HTC Touch Diamond preview: First look

13 June 2008
The HTC Touch Diamond is finally in our office and you can count on it getting all the attention it deserves. Just as a little teaser we decided to give you this short preview of the highly sought after gadget that seems to have it all...

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  • 14 Jun 2008

I got the diamond today and I can say that it's awesome. For everybody who's thinking of buying , just do it! About the slowness. HTC will come up with an update for that that's sure and if not there are many things at xda developers that can fix it.
I was also thinking of getting the n82 but the only thing that changed my mind were its buttons. Besides touch screen is it for now since the iphone ^^

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    • yourstruly
    • pSP
    • 14 Jun 2008

    The HTC TyTN II is notorious for its sluggishness - its performance equals that on previous generation HTC devices which were all equipped with a 200 MHz CPU.

    BTW, with HTC Touch Cruise it's pretty much the same.

    The HTC Touch Diamond is another story - it's more responsive in every possible aspect and with a few registry tweaks for increasing the cache size it really starts ticking fast.

    But you should wait for the full GSMArena review to see how it fares in the everyday tasks.

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      • rephlex
      • PAG
      • 14 Jun 2008

      Hi I have owned several HTC products and currently have the TYTNII. The key problem i have with this phone is the slowness in response time... i press a key and it takes a few seconds to react. Even when i slide the keypad out, it takes 3-5 seconds to reconfigure the screen. I noticed on your short review that there were some delays like this... In the video, it took a few seconds for the screen to reconfigure into landscape... Please advise if this is a problem with the phone as i am really looking for a phone that responds faster than the TyntII... a possible option is the Samsun i900... Thoughts anyone?

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        • Majd
        • Ssg
        • 14 Jun 2008

        i just wana know which is better nokia n82 or this phone coz as i read in the comments that this phone is very slow.can you help me plz decide.

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          • Cesar
          • GAe
          • 13 Jun 2008

          Waiting anxiously for your review :D

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            • CSingh
            • k8X
            • 13 Jun 2008

            3rd this is the best looking windows mobile phone ever!!

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              • Zobi
              • Ma$
              • 13 Jun 2008

              I'm 4 minutes late. Poo.

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                • i beat j00!!!
                • QJ6
                • 13 Jun 2008

                w00t!! first comment! this phone is great!!

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