HTC Touch Diamond Review
By admin on March 3rd, 2010
A lot of people have been comparing HTC Touch Diamond with the Apple iPhone, but in reality this expensive phone really can’t stand up to the iPhone. As for looks, the HTC Diamond Touch is sleek and sexy, plus it features a 3D interface that is really fun to use.
One of the outstanding aspects of the HTC Touch Diamond is its design, which really is very stunning. On the front of the Diamond there is sleek glass and when you look at the back of the phone you’ll notice a slight prism effect. The HTC Touch Diamond is fairly small, measuring only 4 x 2 x 0.4 inches and weighs only 3.8 ounces; it is compact enough that you will have no problem slipping it into your pocket.
On the front of the HTC Diamond Touch is a 2.8-inch, 680x480 pixel resolution touchscreen that provides a brilliant and clear picture. Another feature of this phone that is very nice is its onscreen QWERTY keyboard, which makes sending text messages and email much easier.
The Diamond is a Windows Mobile smartphone so you do get some of the standard tools that come with a Windows Mobile phone. Some of the productivity tools that come with HTC Diamond Touch include a PDF viewer, voice recorder, and a task manager. You also get the Microsoft Office Mobile Suite so you can view, as well as edit, Office and Excel documents, plus you can view PowerPoint presentations. For storage, the HTC Touch Diamond comes with 4GB of internal memory so there should be plenty of room to keep your documents, contacts and more.
The business productivity tools don’t stop with just a document viewer, this phone comes with Direct Push Technology so you can have access to your email in real time. In addition, you get support for your POP3 and IMAP accounts, along with HTML capabilities.
Some of the phone features that come with the HTC Diamond Touch include a speakerphone, voice commands, as well as voice dialing, in addition to text and multimedia messaging. There are definitely plenty of features to help you keep in touch with your friends and family, as well as business associates. You will also find that this phone comes with WiFi.
For multimedia features the HTC Diamond smartphone comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera with 4x zoom, and there is a music and video player that supports a variety of different style formats.
When making calls with the Diamond, the sound quality is great, but there does seem to be some issues on how well the person on the other end can hear you. The HTC Touch Diamond has a battery life rating of over 5 hours of talk time and more than 11 days of standby time.
Although there is no doubt that the Touch Diamond by HTC is a great looking phone with many features, it does have some performance issues. There is also the fact that if you want to buy HTC Touch Diamond phone, it is quite high priced, but you might be able to get a discount if you buy on contact through a mobile service carrier.
