The lovely Susi over at Shiny Shiny has reviewed the HTC Touch Diamond and she is not impressed. Her biggest criticism was the performance is seriously affected by the Touch Flo system and it often takes too long to load.
I’m curious about whether she will redo the review and use the ROM released by xda developers. Here is our previous post regarding the ROM which is supposed to fix all the performance issues.
Altogether a good review of the product nonetheless.
[Via Shiny Shiny]
[via Phone Arena]
T-Mobile will be adding a Windows Mobile device to their UMA lineup - The T-Mobile Shadow II. For those who don’t know, UMA (unlicensed mobile access) is the technology that uses the 802.11 networks for voice, data and IMS/SIP applications. The device will be crafted by HTC and we’re hoping they’ll throw in some HTC Touch Diamond type magic into this new device. The Shadow II will be the first Windows Mobile-based UMA handset in the USA, with T-Mobile planning to launch the device in the fourth quarter of this year.
[Via SmartphoneThoughts]
As you may have heard, the Touch Diamond has removed the Screen Orientation options from the Screen control panel. This means that you cannot switch to landscape mode except in the programs that support the accelerometer screen orientation switching (like Album and Opera).
[via xda-developers]
A lot of people have been complaining about a flaw in the new Touch Diamond. Apparently its screen shuts off very quickly after you make a call. Well, it turns out that’s actually part of a very intelligent feature according to the people at xda-developers. They say that when making a call the screen stays on if you leave the phone lying flat on a table. But, if you wait 10 seconds into the call, you can pick it up to your ear and the screen stays on. If you make a call with the phone slightly tilted/slanted, the screen turns off as soon as the call gets connected. The moment you hold the phone to your head the screen turns off. In fact: the moment you cover the screen with anything it turns off. When you turn the screen back on manually however, it stays on no matter if you hold it in your hand or up to your head.
This is a pretty intuitive feature since you’re not going to be looking at the screen when it’s pressed against your ear, and there’s no reason to let it waste battery life that way. A foreseeable problem, however, could be is that when you take it away from your ear, the screen doesn’t automatically come back on. But it’s likely to be fixed in a ROM update if it is able to sense when the phone is or is not in a vertical listening position or the screen is covered up.
[via xda-developers]
iCall VoIP on the Apple iPhone from Arlo & Andy on Vimeo.
iCall is a great new piece of software that will potentially save you a bundle in minutes. Although the program is still in serious beta form and not ready for public consumption, the idea is great and the video has sold me. Go here to test out the beta!
[Via Engadget Mobile]
The HTC Touch Diamond is not only a very sleek looking phone on the outside, but it’s UI is also very easy on the eyes. When you boot up the phone, you are greeted with a video showing you how to easily navigate through the applications and menus with the heavily-skinned version Windows Mobile called Touch Flo 3D. Check out the above video that is in full 640 x 480.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
Formerly the HTC Raphael, the HTC Touch Pro has arrived. The HTC Touch Pro is a touch slider with a QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, HSPA with a solid 7.2Mbps on the downstream, Bluetooth, 2.8-inch VGA display, Windows Mobile 6.1 featuring HTC’s TouchFLO 3D interface, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a half gig of ROM, and 288MB of RAM. The phone is a little thick, but this is reminiscent of other HTC devices such as the Tytn. The devices will first land in Europe with 900 / 2100MHz 3G alongside the quadband GSM and EDGE. The Touch Pro will land in North and Latin America later this year.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
There have been rumors circulating the web that Sony Ericsson was going to buy HTC. The rumors came shortly after the Swedish publication Elektroniktidningen had a meeting cancelled due to the fact that HTC was in talks with SE over some sort of merger. According to HTC’s spokesperson “This is just a rumor and there is no truth to this statement.” For now we’re moving along.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
The HTC TyTN II Windows Mobile 6.1 build is almost finished as HTC is rumored to be in the final stages of preparing an official firmware update. The new version will be made available for HTC devices sometime over the next several days, with an AT&T version for the Tilt coming sometime after that. Expect to see threaded SMS, a Getting Started Wizard, and modest performance improvements.
[Via BGR]