HTC’s Big Announcement: The Touch Diamond

Posted by: weiganla on May 06 2008

Forget all the Android rumors. HTC’s huge, mysterious product launch — which got much less mysterious with all the pictures and specs leaking out over the past week — is the Touch Diamond.

On top of its black-tie good looks, the Touch Diamond is pretty much redefining killer specs (except maybe the battery):

Size: 102 x 51 x 11.33mm

Weight: 110 g

Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA

Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen

Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling

Internal memory: 4 GB Internal Storage, 256 MB flash, 192 MB RAM,

Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR

Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g

GPS: GPS/AGPS

Interface: HTC ExtUSB^TM (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)

Battery: 900 mAh

Talk time: GSM: up to 4 hours

Standby time: GSM: up to 300 hours/100 hours with push email

Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM 7201A^TM 528MHz

The gorgeous new TouchFLO 3D interface, running on top of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, looks amazing — check out HTC’s site for demos — and HTC is also throwing in new, customized applications for Web browsing and YouTube.

Diamonds are harder than fruit, right? With availability of June in Europe and the second half of 2008 in North America, we’ll find out soon if the Touch Diamond can cut it.

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