Review: HTC Touch Diamond
Thanks to Verizon for sending me there HTC Touch Diamond. Check out the Specs Below.
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 – American version
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
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 resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 640 pixels, 2.8 inches
– TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
– Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
– Touch-sensitive navigation controls
– Handwriting recognition
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV, WMA ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 4 GB storage, 192 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Card slot No
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
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus
Video Yes, CIF@30fps
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games 1, motion-based + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
– Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
– Voice memo
– MP3 player
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh
Stand-by Up to 285 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min
MY overall rating of the phone is a 4Â out of 5 stars.
Pros:
- Large touch screen
- touch flow UI
- Windows mobile 6
- Great Battery Life
- Verizon Service
- Accelerometer
- Built in Games
- 3.2mp camera
- Sleek Design
Cons:
- No Qwerty keyboard
- No port for headphones while charging have to use extension.
- Freezes at time
After taking this phone out the box i was very impressed. Windows mobile 6 looked very sexy with the touch flow 3d interface. In the programs menu, It comes packed with alot of programs like Office Mobile,Adobe reader LE, YouTube App, Internet Explorer(2ND web browser, This phone ships with opera as the default web browser).
Typing a long text message with this phone can get very annoying to me. With the built in hand recognition tool in the message software makes it sorta fun. I guess i would have to say this isn’t the phone for a business man who sends lots of emails a day.
The 3.0 megapixel camera also impressed me. I love the panorama mode where you can take 3 photos and make them in to one landscape photo.
Listening to music and charging this phone can be a difficulty this phone only has 1 port. This is the charger/headphone. There is an adaptor that come with it, but why carry around a bulky adapter.
The Battery life , In three words “is KICK ASS” i left this phone on for about 2 weeks not doing anything(no programs or anything)Â and just as im typing this review I’m getting a low battery notice.
So Overall I rate this a 4/5 … This Phone is avaliable now through Verizon!
