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HTC Touch Diamond2 – HTC listened and executed

Posted By Mr.Gadget Published in HTC, PocketPC

Feb

My oh my. Mobile World Congress is always full of juicy announcements and HTC didn’t let us down this year, with press releases on their new flagships the HTC Touch Diamond2 and the HTC Touch Pro2.

This post will specifically address the HTC Touch Diamond2 as I want to give credit to all the hard work HTC has done with this model alone.

First of all, behold the new version of the HTC Diamond:

htc_touch_diamond_2 Still a looker ain’t it?

What’s new about the HTC Diamond2?
Not only did HTC take feedback about the flaws of the previous version of the Diamond but they actually did something about it. The biggest problem with the old was battery life. A 900mAh battery meant that there was just enough juice to get you by on a busy day. With the HTC Touch Diamond2’s 1100mAh battery, they were able to get another 50% of standby time when used in WCDMA.

Although slightly larger and heavier than its predecessor, the HTC Diamond2 has a 3.2 inch display as opposed to the 2.8inch. Makes viewing DVDs on the road even more appealing. It does mean that if you are considering upgrading that your current HTC Diamond leather case won’t fit the HTC Diamond2. All other HTC Diamond accessories such as chargers should be fine though.

So droolworthy changes are:

Battery capacity increased to 1100mAh: Biggest gripe of previous version
Bluetooth A2DP that works: Stream stereo quality music via Bluetooth
5 Megapixel Camera: as opposed to 3.2 megapixel in previous
MicroSD memory expandability: No longer limited to 4GB
Twice the ROM: now 512MB instead of 256MB
New version of TouchFLO 3D Interface

Hats off to HTC.

This just made my decision to wait for the Palm Pre a tad harder.

Are the changes enough to make you want to upgrade?
(leave a comment below)

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8 Responses to “HTC Touch Diamond2 – HTC listened and executed”

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Computer Articles blog » HTC Touch Diamond2 - HTC listened and executed | Mr.Gadget Says, in 2-23-2009 at 13:50:15

[...] See the rest here: HTC Touch Diamond2 – HTC listened and executed | Mr.Gadget [...]

HTC Touch Pro2 - HTC continues to churn out gems | Mr.Gadget Says, in 2-24-2009 at 21:15:19

[...] promised here’s a post dedicated to the new HTC Touch Pro2. Like the HTC Diamond2, the HTC Touch Pro2 is another example of HTC paying close attention to feedback provided by their [...]

HTC Touch Diamond2 - Video Overview | Mr.Gadget Says, in 2-26-2009 at 08:50:47

[...] Published in HTC, Mobile Phones, PocketPC 26Feb Here’s a video by Phonedogs of the HTC Touch Diamond2 with all the nifty improvements we talked about a couple of days ago. Very impressive [...]

palah Says, in 2-26-2009 at 13:26:00

interesting few months ahead…. 2.8 screens going the way of the dodo… diamond was a favorite when announced but did not live up to the hype out of the box 9esp battery) although custom roms fixed most issues. Version 2 if real life use pans out ok would need to be less than omnias current $699 price point as it seems a direct competitor

Mr.Gadget Says, in 2-26-2009 at 15:16:27

Somehow I highly doubt that the HTC Diamond2 will be priced less that the Samsung Omnia…

palah Says, in 2-26-2009 at 16:15:10

well looking at both (own a i900) they are very close together in features/specs… (could even put touch flow on i900 very simply)with all these new models coming out and the economic climate doubt the market will bear the sort of prices like the big T’s Touch HD & Xperia $1400-1500 price points for too long…

Mr.Gadget Says, in 2-27-2009 at 06:59:08

I reckon it’ll be around the 1k mark.

7 Must-Have Additions for Next iPhone: iPhone Wishlist 2009 | Mr.Gadget Says, in 3-3-2009 at 21:01:19

[...] iPhone. Yes, it was the best phone that 2008 brought out but with the likes of the Palm Pre, HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Magic about to hit town, the title for Best Phone of 2009 may just go [...]