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HTC Touch Diamond

The HTC Touch Diamond is a smart phone with Windows Mobile 6.1 and features the vibrant TouchFLO technology. It is great for surfing the web, using a 3D interactive interface which can be spun by moving a finger across the screen. This Tri band phone has a 3.2 megapixel colour camera with autofocus, together with a second VGA CMOS colour camera. The display of the HTC Touch Diamond is an easy to see 2.8 inch TFT LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution. It comes with a battery which allows 4 hours of talktime or 12 days on standby.


Editor's Review

17 Nov 2008
Looking sophisticated, the 3G-enabled HTC Touch Diamond comes in a black casing, and flaunts a diamond cut-out effect on its back. The mobile phone is equipped with a 71.12-millimetre LCD screen that works on touch sensitive technology, and displays more than 65,000 vibrant colours at a resolution of 480 x 640 pixels. The HTC Touch Diamond LCD screen runs on TouchFLO 3D system through which users can flick through the handset's functionalities on the user interface. The touch screen also supports an auto rotate feature for both vertical and horizontal viewing. The mobile phone is powered by handwriting recognition technology. Users can choose from a selection of polyphonic and MIDI ringtones, which will give the handset a more distinct personality.

The HTC Touch Diamond joins HTC's lineup of Smartphone models that include the HTC Touch HD. The Touch Diamond has a weight of 110 grams and a measurement of 102 x 51 x 11.4 millimetres, making it a handy Smartphone with full-packed features. As a triband mobile phone, the HTC Touch Diamond covers the network bands of GSM 1900, GSM 1800 and GSM 900, as well as HSDPA 2100.

The HTC Touch Diamond runs on the operating system of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. It also allows users to connect to the Internet via its built-in HTML Browser. The Touch Diamond supports Google Search, and allows access to YouTube and Wikipedia sites right on the handset. Because of the HTC Touch Diamond's built-in HSDPA technology, users will be able to enjoy the multitasking skills of the Smartphone. The HTC Touch Diamond also supports Wi-Fi for wire-free Web connection on the go at hotspots or at local Wi-Fi connection points. For sharing and transferring of files with compatible devices, the HTC Touch Diamond supports Bluetooth wireless or USB cable technology. The handset is also powered by GPRS and EDGE, which ensure faster file Web downloading and data transfers.

Highly advanced as it may seem, the HTC Touch Diamond has retained the conventional messaging services of mobile phones, including SMS text messaging and MMS multimedia messaging. Users may also check their e-mails through the Touch Diamond, and send or receive attachments. The HTC Touch Diamond also supports instant messaging for users to enjoy quick chats with their contacts.

Another feature of the HTC Touch Diamond is its built-in GPS technology that serves as its users' guide on directions in certain new locations. For business-focused users, the Touch Diamond also serves as an organiser, by featuring contacts, calendar, alarm clock, speaker phone. The handset's screen comes with an auto-rotate system.

Users who enjoy taking pictures while on the go will enjoy the HTC Touch Diamond's integrated 3.2-megapixel digital camera that supports both still photos and videos. The camera is equipped with automatic focus to better capture the subject. Video recordings may be stored and played back or viewed on the HTC Touch Diamond. A second VGA camera can be found at the front portion of the mobile phone, which is used for video calls.

The HTC Touch Diamond has a built-in music player which supports popular sound formats like AMR NB, MP3, AAC+, AAC, WAV and WMA. The integrated music player also allows users to view track album artworks while listening to music. Users can opt to tune in to their favourite station through the HTC Touch Diamond's FM radio RDS feature.

The HTC Touch Diamond will please its game-oriented users with its support for 3D graphics. Users can also download games from the Internet to experience the fun on their mobile phone.

The handset guarantees to offer 4 gigabytes of internal memory, as well as 356 Megabytes of ROM, and 192 Megabytes of RAM. The HTC Touch Diamond promises 3G call time of 2 hours and GSM talk time of roughly 5 and a half hours. When on standby, the handset can last to a maximum of 285 hours on a fully charged battery.

While observers find the HTC Touch Diamond handset to be highly sophisticated, some users are unimpressed of the battery performance. According to them, the Touch Diamond's talk time is inferior to HTC's Touch Pro handset model.

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Review from CNET UK

This device was rated 5.9 out of 10 by CNET UK
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User Reviews for the HTC Touch Diamond

Reviewer: sahiba - srinagar
Reviewed on: 17th August, 2008
Rating: 10/10
htc touch diamond is an amazing phone.i went mad after looking at it.it has a very smart look.when i first saw it i had a crush on it.it is very stylish,slim,cute,dashing,hot and a sexy phone.it has got an amazing camera and a good memeory.nd is very convenient for working people because it has got GPRS also

Reviewer: shine - jeddah
Reviewed on: 2nd August, 2008
Rating: 8/10
hi,
its nice but price is hi.

Reviewer: Nidhal - Ghanmi
Reviewed on: 23rd July, 2008
Rating: 10/10
the best mobile phone!!
contains ultimate services & very brilliant


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