Mobile Technologies

INTRODUCTION
The Touch Diamond has been lauded as the most important device that HTC will release this year. Its design, in terms of software customizations, hardware features, and aesthetics, are significant departures from what you're used to seeing with Windows Mobile devices. There are some extremely innovative additions to this device that you won't see anywhere else. On the other hand, there are good things and bad things that come with these innovations. Will these new design changes prove superior and cause the current species of Windows Mobile devices to become extinct in the future? Read on for all the details and I apologize to those with slow internet connections, because we've included a huge amount of pictures and screenshots in this article =D.

WHAT'S HOT
HTC could have simply added a few new features like GPS and 3G to last year's best selling Touch model, but no... the Touch Diamond is something totally new. They've managed to cram 3G HSDPA (that's with Triband GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900Mhz and UMTS 900/2100Mhz), GPS, a 3.2MP camera, 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 4352MB storage memory (ROM), 192MB RAM, NMEA built-in GPS with aGPS, FM radio receiver, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi b/g, USB 2.0, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, VGA front camera, touch sensitive hardware buttons, 3D graphic acceleration, and a high resolution 480x640 64K color 2.8" screen into a beautiful body that's smaller and lighter than last year's Touch! Powering all of this is a 900mAh battery. That's not even mentioning the software customizations that you'll see on the second page here. Furthermore, there are a lot of little things that really make this device special. For an even more detailed round-up of specs, check out PDAdb.net.