07 May 2008 08:23
With the iPhone still setting the standard for touch-screen phones, challengers to the throne all seem to be trying to out-elegance one another. The latest is the HTC Touch Diamond, 'a new benchmark for phone sophistication', the company claims. Central to the phone is the company's TouchFLO 3D interface, which HTC says provides 'animated access' to people (by calling, we presume), messaging, email, photos and more. There's also a touchpad alongside the screen. Under the surface is the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system.
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It would be a rare phone these days that doesn't double as a music player and a camera. To that end, the Touch Diamond offers 4GB of internal storage, plus 192MB of RAM. HTC is also touting a YouTube application developed in-house to allow viewing of video content on the phone's 2.8in., 640-by-480-pixel display. For accessing the internet, the quad-band smartphone offers HSDPA speeds of up to 384Kbps upstream and 7.2Mbps down. It's also equipped with Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and GPS.
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Travelling abroad? Check the local weather before you get on the plane. Similar to the iPhone, the Touch Diamond also lets you navigate web sites by zooming and panning with one hand. Talk time for the phone via GSM is up to four hours, HTC says.
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The HTC Diamond measures just 11.5mm thick. The height and width: 102mm by 51mm. It weighs 110g.
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The back of the phone features some spiffy bevelling, along with the lens for the 3.2-megapixel camera.
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The HTC Touch Diamond and its array of accessories: desktop cradle, travel charger and stereo headphones. The Touch Diamond will be the first HTC handset to be launched with all five major UK operators — Orange, T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone and 3. Production units are due in June.
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