phone looks and feels good, and the new TouchFLO is impressive. Some serious effort has gone into making the handset more user-friendly, and there's a better-looking UI to boot. Inclusion of Wi-Fi is a plus, and the decent 3.2 MP autofocus camera is a
HTC Diamond might lose to Apple?s iPhone in usability department ? mainly due to its often sluggish interface, and inferior implementation of finger-based control ? but it?s still well worth the price if you?re looking for a device like this, and fills it
Pros: Sparkling, responsive interface with useful shortcut features. VGA screen. Fast networking helps the speedy Web browser. 4GB internal storage. Cons: Keyboard is still a pain to use, which makes messaging and productivity apps more difficult. Recep
Certainly, the feature set is incredible-- VGA display, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, 4 gigs of storage and a good autofocus camera. And it's a marvel that HTC fit all this in such a slim, small and light device. Based on the hardware, the Diamond is indeed a gem
Among its peers, this latest HTC is a standout for its design and interface but its sluggish response and inevitable Windows complexity makes it feel more like a diamond in the rough than a true polished gem.
This is one of the most visually attractive Windows Mobile handsets we�ve used. The physical design is impressive, and the Touch FLO 3D interface is a thing of aesthetic beauty. Unfortunately, the performance issues we encountered would make us hes
What a small, neat and desirable device this is! Until you take into consideration its poor battery life, lack of memory expansion, and a few other niggles.
HTC's 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...
We don't envy the HTC Touch Diamond. There's a lot of pressure on this little smartphone; HTC executive Cheng Hui-ming has called it "the most important product for HTC this year," and of course, the Touch Diamond has been compared to the Apple iPhone . N
There is a lot that goes against this phone.This Diamond won't last till then and will surely turn into history. The competition in its price range is very stiff and it just won't sustain.
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