Posted by Bonovox
Whats the full VGA screen like is it better than iphones screen.
Posted by Andershj
Is there someone how knows what program to use with the GPS?
Posted by masseur
I thought these came with tomtom 7?
edit: ah! it seems it might come with TT7 but you still have to buy maps and TT6 maps are not compatible with TT7 (sorry)
This is the problem with not having a card slot. I have a perfectly usable (and official) Garmin XT Europe on micro SD but I couldn't use that on a Diamond touch if I got one... what were HTC thinking!
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A-ZoTT
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Posted by lemmy31
My UK version didnt come with Tomtom 7, i think it was only available free in Germany, i may be wrong though.
Regards Craig
Posted by cmikilp
On 2008-06-20 18:17:01, bavlondon2 wrote:
Anyone got this yet?
Today
iGO8 works like a charm
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Posted by cmikilp
Give me that high capacity battery with the matte back cover now!!
Posted by technical-expert
cmikilp
will the diamond pro battery fit in these, i hear theres going to be newer battery released as separate accessory for diamond, Any idea of that?
Btw which do u thing is beautiful, which do u like more G900 or Diamond ?
Posted by cmikilp
On 2008-07-06 18:09:38, technical-expert wrote:
cmikilp
will the diamond pro battery fit in these, i hear theres going to be newer battery released as separate accessory for diamond, Any idea of that?
Btw which do u thing is beautiful, which do u like more G900 or Diamond ?
I've just sold my G900. The Diamond is much faster and more reponsive than the G900. The screen is stunning and TouchFLO 3D is just so beautiful
You can already buy high capacity batteries that comes with a special back cover for the Diamond...but I want to read some reviews before I buy one.
I don't think the Pro's battery will fit cause it's not the same depth(?).
Posted by technical-expert
could be this
http://www.ciao.co.uk/HTC_handheld_battery_2200_mAh__6816707
Btw, is it easy to input text compared to G900 ?
[ This Message was edited by: technical-expert on 2008-07-07 03:34 ]
Posted by cmikilp
On 2008-07-06 18:48:07, technical-expert wrote:
Btw, is it easy to input text compared to G900 ?
Well...I guess it takes some time to get used to a full qwerty, but you have the option to use an ordinary 1 to 9 texting style a la G900
I haven't found the "å", "ä" and "ö" yet
Posted by Peio
On 2008-07-04 14:35:53, masseur wrote:
I thought these came with tomtom 7?
edit: ah! it seems it might come with TT7 but you still have to buy maps and TT6 maps are not compatible with TT7 (sorry)
This is the problem with not having a card slot. I have a perfectly usable (and official) Garmin XT Europe on micro SD but I couldn't use that on a Diamond touch if I got one... what were HTC thinking!
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Unless I'm very much mistaken...
A-ZoTT
[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2008-07-04 13:44 ]
Tomtom 7 is running perfectly with my TT6 map (France) on my Diamond, it seems it depends on rom/maps
Posted by BUFFBOY
what about the HTC Touch Pro version ???
i think its better with a qwerty keyboard
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch_pro-2413.php
Posted by dagrim1
Not only does the touch pro have a full keyboard, it also has a flash for the camera. I think the touch pro will be my next phone... Doubting between that one, the Xperia X1 and the Sasmsung i900 Omnia.
Posted by masseur
my son is in the contract renewal period on Orange and I've been waiting for them to get their act together and get the Diamond out, but despite several customer service people telling me last week that it is imminent I am now told today that it won't be till August, so perhaps I'll forget about it by then, not that I was particularly interested anyway but thought I might have a play if there was an opportunity.
actually, orange have very little offer these days as most of the high end stuff is either out of stock or coming soon!
Posted by BUFFBOY
one problem with the PRO version is that the screen is TOO SMALL and it looks werid having a HUGE keyboard and small screen
Posted by apolloa
A quick question, how have you got Tom Tom 7? I keep looking on there website and now where does it mention version 7 for any mobile platform?
This is all it's got:
http://www.tomtom.com/products/category.php?ID=2&Language=1
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Posted by Peio
Well, TT7 was directly pre-installed on the diamond in some countries. The TT7 .cab has been extracted..
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Posted by cmikilp
garrr!
Posted by apolloa
Cheers, oh well it won't wrk with Symbian then hehe. I've sent an email to Tom Tom asking them if they'll ever release it officially. Probably not though. I just want a definitive answer cause I'll buy version 6 then. I did rip it off to check it worked first, and now I want to buy it but not if 7 is coming out.
Posted by cmikilp
On 2008-07-08 10:50:55, apolloa wrote:
Cheers, oh well it won't wrk with Symbian then hehe. I've sent an email to Tom Tom asking them if they'll ever release it officially. Probably not though. I just want a definitive answer cause I'll buy version 6 then. I did rip it off to check it worked first, and now I want to buy it but not if 7 is coming out.
Download 7 and buy the maps you want
Posted by JK
I got a HTC Diamond!! Nice box, cant wait to open it!
Posted by whizkidd
On 2008-07-09 09:08:49, JK wrote:
I got a HTC Diamond!! Nice box, cant wait to open it!
When do we get to see the pics?
and a review??
Posted by Boinng
On 2008-07-08 07:58:50, Peio wrote:
Well, TT7 was directly pre-installed on the diamond in some countries. The TT7 .cab has been extracted..
The Diamond has been a very rich source - both TT7 and Opera 9.5 are now readily available for us WinMo users
Posted by cmikilp
http://www.esato.com/phonepho[....]on_d40x/200807091112Q2TDyu.jpg
http://www.esato.com/phonepho[....]on_d40x/2008070911130b3JVK.jpg
http://www.esato.com/phonepho[....]on_d40x/2008070911133r5W4I.jpg
http://www.esato.com/phonepho[....]on_d40x/200807091113A132G3.jpg
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Posted by ocean21
Just a short question, the gallery of photos and videos lists everything or you can create folders? And how 'bout the loudspeaker quality and loudness?
Posted by cmikilp
On 2008-07-09 13:18:10, ocean21 wrote:
Just a short question, the gallery of photos and videos lists everything or you can create folders? And how 'bout the loudspeaker quality and loudness?
you can create folders in the wm6 system, but not in touchflo as far as I can see
the loudspeaker isn't as good as in the G900 and other devices I've tried...pretty disappointed about the speaker. no bass at all
Posted by Peio
On 2008-07-09 14:33:34, cmikilp wrote:
you can create folders in the wm6 system, but not in touchflo as far as I can see
Not exactly: You can't "create" folders in TF3D, but in the TF3D photo viewer, you have a softkey "albums", which corresponds to the folders you create when you organize your pictures (in wm6 file explorer).
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Posted by Peio
A nice tip for diamond users that I've just read in xda forum:
You can disable the TF3D phone dialer (using Shaps advanced config) and use the normal WM6 phone dialer (only difference: there's no option to make 3G calls) -> reboot and you have 10mb RAM more!
Posted by dainesefreak
This is now out on Orange in the UK, just been into the shop and played with one.
Posted by masseur
yeah, I just ordered one online for my sons upgrade (he gets the upgrade, I get the phone!)
Posted by dainesefreak
Ah we think in the same way!
I've kept my P1i and just had a free Samsung F480 to play with and then in October my wifes upgrade is due. She'll inherit a Tocco and I'll see what I fancy.
Posted by cmikilp
The GPS is unbelievably fast...love it
Posted by apolloa
@cmikilp
But that won't work my G900 though will it? Surely the only version of Tom Tom 7 I can download is the one ripped of the Diamond Touch hence requiring Win Mo 6 to run?
Posted by cmikilp
On 2008-07-12 20:15:58, apolloa wrote:
@cmikilp
But that won't work my G900 though will it? Surely the only version of Tom Tom 7 I can download is the one ripped of the Diamond Touch hence requiring Win Mo 6 to run?
true
Posted by JK
Teeter FTW!!
Best game ever!!!
Posted by bbasra
whats the web browsing like compared to an iphone?
Posted by masseur
I've read a couple of reviews that liken the opera in the Diamond quite favourably to Safari in the iphone and mentioning how well it renders pages without losing too much structure
mine arrives tomorrow or Wednesday and this will be one of my first areas to test
Posted by Boinng
I have Opera 9.5 on my Tytn II now, it works well (with a couple of little snags) and browses in the way I'd imagine Safari does - smoothly zooming in and out, and adjusting formatting as it goes. Very nice.
Of course it's only QVGA on the Tytn II, so not quite in the Iphone/Touch Diamond league.
Posted by masseur
I'm waiting to see what value VGA really has on a 2.8" screen but I guess those little pixels are very close together compared to on a larger screen and so probably produce a fairly smooth looking page
Posted by Raja
@Masseur
I am waiting to hear your opinion on the Diamond as I know your are an avid WM/HTC admirer.
Posted by JK
Im really liking this HTC, im getting used to it.
I have a question, is this phone using the 4GB internal memory when browsing the net? I was on Facebook for 5 min and I got an "out of memory" error, kinda wierd when a phone has 4GB internal memory.
But then I noticed that theres 2 memory types, internal and phone memory...?
Why would they do this? Why not just use 4GB all together. Its kinda kinda just having a 4GB memory card.
Nokia and SE dont do this on their 4/8GB phones....
Otherwise its quite good, wish I could set a personal ringtone for the alarm and remove some options from the Today screen.
Posted by Boinng
On 2008-07-15 09:19:27, JK wrote:
Im really liking this HTC, im getting used to it.
I have a question, is this phone using the 4GB internal memory when browsing the net? I was on Facebook for 5 min and I got an "out of memory" error, kinda wierd when a phone has 4GB internal memory.
But then I noticed that theres 2 memory types, internal and phone memory...?
Why would they do this? Why not just use 4GB all together. Its kinda kinda just having a 4GB memory card.
Nokia and SE dont do this on their 4/8GB phones....
Otherwise its quite good, wish I could set a personal ringtone for the alarm and remove some options from the Today screen.
I imagine that WM treats the 4GB exactly like a storage card on any other device - it's a separate drive effectively.
Programme memory, which software actually runs in, is a different thing altogether. It's fast RAM, like on your PC, not flash-based memory like a storage card or that 4GB in the Diamond.
If you go to Start -> Settings -> System (tab) -> Memory, you'll see storage memory on the left hand side, and program memory on the right hand (at least that's how it is on my Tytn II). Whether that storage figure includes the 4GB I don't know, but either way it's the program memory you apparently ran short on.
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Posted by JK
Thanks for the reply... theres 192MB of ram available so im still not sure.
Anyone know wheres the GPS on the phone :blush:
Posted by Boinng
I agree you shouldn't have run out of memory in any case, the program memory is ample either way. Most likely you just found a bug in either Opera or Touch Flo 3D, both of which are fairly memory intensive.
In nine months of using my Tytn 2, whcih has less resources available, I've never had a memory error.
Posted by masseur
mine is on a truck to be delivered today so I'll be having a play tonight
if its like the TyTN II there is no GPS software in the device so until you install something that uses the GPS there's not really much you can do.
Posted by dainesefreak
Masseur - I know my mates Orange handset has GPS software on it. He's out at a different office today otherwise I'd have a quick look and tell you what it is.
Posted by masseur
I'll check that myself when I get home as mine is coming from Orange, but there was no mention on the web site of the inclusion of tomtom or similar
great if there is!
Posted by dainesefreak
I've sent him a text asking but it will probably take him half an hour to figure out how to type a reply.
Posted by dainesefreak
It seems that it's Google Maps no proper directional GPS such as TomTom.
Posted by Bonovox
Users of this phone do you think its better than the iphone. Is that screen better than the iphones screen. At least the camera is i love the look of this phone am stuck on which to get.