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HTC Touch Diamond
This 2008 HTC flagship phone’s most important feature is its TouchFlo 3D user interface, with a mobile browser built from ground up. Its touch actions are carried out fast and smoothly with one’s fingers. Grabbing, flipping and scrolling are mainly done by swiping gestures, while zooming is done with circular motions. However, users are still given a choice of using a stylus and a d-pad. The stylus is held in place on the screen by a magnetic force, which easily unlocks once the stylus is removed.
It’s light and finely-angled case has an orientation sensor that automatically changes the screen’s orientation to either wide or tall, and a silencing feature for incoming calls that is activated by putting the Touch Diamond on its face. The Touch Diamond uses a Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system equipping it with the ability to run a lot of programs like Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player as well as Internet Explorer.
But, it has an HTC interface that is easier to use and contains stylish, moving graphics. It has its own main programs menu that can be customized according to how the owner uses the smartphone most. However, the interface is not HTC all throughout. It still makes use of Windows Mobile, like in sending messages, and the switch from the TouchFlo 3D to Windows is not that visually smooth.
The Touch Diamond’s music player has an album art interface, sliding toggle switches, volume slider and You-Tube app similar to the iPhone. Though communication carriers can still link up with services for music, photos and ring tones, it is HTC that will do the interface to ensure faithfulness to the look and easy-use that characterize TouchFlo 3D.
The HTC Touch Diamond’s flat, thin and black appearance belies its powerful capabilities starting with its HSDFA 7.2 and HSUPA 3G communication protocol, which the iPhone when first introduced did not even possess. Like most smartphones, Touch Diamond has Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0.
The Touch Diamond only weighs 110 grams and measures 102 x 51 x 11.5 mm. Due to its very sleek appearance, it offers no room for a headset jack or memory card slot and only has a 900mAh battery to power its VGA touch display. Its 2.8” screen has very fine resolution that brings sharpness and detail to pictures and web pages.
More advantages to owning a Touch Diamond are the inclusion of an assisted GPS that can be used with other satellite navigation tools, and a 3.5G data that enables speeds to reach 7.2 MBps in some areas. It even has a weather forecasting feature.