Htc Touch Diamond (gsm) Announced With Windows Mobile 6.1 And 3g

[Arun 795]

IDG News Service

May 06, 2008 4:50 AM PDT

High Tech Computer (HTC) announced the HTC Touch Diamond on Tuesday, a smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and with a touch screen designed for one-handed use.

The new handset is the next generation of HTC's popular Touch smartphone, which has sold over 3 million units in the 10 months since its launch. The Touch Diamond updates the series to 3G (third generation mobile telecommunications), beating rival Apple to the punch again.

Last year, HTC launched its first Touch handset nearly a month ahead of the iPhone. The Touch Diamond will be available throughout Europe starting in June, followed by Asia and the Middle East. The handset will hit North and South America in the second half of the year.

Apple has not said when it will launch a 3G iPhone, but industry analysts expect one within the next few months.

The HTC Touch Diamond works on WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) networks and offers data rates up to 7.2M bits per second using HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) thanks to a chipset from Qualcomm.

HTC CEO Peter Chou is so excited about the Touch Diamond that he predicts it will be an even bigger seller than the original Touch. "This is going to be the biggest product of my life," he said by phone from London.

HTC's focus on improving touch-screen technology on the Touch Diamond's 2.8-inch, 640 pixel by 480 pixel display pays testament to how serious it is about competing against the iPhone.

The company revamped its TouchFlo software to make give a 3D effect to screen images. People can access photos, music, messages, use push-e-mail and more on the touch screen.

The company also upgraded the Web browser, which is built on an engine from Opera Software but was designed specifically for HTC. The browser fits the screen, and users can zoom and pan Web sites with one hand. Turn the device sideways, and the view automatically rotates as well.

The Touch Diamond includes customized applications for watching YouTube videos and using Google Maps for map and traffic data. The handset has a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver.

The 3.2-megapixel camera with auto-focus allows video-calling.

Despite the big screen size, camera and other features, the Touch Diamond is small, just 102 millimeters by 51mm by 11.33 mm.

The HTC Touch Diamond also boasts Bluetooth for wireless data transfer, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g for wireless Internet access. The battery on the device is rated for 4 hours of talk time.

One area where Apple's iPhone still has the edge is in data storage: the Touch Diamond has only 4G bytes of flash memory for storing music and videos, compared to the iPhone's 8G bytes or 16G bytes.

Notable features:

• Runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
  
• 7.2Mbps HSDPA and HSUPA
  
• 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7201A processor
  
• 192MB RAM; 256MB ROM; 4GB internal storage
  
• 480 x 640-pixel display
  

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[Greatest 55]

cool phone... will they launch a cdma version of the same??

[KumaarShah 143]

Wow, fantabulous piece!!!!!!!

[Dj 25]

WOW !!!

niyat kharab ho gayee

[Honest 836]

^^^

Really its a cool handset. Big Display & Internal Storage is great in this phone.

Regards.

[petar 15]

CDMA will be coming in Q1 -09

[Greatest 55]

Guys just check this out.....

http://www.2dayblog.com/blog/2008/05/09/vi...ng=en#more-6797

what a cool phone... the guys at reliance should be reading this post and urging HTC to bring one to India albeit on a CDMA network...

[Greatest 55]

CDMA will be coming in Q1 -09

Lets hope Q1 09 comes soon

thanks arun for merging the topic started by me....!!!

[Arun 795]

find some unboxing pics in this chinees site: http://www.eprice.com.tw/mobile/talk/?prod...amp;tid=3698565

(thanks to Dj for pointing it out!)

[Honest 836]

Opera Mobile 9.5 Now on the HTC Touch Diamond

Those planning on buying HTC's newest 'Touch Diamond' will also now be able to avail the Opera Mobile 9.5 browser on their smart phones.

Opera Software has announced availability of the latest version of its mobile Web browser - Opera Mobile 9.5 - on the HTC Touch Diamond; the customized HTC-specific version promises easy one-handed viewing and effortless navigation making your favorite Web sites look exactly as they would have on your desktop.

The HTC-specific version introduces a new intuitive user interface (UI), and includes numerous innovative features that promise to elevate the Internet experience on a phone. Page viewing and panning allows users to scan and navigate pages quickly while Opera Zoom enables them to dive into the page and get closer to

the content they want to. By turning the device sideways, the Web page view changes automatically from portrait to landscape.

Improved tabbed browsing makes multi-taking a breeze while productivity tools such as the ability to save pages for offline browsing, auto-completion of Web addresses, and Web manager make for a more enjoyable Web experience on the phone.

Additionally, Opera Mobile 9.5 allows users to easily share images from online photo albums or any other Web site through MMS or email. Other features include: improved text wrap, call phone number directly from Web pages, history and bookmarks, and copy text

Jon von Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Opera Software, said, "Opera Mobile 9.5 on the HTC Touch Diamond will bring to customers the most powerful Web browser yet on a mobile phone."

Peter Chou, president and chief executive officer of HTC Corp, said, "We have worked very closely with Opera Mobile to deliver a feature set and browsing experience that is optimized for mobile, but

viewed like it would on a PC."

The HTC Touch Diamond has been launched in India this week itself. It will be available to customers across all major European carriers next month. The North American and Latin American versions of the Touch Diamond will be available in the second half of 2008.

Source : Techtree

[amitoberoi 0]

CHeers guys..... The cdma version of HTC Diamond has been approved by FCC and has even been announced in Canada. So it is definitely not far from our shores. It is one Kick *** phone and i for one am definitely gonna scoop it up. Check out this link . http://www.chalo.net/Mobile/HTC_Touch_Diam...Going_to_Canada

Edited July 26, 2008 by amitoberoi

[spknair 1]

CHeers guys..... The cdma version of HTC Diamond has been approved by FCC and has even been announced in Canada. So it is definitely not far from our shores. It is one Kick *** phone and i for one am definitely gonna scoop it up. Check out this link . http://www.chalo.net/Mobile/HTC_Touch_Diam...Going_to_Canada

do you think , Will any one use reliance connection for data usage by giving 1.00 per 10 KB/