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HTC Touch Diamond

HTC Touch Diamond Reviews

Pocket-lint does a first look review of the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "Although we weren't able to test every facet of the HTC Diamond (GPS, camera quality) what we saw was very impressive...This is a consumer smartphone that packs more specs, and if HTC can sort out the lag issue, more punch than the iPhone in all areas. The only thing it appears to be lagging is the audio and video prowess of Apple's smartphone...If you aren't fussed about multimedia and just want to stay connected on the go, this is certainly one to watch."

CNET Australia does a first take review of the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "It's simple arithmetic: you take the interface of the iPhone and you mash-it-up with the hardware of the Xperia X1 and you get a product capable of superseding them both. Anyone waiting for either an iPhone or the X1, and who isn't madly fanatical about either, should add the Diamond to their to-compare list...From the information we have so far there is a lot to like about the Touch Diamond, as well as a few notable shortcomings. We look forward to seeing the Diamond in our Labs closer to its release at the end of Q2 or early Q3."

MobileBurn reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "The standard Windows Media player is on-board, but the new media player panel in the TouchFLO 3D home screen is more interesting, even if it doesn't seem to want to display album art for any of my songs. The autofocus camera works well in general, though at times the white balance needs to be set manually. The photos are generally sharp and can be stunning in the right conditions. With 4GB of internal storage, there is plenty of room for music and photos."

ZDNet reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "I have been very impressed with the camera on this device and think it may be the best Windows Mobile one released so far. One functionality that has blown me away is the panoramic functionality that I tried to show in the video I posted. After launching the camera you select the panorama option and then you will see a small 1/3 in the bottom right corner. You take one photo and then you will see about a third of the right side of that photo in opaque view on the left side of the display. You then overlay this “ghost” image over itself as you move to the right and capture the second photo. You perform the same action for the third photo. You don’t have to worry about being exact either as the HTC Touch Diamond will then auto-stitch the three images together to produce a very cool panoramic shot that covers about 180 degrees in front of you."

MobileTechReview has a review of the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "HTC's cameras haven't been their strong point, even when they look good on paper. The 3 megapixel autofocus camera on the original Advantage X7501 didn't take very good pictures, and the Tilt's camera was just OK. The Diamond changes that, with sharper pictures that show clarity, good saturation and color balance. The autofocus lens is quick by camera phone standards and definitely improves image quality compared to a fixed focus lens; something we couldn't say as a rule for HTC's cameras before the Diamond. We still see too much sharpening in landscape shots leading to fractal-like leaves and overstated water reflections, but sharpening can be tweaked under advanced settings. The lens has a large max aperture of f2.8 and indoors it's wide open which means you'll see a good deal of motion blur."

BoyGeniusReport reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "...The back of the device reveals the 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera lens and, well, not much else. Our handset is the European version of the Diamond (more on that in a bit), and as such sports a secondary VGA camera for video calls next to the earpiece on the front of the phone. Sadly, this feature will most likely be omitted from any American iterations of the phone. All told, the physical design of the phone is by far one of the best selling points, with a effective compromise between small and usable. While this isn’t specific to the Touch Diamond, we really wish HTC would reconsider their all-in-one min-USB jack. It’s great for charging and file transfers, but especially considering the media-centric appeal of the Diamond, we would appreciate a 3.5 mm headphone jack, as the current configuration limits you to the HTC-supplied headphones unless you’re willing to deal with a cumbersome adapter."

CNET reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "The HTC Touch Diamond is equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera with up to 4x zoom and videorecording capabilities. There are six capture modes (photo, video, panorama, MMS video, contacts picture, and picture theme). For still photos, you have a choice of five resolutions and four quality settings in addition to white balance and brightness controls. Other tools at your disposal include a photo counter, a self timer, flicker adjustment, and various effects. In video mode, you get four resolutions as well as white balance, brightness, and effects."

Trusted Reviews has a review of the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "There's a 3.2 megapixel camera on the rear (though this isn't much cop - focus is hit and miss to say the least) and a VGA one on the front for video calls. Under the hood is a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, plus a healthy dollop of RAM (192MB) a decent 256MB of ROM and another 4GB of internal storage too, which will be good for a fair few photos, video clips and music files."

Pocket-lint reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "Looking at the tech sheet virtually everything is better than the competition. Compared to the iPhone it is smaller, it has got a 3-megapixel camera over 2 megapixel one, offers a faster HSDPA connection speed, promises a VGA quality screen, better keyboard options and Bluetooth A2DP so you can wirelessly connect stereo headphones to listen to your tunes...The back sports a 3.2 megapixel camera although there is no flash."

The Star reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "...while I give HTC top marks for making the effort and for going a lot further with the interface than the original Touch, it still has a long way to go before it gets to the level of the Apple iPhone’s ease-of-use...Apart from being a slimmer and even sexier machine, the Touch Diamond addresses most of the shortcomings of the Touch (and its sibling, the Touch Dual) by adding in HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, a 3.2-­megapixel camera as well as a very high-resolution 2.8in 480 x 640-pixel screen."

PC Pro reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, "Back when we reviewed the HTC Touch, we had one key message to say to HTC: drop Windows Mobile so far back into the background that people hardly need to use it. And it has...But it's simultaneously crippled the Touch Diamond by either using code that isn't good enough, thus making the whole phone sluggish, or it hasn't chosen a fast enough processor. We suspect the former as the 528MHz Qualcomm unit powering the Diamond doesn't look like its struggling for horsepower."