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Yesterday was the first day that the Diamond was sold to the public. I bought one right away cause the movie on the HTC site brainwashed me
Ofcourse i played with it, but omg, what a difference with the Cruise. This device shouldn't be on the market right now!!
First big problem is the range. This is unacceptable!! I have full range with my cruise in my house. With the Diamond just one line and most of the time the connection fails. This is really unacceptable.
Second problem, the backplate doesn't fit like it should be. i tried it many times, but it doesn't fit right. Ofcourse with the Cruise no problem at all.
Home button feels very fragile. If i push it in, it looks like i gonna snap it
The Diamond isnt made for thumb usage!! maybe the home plugin can be used with thumb, but all others are way to small for using it with your thumb.
The speed of the device is also unacceptable. To be honest, my tuned cruise is way faster. Ofcourse i played with reg settings like the Tweaks known from this forum, but still the Diamond is way too slow. I hope new roms get out very soon.
To be honest, i am not happy with the Diamond. This has nothing to do with learning from the misstakes they made before. this has all to do with making a new device and throw it right away on the market for the cash.
For now my Diamond gets a 6- instead of a 8+ for the Cruise right now. Maybe some cookers can make this device to come alive, but untill then i expect a lot of frustration with this device for me.
Well, I've found this to be the best device "out-of-the-box" that I've had from HTC so far.
Of course, I'm looking forward to the inevitable improvements that will come along, but for now it's about as fast and stable as my heavily tweaked/flashed Kaiser. Which is something of a surprise.
What about your range? And which radio version do you have?
I assume you mean Network reception rather than WiFi?
As I live in London and there are cell towers absolutely everywhere, I have never had any problems. Flashing different radios on previous devices has always been pointless, as it has never done anything to improve or worsen the signal as far as I've ever noticed.
I honestly haven't got good enough ears to notice difference in call quality, but if you pinned me down, I'd probably say the call quality is again very marginally better than my previous HTC devices. That could easily be because the Diamond is shiny and new, and in my opinion the speakers do tend to get slightly worse over time...
WiFi I think is slightly weaker than my Kaiser. Probably only a couple of metres difference when using my crappy old Belkin router, but the bottom of the garden is just about out of range...
Radio is: 0.93.25.NS16
Just collected mine. Fully charged, I used Tomtom for 5 minutes, played a video for around 3 minutes, setup my email accounts, and made around 20 minutes of calls.....Around 20% battery life remains. Touchflo isn't as good as its cracked up to be. Prefer the port on my TYTN 2 tbh. Don't get me wrong the build quality and virtually everyhting is ideal..It's less than half the weight of the TYTN2 (or at least it feels like it). HTC needs to release the updated battery QUICK, the software update that is coming will hopefully sort power consumption, and with a bit of luck it will come with a radio update too. TYTN2 never dropped a call in my house, ever. The Diamond has dropped 3 out of 5....
Still a cracking piece of kit though, and very happy with it..Just hope it isn't rose tinted glasses.
Yzord said:
Yesterday was the first day that the Diamond was sold to the public. I bought one right away cause the movie on the HTC site brainwashed me
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Are you saying that you have the supposedly 'fixed' European version? If you are, that's really, really worrying. But there seem to be a lot of different opinions on and experiences with this device. Maybe some are just dodgy...
I can not lie, I love this device, I had alot of problems with my samsung i780 that I had for 3 months, but after many complaints, they offered me a new phone of my choice. So I opted for the Diamond. Good choice. Only my games or not playable anymore with the higher res.
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I can not lie, I love this device, I had alot of problems with my samsung i780 that I had for 3 months, but after many complaints, they offered me a new phone of my choice. So I opted for the Diamond. Good choice. Only my games or not playable anymore with the higher res.
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Which games are those? I got pretty much 90% of the games i own for win mobile working!
I do agree with the initial poster that the reception is rather poor, although i dont get any dropped calls, i cant get hsdpa in my house like i could with the cruise.with the diamond my signal is mostly roaming in my house, i not complaining as im lucky to get any living in the middle of nowhere!
Games like Atomic Cannon 3, hexic and so on...
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Games like Atomic Cannon 3, hexic and so on...
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hexic vga works fine on my diamond...
games that did not work on my O2 exec do work on D-nd !!!
Cool phone!
Abt HTC Touch Diamond
Is the Touch Diamond quad or tri band?
In the HTC website its described to be a tri band, however Carphone Warehouse in London is saying its a quad band.
Any idea reg this?
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Is the Touch Diamond quad or tri band?
In the HTC website its described to be a tri band, however Carphone Warehouse in London is saying its a quad band.
Any idea reg this?
Many Thanks
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well you obviously browsed to the HTC site and they are ALWAYS correct, i cant understand why you would believe a 3rd party store and not HTC's website
Straight from the Horses Mouth
HSDPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
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Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz
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Many thanks for the info...
Diamond2 is coming out around 10th april so wondering who will be upgrading or buying it?
is it worth getting the 2nd gen diamond?
i am stuck in a 18mth contract, so can't upgrade now untill apr 2010
harrysaab said:
Diamond2 is coming out around 10th april so wondering who will be upgrading or buying it?
is it worth getting the 2nd gen diamond?
i am stuck in a 18mth contract, so can't upgrade now untill apr 2010
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What I will be eventually doing is switching over regardless of contracts. I will going to Florida in the summer and picking one up there. When I return, I will just simply selling my old Diamond. This will all happen by August of this year. I never wait for contracts to expire. That would make me go crazy having a phone for 2 or 3 years straight. This is my 4th phone in the last 6 months....lol
Phones I had in the last 6mths:
1) HP 6955
2) Cruise
3) Trinity
4) Diamond
i think i will be getting the touch pro 2 instead of the diamond 2
Touch Pro 2 here too... played with the Diamond 2 at MWC, I don't like it's look and feel.
Touch Pro 2 is the poison I choose this time.
Will keep my Beloved Diamond 1 for when I need Sleeeknesssss.
Greetz to all.
lucky you... wish i had the chance to visit the mwc
i dont like the look of the diamond 2 it feel cheap
and the pro 2 is very biig its even bigger than TyTN II its better if they name it TyTN III
i will wait for a new phone from htc (diamond 3)
Don't like the Diamond 2
Diamond 2 doesn't look as nice as my original diamond. Touch Pro 2 looks better than the diamond 2, but I'm not liking it either. I might just totally skip on the latest HTC phones and try out the Palm Pre 'till HTC comes up with something else.
Didn't HTC hire a designer or something for their new devices??
I think the oncoming HTC devices are ugly... I really liked the touch phones, they were the first phones that just looked good (except the cruise) and especially the diamand/pro
I wish i never got that touch dual i have now im stuck with it until december;(
But i guess it'll be the iphone for then, I already have a decent winmo phone
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Diamond 2 doesn't look as nice as my original diamond. Touch Pro 2 looks better than the diamond 2, but I'm not liking it either. I might just totally skip on the latest HTC phones and try out the Palm Pre 'till HTC comes up with something else.
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Yeah me too, tho with luck all the early probs with the pre will have been ironed out by the time my 18mnth contract runs out in january 2010.....
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Touch Pro 2 here too... played with the Diamond 2 at MWC, I don't like it's look and feel.
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Chainfire, can you elaborate a little on what you didn't like about the Diamond 2's look and feel? Is it bricky, cheap, squarish? I have a D1 and am considering the 'upgrade'. Thanks.
well, as i compared the dimensions of the new diamond2 to the old it seems it got a bit larger. it now has the size of the iphone, which in my opinion is too large.
i really like the size of the diamond1, it is a phone-size all-in wonder, and not a tablet-pc with a phone function.
the only real advantage i see is the bigger screen for better working but this is also the reason for the bigger dimensions...
the rest of the new features?
better camera? well get a digicam if you want good pictures, 5mp but no flashlight, forget good pics at evening or at indoor places with bad light...
the other updates: memory,sd slot and better battery, well nice but its no world-wonder...
and the diamond pro 2? brick with phone function? come on...
i will stay with my diamond1 and keep waiting.
so my opionion is: size DOES matter
everyone have a nice day!
i like the no2 think i mgit go there if three get there act together and get a stylish phone made by HTC rather than the current junk
but like most ive got 12 months left on the contract so lets hope the 3 is out and ready and stable by then
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Chainfire, can you elaborate a little on what you didn't like about the Diamond 2's look and feel? Is it bricky, cheap, squarish? I have a D1 and am considering the 'upgrade'. Thanks.
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Well, please start by opening this link in a new window:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1750&view=1
You can immediately see it is not as small or as cute as the original Diamond ( <3 !! )
It feels a bit 'stretched' in your hand when you are playing with it, don't have a better word to say it.
But the absolute worst part is the 'bottom of the front' as you can see in the picture. They gray/silvery part looks incredibly cheap/ugly IRL, and its just a waste of space with no function (they should have just made the thing a centimeter shorter).
Furthermore, between the small buttons above the silvery part and the touchscreen soft-buttons is a so called zoom-slider. It's hard to see in the picture on that page, but again this is a waste of space - and it looks really awkward too. While I imagine it could be handy while web-browsing (if it actually works, it didn't do anything on the demo models I played with), at least for me that isn't that important and I would have much preferred an on-screen zoom slider in the browser instead. Again, they could have made the thing another centimeter shorter.
It's just one hell of a butt-ugly phone (well ok it isn't as ugly as say, the G1, but it's nowhere near as sleek as the original Diamond and Touch Pro) and wastes space all over the place. It doesn't feel 'right' in your hand either.
Hope that explains it a bit.
Note that I just noticed the Rhodium has this frecking zoom slider as well... bah!
the only characteristic worth mentioning in case you make the transition is the card slot... But really! Features like the enlarged screen (800x480), a wee better camera and a flashy new metallic design won't make me change my diamond... I mean, they aren't features which make a big diff... let alone define a TRUE SEQUEL.
+ they ditched the D-pad and replaced it with a silly horizontal zoom panel... Why!?!?! it pretty much looks like a DOWNGRADE to me.
No thx!
Not me, that's for sure!
I like my Diamond, despite its poor speed and short battery life... but I'm hoping that something else good comes out in the 9 months or so that are left on my 18 month contract!
My preference would be another WinMo phone but faster, better battery, TV out and possibly even proper headphone jack. Doesn't have to be HTC because HTC software is so poor.
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the only characteristic worth mentioning in case you make the transition is the card slot... But really! Features like the enlarged screen (800x480), a wee better camera and a flashy new metallic design won't make me change my diamond... I mean, they aren't features which make a big diff... let alone define a TRUE SEQUEL.
+ they ditched the D-pad and replaced it with a silly horizontal zoom panel... Why!?!?! it pretty much looks like a DOWNGRADE to me.
No thx!
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I only played with the Diamond2 a little bit today and yesterday but the one thing I noticed is that performance did seem to be noticeably improved. As I whipped around TF3D it seemed quite a bit snappier than my Diamond. Some of the hardware changes do make you wonder but the TF3D software seems significantly better (that being said - I did get WM to freeze rather easily when playing with the onscreen keyboard - oops!) I didn't think the phone was butt ugly but, in all fairness, I was drooling a little.
Just like most people, the HTC people said that the Pro2 seems to be the one exciting people more but while the features are cool it is kind of a brick IMHO. Of course, I also looked at the P6500 and that made the Pro2 look not *quite* so big!
certainly not me, the device as it is is pretty close to perfect in terms of size/weight.
with the diamond2 getting bigger and heavier, it's a big turnoff to me.
i had a choice of buying a north american diamond but did not as it's thicker and heavier.
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Well, please start by opening this link in a new window:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1750&view=1
You can immediately see it is not as small or as cute as the original Diamond ( <3 !! )
It feels a bit 'stretched' in your hand when you are playing with it, don't have a better word to say it.
But the absolute worst part is the 'bottom of the front' as you can see in the picture. They gray/silvery part looks incredibly cheap/ugly IRL, and its just a waste of space with no function (they should have just made the thing a centimeter shorter).
Furthermore, between the small buttons above the silvery part and the touchscreen soft-buttons is a so called zoom-slider. It's hard to see in the picture on that page, but again this is a waste of space - and it looks really awkward too. While I imagine it could be handy while web-browsing (if it actually works, it didn't do anything on the demo models I played with), at least for me that isn't that important and I would have much preferred an on-screen zoom slider in the browser instead. Again, they could have made the thing another centimeter shorter.
It's just one hell of a butt-ugly phone (well ok it isn't as ugly as say, the G1, but it's nowhere near as sleek as the original Diamond and Touch Pro) and wastes space all over the place. It doesn't feel 'right' in your hand either.
Hope that explains it a bit.
Note that I just noticed the Rhodium has this frecking zoom slider as well... bah!
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Thanks for the insight. I'm really on the fence about 'upgrading'. I'm intrigued by the widescreen for maps/pictures/videos and the 5MP camera has also sparked my attention. The cam on the current Diamond is very good IMO and so I'm just figuring it will get even better on the D2. I use my phone a lot for pictures. I have the NAM version of the D1 so the D2 will actually be the same weight and a little thinner. But I do know what you mean about it being 'stretched'. I had an Imate 8502 and it was a narrow phone that was long. It felt very stretched in hand so that's going to be a factor for me. Loosing the dpad (even if the D1's is crappy) is another big downer.
I've actually been toying with buying a Samsung Omnia instead. $200 cheaper, same camera specs but with a flash, widescreen (although not VGA) and a mouse pointer to 'replace' the dpad. Who knows...
My provider gave me a Samsung Omnia for free and after using a widescreen device (yes, I know, WQVGA, not WVGA), the screen on the Diamond seems too small to use. I will personally be going with the Touch Pro2, not the Diamond2. This is mainly because of the bigger screen size as well as the keyboard, not to mention the decent speaker on it and flashlight.
So, I recently purchased a virtually new Xperia for $270... and now I'm beginning to wonder if the Touch Diamond 2 or the Touch Pro 2 were a better deal? What do you guys think--considering for how much I spent on an Xperia.
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So, I recently purchased a virtually new Xperia for $270... and now I'm beginning to wonder if the Touch Diamond 2 or the Touch Pro 2 were a better deal? What do you guys think--considering for how much I spent on an Xperia.
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i'd still buy my xperia again at 750 or whatever I spent today even though I could get a touch diamond 2 or touch pro 2.
and for that price? I'd MURDER for that price haha.
I'd rather have the Verizon Touch Pro2 than the Xperia X1a.
But......for 500 dollars and above vs a 270 Xperia X1a....I'd pick Xperia anyday.
There is no better than Xperia in my opinion.
I had the diamond2 and the TP2 and bottom line I still use my xperia for everdy day use.
Woa, thanks for the reassurance guys. Yeah, Xperia seems a much better phone.
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Woa, thanks for the reassurance guys. Yeah, Xperia seems a much better phone.
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not to mention that it is the best looking phone ever built, in my opinion.
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i'd still buy my xperia again at 750 or whatever I spent today even though I could get a touch diamond 2 or touch pro 2.
and for that price? I'd MURDER for that price haha.
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There is no better than Xperia in my opinion.
I had the diamond2 and the TP2 and bottom line I still use my xperia for everdy day use.
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not to mention that it is the best looking phone ever built, in my opinion.
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Agreed 100%.
Man, Xperia simply rules. You'll find details as the alarms and sounds that can be fixed. But i'm so happy with my phone. It's the best.
and of course you can make fun of iphone users with a simple xperia skin.
Xperia's Design Make Me Feel Like Heaven
The Phone Built & Design Is So Sexy ...
Yeah the design should have won an award. It set a new level for phone and design. Make it slightly bigger in scale and it would have been a ****ing amazing phone.
Not sure! It is lush but the TP2 has a better keyboard, no doubt! Better hardware (other than lack of 3.5mm jack) but the xperia has extensive rom community which TP2 doesnt!
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i'd still buy my xperia again at 750 or whatever I spent today even though I could get a touch diamond 2 or touch pro 2.
and for that price? I'd MURDER for that price haha.
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£260 over here brand new
m1le5 said:
TP2 has a better keyboard
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yes
Better hardware
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Better hardware
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The TP2 has a 3.6" display vs a 3.0", an accelerometer and slightly more RAM at 288MB. TP2 is missing the flash and the 3.5mm headphone jack the X1 does have. Other than that and the design differences, the hardware is the same, so it's up to each person to decide which hardware setup they prefer.
x1 is betterer
X1 metal finish made me unable to sleep
the 2.8 inchs fits the 800x480 resolution.. It is much neat than desktop monitor!
Now the sound volumn can be hacked, no missed call anymore.
and the battery, 1500ma stored in a thin flim, incredible!
I have the X1. the 3" screen is rather small. I'd appreciate the extra .6" of the TP2. Accelerometer is a better benefit, IMO, compared to the LED flash.
I am coming from E90. Screen of E90 is larger - 4", about the same resolution (352 vs 480 vertical). Nokia's screen is also much more readable especially at direct sunlight. Haven't seen TP2's though.
So, the Xperia is a better choice... but
which one is better out of these two?
Touch Diamond 2, or Touch Pro 2?
To me, the Touch Diamond 2 looks a lot sleeker/cooler, and the diamond finish on the back is to kill for... but what about hardware?
what about the screen ? 3 inch is enough ? dont you prefer a bigger screen ?
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So, the Xperia is a better choice... but
which one is better out of these two?
Touch Diamond 2, or Touch Pro 2?
To me, the Touch Diamond 2 looks a lot sleeker/cooler, and the diamond finish on the back is to kill for... but what about hardware?
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TP2 is far better.
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what about the screen ? 3 inch is enough ? dont you prefer a bigger screen ?
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I would like a 4 inch screen thank you.
Hey all.
Today, you would be a diamond 1 or HD/Diamond 2 ?
Iv'e heared diamond 1 is slow, and her touch sceen is crap.
Well, depends on how you look at it. Of course the phone can be slow and such, but with minor tweaks to TF3D and to the registry, you can get the phone real smooth. Out of all those you said, I would pick HD because it got a 3,5mm jack and a bigger screen
Dont get a Diamond 1. You'll be investing un old(er) tech. I would get a Diamond 2 or TP2. I'm using a BB Bold at the moment which i prefere to the Diamond.. I'm sticking with RIM untill WinMo 7 comes out natively on devices.
If the previews of the Zune HD are anything to go by then Win Mo 7 will be worth the wait and i'll be ditching RIM in a heartbeat as they just dont have the same quality of software base available possibly due to restrictions of what memory is available to programs whilst there running. But, what they do well is the basics you'd expect of a communications device. Email, phone calls, even the mp3 player is much better sound quality than on my old Diamond
The efforts of the ROM cookers on this forum is excellent and Im sure MS are taking on board comments from web sites like this but a chef is only as good as his ingredients and the ROMs being leaked at the moment are full of bugs.
This is obviously just my own opinion on the subject though
i prefere the diamond 1 its cheaper , cooler , got the look , have a lot of developers here , alot of ROMS , does not have any manufacture problems like the diamond 2 or the pro 2
Aqrab, what manufactues problem are you talking about??
Artieq, iv'e didnt meant about the screen size. iv'e heared its a fingerprint nightmare...and also it have poor battery life.
I can get diamond 1 in 225$, and diamond2/HD in 480- 500$
spikeuk76, what are you talking about ?
"Dont get a Diamond 1. You'll be investing un old(er) tech. I would get a Diamond 2 or TP2. I'm using a BB Bold at the moment which i prefere to the Diamond.. I'm sticking with RIM untill WinMo 7 comes out natively on devices."
What TP2 is ?
BB bold?
RIM?
WINMO 7 ?
Well, now i need to decide between the diamond 2 to the HD. it's a very hard decision
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its cheaper , cooler , got the look , have a lot of developers here , alot of ROMS
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Yeah, that also were the main reasons for me to buy a D1.
D2 has a bigger screen, more RAM, better Cam, microSD card slot and a battery with more capacity. If you need one of these and are willing to invest much more than the D2 is your device.
In my opinion the D1 runs very smooth even with demanding apps. Remember also, D2 has the same chipset.
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Yeah, that also were the main reasons for me to buy a D1.
D2 has a bigger screen, more RAM, better Cam, microSD card slot and a battery with more capacity. If you need one of these and are willing to invest much more than the D2 is your device.
In my opinion the D1 runs very smooth even with demanding apps. Remember also, D2 has the same chipset.
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Hello
I'm gonna make alot of skype calls (wifi) with the device
The device can't replace music player like COWON D2+
Same chipset? what? and the hd have the same also ?
It's not that i need to add alot of money to buy the hd/diamond 2.
I'm afraid the diamond 1 will be slow, fingerprint nightmare, and bad battery.
I think the best for me will be hd/diamond 2.
Well, you are right about the battery life and fingerprints, but the phone itself IS SMOOTH AS SILK (for me).
Well diamond1 is in different level compared to D2 & HD because is a lot cheaper and have less ram and rom.
So between thous two I would go for diamond 2, because it's little smaller than HD, and other specks are the same, except the HD has 3.5 jack & bigger screen.
So it's depends what you like - need, bigger screen 3.5 jack, get HD, I like a little smaller device, that could comfortably fit in my pocket, so I would get D2!
Yeah, its alot cheaper, i can get diamond 1 in 225$, and diamond2/HD in 480- 500$.
But diamond 1 has few bad things that has been fixed in hd and d2, don't you think so?
Anyway, i don't know if i need a big screen. i will mostly use it to make fring (skype) calls, and in 4-6months, i will use the software teamviewer that will be released.
I will not use the device for playing music, because the cowon d2 from what iv'e heared, have better sounds quality.
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Hello
I'm gonna make alot of skype calls (wifi) with the device
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Wifi is an absolute battery drainer. D2 has indeed 200mAh more capacity but also a larger screen. You might wanna go with the D1 HTC 1340mAh "extended battery". Although that one requires another back cover which makes the devices thicker.
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Same chipset? what? and the hd have the same also ?
It's not that i need to add alot of money to buy the hd/diamond 2.
I'm afraid the diamond 1 will be slow, fingerprint nightmare, and bad battery.
I think the best for me will be hd/diamond 2.
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HD also features the Qualcomm chipset.
From what I and many others can say the D1 runs perfectly smooth - but yes, it is a fingerprint magnet (as will be D2/HD) and its battery is small. I bought a second one but only for heavy usage (eg navigation on the bike). Otherwise it offers me a reasonable lifetime even when listening to music for hrs.
Hey
lol why buy other device when you can just buy an HD/diamond 2
I think i will go over the diamond 2... i will see it in a store and then decide.
thank you.
Hello all,
I have a lot of Problems with this VPA. Now it makes all, but not what I want. After a start it runs fine, but after a Hour it makes silly things.
I will now try a lite Rom or anything else.
Thanks a lot to all hard Workers on custom Roms
today i sold my diamond. thx foe god...i just wanna thx to all xda members who helped me modding and ypgrading..but after i saw the iphone, tired that famous multi touch...i just sicked and tired of changin roms, etc...
hope one day when winmo will have multi touch, changable rongtones and such litle things i will back to htc devices...
cheers...
Can't comment on multi-touch, but pretty sure every Windows mobile device I've had since my first Magician has supported changing ringtones, in fact I actually found the adding of ringtones to be more hassle on the iPhone than it ever was on any of my Win devices. (I recently sold my iPhone 3G in favour of getting a new Windows Mobile device)
Just been offered the Diamond for free on a £20/month contract, so seriously considering going for that unless something else is available
I just wanted to mention this: The HTC Touch diamond is a little gem!
I have had the Diamond for about 2 years now. Usually I buy a different phone every year or sooner if HTC brings out a new phone.
But I cant seem to find anything better than the Diamond I have now. I have tried the Diamond 2 and found it too big... It had no real improvements over the Diamond 1 but is is a lot more bulky so I sold the Diamond 2 fast...
Than I thought the HD2 would be a great successor for my Diamond. I tried one and indeed the HD2 is a great device! But.... again it is just too big. It does not fit in my pocket and so I had to sell the HD2 and again stick with the good old Diamond.
Few days ago I saw the HD mini! I though this could be te phone I was waiting for!!! It is small, nice software and I love the design... And it is so small... comparable to the diamond!!! So I was excited about this nice phone...
Until I read the specs. It has a HVGA screen!!! That is half the resolution of my diamond!!! Why is this device called HD??? I couldn't believe it...
Well, this is just showing what a great little device this Diamond 1 actually is!!! Sure, the battery sucks and the 4GB internal memory is too small, but it is nice and small and the screen is great!!! I love it!!!
So now I put on Status ROM with winmob 6,5 and sence 2,5. And allthough it was never designed for such a memory hungry interface, my Diamond can cope with it! I love it!
And that is why I would like to salute the HTC Touch Diamond!!!
I to salute the diamond, love it. The best phone ever made bar the nexus one.
I love my diamond! It's sexy.
diamond 1 is the one
Lets face it - it is stylish - it is not curved, rounded - it's got edges. It's small and sleek.
It's slow, Touch is a pain, it goes black when you want to type in a number while you are on the phone, the recording microphone sucks, and the battery is ....
BUT - I lost mine last year and I looked at all the other phones etc out there - gave up and just bought another Diamond Touch 1.
My full aggreement. Unfortunately the actual hype goes to bigger and bigger screens which claim bigger phones. I was also thinking a lot of times about a new phone, Diamond 2, HD, HD2 ... but non of this new devices have really more features like my Dimaond. Instead of that, the Diamond is secy and very smart ... I think it will be my phone the next years ... and get changed if real new features are available ...
Diamonds are forever
I have owned my diamond for over a year now and also love it.
Very small, awsome screen res, it does every thing I could want.
I just installed SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 and it's even better, much faster and very smooth.
I used to have a problem where it used to run the battery down when it was in my pocket. I think it was turning on when I was sitting down, I installed Pocketshield Unlocker problem sorted.
This phone really kicks ass.
yupz, for me too,
this diamond is really a 'diamond' for me
i never regret of having it, this phone is very match for me,
full of customization, full of style, brilliant !
As my first wimo phone the TD has been a pleasure to have in nearly 2 years it has retrained and really opened my eyes to a phone that can do almost anything.
Alas it is about to be retired to the great desk drawer in the sky and replaced by my HD2 for every day use. It will be sad coz I am quite attached to it but my eyes can no longer read the screen properly.
The only problem I have with this awesome phone is that it's too easy to get smudge and finger-marks on it, and I have to rub it with some good cloth all the time.
Its just tooo shiny to have finger-marks...
nonac said:
The only problem I have with this awesome phone is that it's too easy to get smudge and finger-marks on it, and I have to rub it with some good cloth all the time.
Its just tooo shiny to have finger-marks...
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Screen protector and black skin. Smudging and scratching problem solved.
grezlad said:
I have owned my diamond for over a year now and also love it.
Very small, awsome screen res, it does every thing I could want.
I just installed SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 and it's even better, much faster and very smooth.
I used to have a problem where it used to run the battery down when it was in my pocket. I think it was turning on when I was sitting down, I installed Pocketshield Unlocker problem sorted.
This phone really kicks ass.
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My friend! THANK YOU for mentioning SPB Mobile shell 3.5! From the way you talked about it, it sounded like it was an AMAZING program, so I decided to look at some demos on YouTube. I then got the software and installed it....OH MY! The look and function of "carousel view" with G sensor turned ON almost made me fall of out my chair! This program improves the stylish look of the phone by ten times! WOW!
Gastro Man said:
My friend! THANK YOU for mentioning SPB Mobile shell 3.5! From the way you talked about it, it sounded like it was an AMAZING program, so I decided to look at some demos on YouTube. I then got the software and installed it....OH MY! The look and function of "carousel view" with G sensor turned ON almost made me fall of out my chair! This program improves the stylish look of the phone by ten times! WOW!
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You should try it with the espresso theme and s2u2 , dont think I'll ever
change my phone now, well possibly
Petesky said:
You should try it with the espresso theme and s2u2 , dont think I'll ever
change my phone now, well possibly
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Hey, thanks for the advice. I'll check both of those out!