If you really want to get your hands on an HTC Touch Diamond before the official US launch, CompUSA has one available for $779. The good news is that it's unlocked, so you can use it on both AT&T and T-Mobile, and quad-band, so you can take it just about anywhere where GSM goes. It's a nice phone, though kinda slow in our first impressions. Might want to wait until some more reviews hit before making your decision. [CompUSA]
Latest by jrinco11: Yah, I've only seen tri-band -- wish I would've seen the quad band before buying mine as I'm having issues with not being able to get 3G/HSDPA on ATT down in atlanta.
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Addy fiddled with the HTC Touch at the official unveiling about a month ago, but we've just got our own units delivered to us for extensive in-home testing. The exterior looks as nice as we've already seen in unboxing shots, and the TouchFlo is much more refined than the previous incarnations in HTC's ever-expanding Touch line. The problem? TouchFlo is slow as balls. And that's kind of an insult to balls, which are actually pretty fast from our past experience.
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Latest by TurboFool: This preview honestly doesn't concern me. When I compare my Mogul as it runs now with no2chem's nueROM 2.1 build 6069d to what my Mogul was like when I got it, it's night and day. The phone practically sucked when more »
We got hands-on time with the HTC Diamond when it was released, but nothing beats taking photos at home under optimal lighting conditions. EPrice in Taiwan got a unit for themselves (HTC is from Taiwan) and took loads of shots, some of which illustrate why this thing is called the Diamond. Go on, check the gallery to see what we mean. [Eprice]
Latest by n/a: give me a break...someone needs to fire their design department and shoot for some creativity; even the packaging is an apple rip-off. they probably did the diamond thing on the back to avoid a lawsuit. so basically more »
Following up on the news of HTC launching its most important product of the year next month, GSMArena dug up some more info on two phones they think will be unveiled there, the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Find. According to MSMobiles, the HTC Touch Find seems to a version of the HTC Touch Cruise, which is out already, but this seems to be a rounder, more ergonomic version. The HTC Touch Diamond is actually the T-Mobile MDA Compact IV shown at CeBIT 2008, and will have a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU and GPS. It'll also have an accelerometer (like the iPhone) to rotate the UI when you go horizontal.
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Latest by SneakerFiend: @Silent_Shark: Well the touch diamond does have a 528mhz processor compared to the xperia's 512mhz processor (i think it has 512mhz)
Im sticking to the xperia tho unless one of these phones sweep the floor with the xperia. more »
Sources for Boy Genius are confirming an earlier rumor stating that T-Mobile's 3G network will get a May rollout in NYC. The sources also update the rumor pointing to May 1st as the actual drop date. [BGR]
This is HTC's first big TV ad in the US. Rather than focus on their devices individually, HTC's going for a general "brand" awareness. Seeing as how they've previously marketed their phones under the four big providers' own names (AT&T TilT, T-Mobile MDA, Verizon 6700), it's a smart step in breaking away from their control. This particular ad, one of a few that will hit print and online outlets, is underwhelming. It wants compare the HTC Touch with the iPhone (implicitly), but if you've read any of the many reviews of the device, you'll see that it's nowhere near as usable. If we were HTC, we'd focus more on their slide-out QWERTY devices that are like Sidekicks, but for businessmen.
We've been waiting for 3G on T-Mobile longer than we've been waiting for The Police to get back together, and it looks like May will be the month that all this patience finally pays off. TmoNews is pegging the first launch to be in NYC, and spreading to the rest of the country's major cities throughout the rest of 2008 (list after the jump). Of course, it's just a rumor so far, but it does seem to coincide with this HTC Touch Dual Into Mobile found on the FCC, which is supposedly headed toward T-Mobile and features 3G HSDPA. We'll post as we learn more, though we're hopeful that this could finally be it for T-Mobile users to not pull down mobile data at 1996 dial-up speeds. [FCC via IntoMobile - TmoNews]
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Latest by n/a: i iphone will never work with tmobiles 3g network at&t and tmobile has 2 different 3g spectrums, and it is rolling out but that htc neon is not getting launched with tmobile if you read the info from fcc it more »
The Gadget: Verizon XV6900, their version of Sprint's Touch by HTC, which is a pretty compact Windows Mobile 6 smartphone overlayed with HTC's custom TouchFLO for finger touchiness.The Price:$299.99 online after $100 rebate with two-year contract.
Latest by RobotVampire: Yes, I am 12 (at heart), and mobile IE sucks big time in my opinion. It locks up at least once a day, nothing else has ever caused my phone to lock up, only mobile IE, hence, ball suckage. more »
Verizon's version of the HTC Touch, the XV6900, will be available online and in B2B channels on April 16, and will hit stores by April 30. [Verizon Wireless]
CTIA comes but twice a year, and it gives the telecoms and phone makers a chance to show off their coolest stuff. Verizon Wireless apparently has its hands full with the whole open-network thing, because instead of unveiling something potentially sweet like the LG VX9700 or VX8560, its lineup of CTIA phones looks pretty ho-hum. Yes, there's a new BlackBerry Curve 8330 and a slimmer enV, but even those and the other handsets from HTC, Motorola and Samsung suffer from a re-heated leftover vibe:
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Latest by Samifumi: I find it very difficult to purchase phones from Verizon knowing I'll likely never use the phone again if I leave the network and on resale the phone will be worth less because it is for use on one network.
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Toshiba's no stranger to Windows Mobile devices, but their latest G810 touchscreen handset looks more similar to the HTC Touch than their previous HTC-like phones. It's got Windows Mobile 6 on board, 3g HSDPA, 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 256MB internal memory, GPS, and a late Spring European launch. It's got enough features to be a good phone, but it's nothing revolutionary. [Toshiba Europe via Tech Digest via The Unwired]
If you Verizon customers were peeking enviously over the fence at the HTC Touch on Sprint, you won't have to peek much longer. According to a Howard Forums user (who apparently took this shot at the UT Starcom booth at CES), the HTC Touch will be headed to Verizon as the XV6900 soon. It'll be white, and it'll be slightly thinner than the Sprint version of the phone. In the end, however, it's still the same Windows Mobile phone that's not all that great to use (unless you load PointUI on it.) [Hofo via Crunchgear]
If we were a Chinese company that made knockoff phones, we probably wouldn't make a knockoff of the HTC Touch. Not that the phone is bad—it's somewhat usable—but putting Windows Mobile 5 on any phone when WM6 is the standard now is kind of a bad idea. However, we would follow in their footsteps and beef up hardware features to include a GPS, a 2-megapixel camera and fingerprint security. We just wouldn't put Windows Mobile 5 on it. [EC51 via Uber Gizmo]
If you have been on the fence about picking up an HTC Touch or an iPhone, you owe it to yourself to check out this 25 minute comparison from the guys at WM Experts. If your attention span is limited to 15 minutes and under, I can tell you that the verdict was mixed...sort of. In the end the battle was really between Windows Mobile and the iPhone. Not surprisingly, the reviewer felt that WM was a better choice for him personally because of its productivity features (WM Experts, go figure).
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Latest by n/a: i just wanted to thank the author of this video review for such a accurate, intelligible, and insightful review. Your time and knowledge is much appreciated.
Many thanks.
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The long-rumored T-Mobile Shadow (aka Juno) officially launches now. It hits stores Wednesday for $200 with voice-plan or $150 with $20-per-month unlimited data plan. (Both require two year contracts.) With it, T-Mobile and HTC have done the impossible: they have made Windows Mobile look good. Great even.
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Latest by n/a: I believe I was the first to purchase a T-Mobile Shadow and I love it. I am not new to PDA or Smartphones. I have been using computer gadgets for over 15 years. I have use Palm and Windows. Palm more »
Sprint launched its version of the HTC Touch today, aimed not at business users (that most of the Windows Mobile platform devices target) but at consumers. The hope is that the flip-happy TouchFlo skin over the more familiar WM6 interface will draw in people with iPhone envy. The Touch will cost $250 with a two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate, and will be available on Nov. 4. Photos by Jennifer Hooker
If you're at all interested in HTC's Touch Dual, also known as the sliding version of the HTC Touch, you should take a look at eXpansys's video walkthrough of its features. The top TouchFlo interface is the same as the HTC Touch, which you've seen before, but the slide-out keypad is gives a really satisfying *click*. The narration is in a very dry British monotone, so you may have to slap yourself a few times after watching this to make sure you're not falling asleep at work. [Expansys via Mobility Site]
Latest by hanswurst0815: @ANoel: That's exactly what I just got to know - shame, HTC, shame! Why should anyone ever buy this if it's got noc WiFi?? more »
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If you really want to get your hands on an HTC Touch Diamond before the official US launch, CompUSA has one available for $779. The good news is that it's unlocked, so you can use it on both AT&T and T-Mobile, and quad-band, so you can take it just about anywhere where GSM goes. It's a nice phone, though kinda slow in our first impressions. Might want to wait until some more reviews hit before making your decision. [CompUSA]
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