The covers are finally off the HTC Diamond Phone, the latest in the company’s Touch smartphone range, and at first look it’s been well worth waiting for. A compact touchscreen device running Windows Mobile 6.1, HTC have developed a new version of their GUI overlay called TouchFLO 3D that introduces CoverFlow-style navigation to contacts, audio, video and images. The HTC Diamond Phone’s usability is backed up with a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 4GB of storage together with 256MB ROM and 192MB RAM, and 7.2Mbps HSDPA/HSUPA.
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That high-speed mobile internet is coupled with WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and GPS. As for software, the HTC Diamond Phone has Opera 9 with a custom HTC skin, offering full internet access and dynamic zoom. Sections of the page can be automatically re-scaled with a tap, or alternatively the touch-sensitive scroll-wheel (built into the D-pad) can give more hands-on control. The HTC Diamond Phone has also been given a custom YouTube app that, like all the apps on the device, works in both portrait and landscape orientations courtesy of the accelerometer.
Imaging on the HTC Diamond Phone is via a 3.2-megapixel main camera, complete with auto-focus, and a front-mounted VGA camera for video calls. Battery life from the 900mAh power-pack is quoted at 270 minutes talktime or 396hrs standby for WCDMA, or 330 minutes talktime or 285hrs standby for GSM. The dimensions of the HTC Diamond Phone are just 102 x 51 x 11.33mm and it weighs 110g.
Europe and Asia will get the HTC Diamond Phone first, in June 2008, with the rest of the world having to wait until later on in the year.
The Touch Accessories store is the one stop shop for everything HTC accessories. Make sure to drop by and check it out when you get your very own HTC Touch Diamond.