HTC Touch Diamond- Diamond Hard Performer- A Review
Posted on July 23, 2008 in Technology by Annie
Hey friends after a long time I am back with another mobile review. So today let’s review HTC squad’s latest member- HTC Touch Diamond. HTC Touch Diamond can be considered as an initiator of new age for Microsoft OS powered mobiles. Before HTC Touch Diamond not a single Windows mobile was feature loaded yet looked so stylish.
Its Gem-inspired design, built-in accelerometer, GPS and VGA screen are enough to lure WinMo fans. But there are other features which keeps HTC Touch Diamond a step ahead. Some of the key features of HTC Touch Diamond are listed below:
- 2.8” 65K-color VGA display screen
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Lightweight and compact
- Outstanding design
- Active magnetic stylus
- Touch-sensitive scroll wheel
- TouchFLO 3D Home screen and gesture controls
- 3.15 MP auto focus camera
- 4 GB of internal storage
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Opera 9.5 web browser
- MS Office Mobile document editor
- YouTube client
- Packed with amusing Teeter game
- Standard miniUSB slot and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- Excellent video playback performance
- Wi-Fi
- Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz CPU and 192 MB DDR SDRAM
- HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- Dedicated graphics chip
Other general specifications of HTC Touch Diamond are:
- Color: Black
- Dimensions: 102×51x11.5 mm
- Weight: 110gms
- Memory: 4GB internal memory plus 256 MB ROM, 192 MB DDR SDRAM and Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz processor
- Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh
- Phone Book: Unlimited entries with unlimited fields and supported by photocall
- Call Records: Unlimited
- Infrared Port: No
- Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
- USB: Yes, miniUSB
- Edge: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
- Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
- Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, video; secondary VGA videocall camera
After discussing its special and key features now let’s focus on its disadvantages. Some of the main disadvantages of HTC Touch Diamond are listed below:
- Average sunlight readability
- Poor battery life
- No memory card slot
- No TV out port
- Limited usage of scroll wheel
- Questionable build quality
- After few weeks of usage its back panel starts wearing
- Design of back panel affects negatively on its usability and camera image quality
- Fingerprint nightmare
- Tri-band GSM support only
- No standard 3.5mm audio jack
It can be said that even with its best features it is not flawless. But when compared to other Windows Mobiles, HTC Touch Diamond surpasses them with its top functionality, design and size. With all its Hi-Tech features it can be said that diamonds are forever and HTC Touch Diamond is one of them. As diamonds are costly it could be guesses that even HTC Touch Diamond would be pretty expensive.
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