New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond - Page 3

**Bman** · January 6th, 2009

Guys I need help. I have been trying to search and find on Google things comparing the 2 different HTC Touch Diamond versions. I can't find anything, I want to know if I can use the same batterys, extended batterys, chargers, and all that good stuff.

This link is to the one that I have

http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpWl...ON&language=en

And this link is to the other version.

http://www.smartphonecentral.ca/htc-...touch-diamond/

Quite annoying now, the design of this one is much better, I am wondering if anyone has created a curved diamond back plate, that would be awesome.

**Tuffgong4** · January 7th, 2009

after using the phone for a little longer bman...what do you think of the onscreen keyboard for typing and emails and so far what have been our favorite hacks? specifically which ones because I found multiple hacks to unlock the accelerometer.

**Bman** · January 7th, 2009

I have exclusively used the full QWERTY keyboard and love it. Now as I said before with any keyboard, the buttons near the edge of the screen take a bit more to hit, but you get over that quickly, and if you use it in Landscape, its quite awesome.

There are many Apps/hacks for extending the use of the accelerometer, and the one I have come to use, better features and more stable, it's called ChangeScreen, same idea as Gsen or the other one, but I like it the most.

Now in terms of hacks, most of my hacks are done by applications, and that website I gave a link to has all of them, Diamond TF3D Config, Diamond Tweak etc.

**indyjones** · January 7th, 2009

Hmmm I really must look into getting myself that touch HD. The HTC devices really are nice, glad your getting on with yours Bman

**Electronic Punk** · January 7th, 2009

Mine arrives tomorrow

I am so weak

I will do my best to get a nice review out there

**perris** · January 7th, 2009

Originally Posted by Electronic Punk

Mine arrives tomorrow
I am so weak

I will do my best to get a nice review out there

you should have read my post before you bought, you can get most of the touch features by installing a couple of free programs;

touchflo

htc home

cube

if you want the links I'll post them they work very nicely too

**Tuffgong4** · January 7th, 2009

Originally Posted by Bman

I have exclusively used the full QWERTY keyboard and love it. Now as I said before with any keyboard, the buttons near the edge of the screen take a bit more to hit, but you get over that quickly, and if you use it in Landscape, its quite awesome.

There are many Apps/hacks for extending the use of the accelerometer, and the one I have come to use, better features and more stable, it's called ChangeScreen, same idea as Gsen or the other one, but I like it the most.

Now in terms of hacks, most of my hacks are done by applications, and that website I gave a link to has all of them, Diamond TF3D Config, Diamond Tweak etc.

That is exactly what I was looking for. I'm 95% sure I'm going for the touch diamond as the added bulk of the pro just doesn't sit well with me. Also you saying that you get used to the touch screen for typing eases my worries for that as well.

I never use more than a gig of space on my phones (that is what my zune is for) but knowing that internally it has the 4GB of space is a nice thing knowing I don't have an sd card sucking my battery juice (I know that statement may or may not be true but it's a mental thing).

I've looked through all the apps at the link you provided and am just dying to get my hands on one of the HTC phones.

Thank bman.

**Bman** · January 7th, 2009

Originally Posted by Tuffgong4

That is exactly what I was looking for. I'm 95% sure I'm going for the touch diamond as the added bulk of the pro just doesn't sit well with me. Also you saying that you get used to the touch screen for typing eases my worries for that as well.

I never use more than a gig of space on my phones (that is what my zune is for) but knowing that internally it has the 4GB of space is a nice thing knowing I don't have an sd card sucking my battery juice (I know that statement may or may not be true but it's a mental thing).

I've looked through all the apps at the link you provided and am just dying to get my hands on one of the HTC phones.

Thank bman.

The getting used to is only for the few keys near the edge of the screen, you need to hit them a bit harder, nothing really to worry about.

**indyjones** · January 7th, 2009

Originally Posted by Electronic Punk

Mine arrives tomorrow
I am so weak

I will do my best to get a nice review out there

ooooh who did you get it from?

**Electronic Punk** · January 7th, 2009

Devicewire.

I know that perris, but there is more to this than that as it has proper 3d drivers among other things as well as a massive screen.

http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/gallery.html

**Bman** · January 7th, 2009

Wow I thought the Touch HD was an older phone, very nice, larger screen, 5MP cam, very very nice. HTC has some very nice stuff.

**Johnny** · January 8th, 2009

I went to the local at&t store and was playing with one of these - HTC Fuze to be exact. I am to a point where I do not know if I want this or the blackberry now. They are both awesome phones.

I was just looking at the touch hd - I think I like it the best! http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/overview.html

**perris** · January 8th, 2009

Originally Posted by Johnny

I went to the local at&t store and was playing with one of these. I am to a point where I do not know if I want this or the blackberry now. They are both awesome phones.

blackberry I believe has a much bigger screen

**Johnny** · January 8th, 2009

that is what I thinking also, perris. I'll have to look into them more before I decide.

**LordOfLA** · January 8th, 2009

Originally Posted by Electronic Punk

Mine arrives tomorrow
I am so weak

I will do my best to get a nice review out there

In that case I'll be expecting my htc touch pro to arrive sometime soon in exchange you can have my iphone and associated O2 contract

**indyjones** · January 9th, 2009

Originally Posted by LordOfLA

In that case I'll be expecting my htc touch pro to arrive sometime soon in exchange you can have my iphone and associated O2 contract

Ahhh your going from the Pro its a nice device though its a bit chunky. What made you go for it over a touch HD? Did you want the keyboard?

Sorry for off topic comments Bman,

How you getting on with find a new battery?

**LordOfLA** · January 9th, 2009

Originally Posted by indyjones

Ahhh your going from the Pro its a nice device though its a bit chunky. What made you go for it over a touch HD? Did you want the keyboard?

Sorry for off topic comments Bman,

How you getting on with find a new battery?

I haven't. I was hoping that EP's weakness would net me a nice usefull touch pro in exchange for my iphone and the remaining 12 months of my 18month £800 contract

Bur as soon as my iphone contract expires in december I'll be taking a long look at htc offerings. The new windows mobile slated to be coming out around then looks interesting.

**Electronic Punk** · January 9th, 2009

I don't have a touch pro.

**perris** · January 9th, 2009

Originally Posted by Electronic Punk

I don't have a touch pro.

what he's saying is he wants to do a swap for iphone when you do get it

**Tuffgong4** · January 15th, 2009

at the last absolute second I changed my mind to the Touch Pro...the full slide out qwerty tempted me too much.

January 6th, 2009	Top \| #41
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Guys I need help. I have been trying to search and find on Google things comparing the 2 different HTC Touch Diamond versions. I can't find anything, I want to know if I can use the same batterys, extended batterys, chargers, and all that good stuff. This link is to the one that I have http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpWl...ON&language=en And this link is to the other version. http://www.smartphonecentral.ca/htc-...touch-diamond/ Quite annoying now, the design of this one is much better, I am wondering if anyone has created a curved diamond back plate, that would be awesome.

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #42
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 150	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond after using the phone for a little longer bman...what do you think of the onscreen keyboard for typing and emails and so far what have been our favorite hacks? specifically which ones because I found multiple hacks to unlock the accelerometer. Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #43
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond I have exclusively used the full QWERTY keyboard and love it. Now as I said before with any keyboard, the buttons near the edge of the screen take a bit more to hit, but you get over that quickly, and if you use it in Landscape, its quite awesome. There are many Apps/hacks for extending the use of the accelerometer, and the one I have come to use, better features and more stable, it's called ChangeScreen, same idea as Gsen or the other one, but I like it the most. Now in terms of hacks, most of my hacks are done by applications, and that website I gave a link to has all of them, Diamond TF3D Config, Diamond Tweak etc.

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #44
indyjones OSNN.net Adventurer Joined: November 2002 Location: England Posts: 1,567 Reputation: 330 Power: 131	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Hmmm I really must look into getting myself that touch HD. The HTC devices really are nice, glad your getting on with yours Bman Intel Q9450 , Asus Rampage Formula X48, 4Gig Corsair Dominator 8500 @ 1066mhz, Lianli case, Logitech G15 & MX1000. Gigabyte 9800GTX, Pioneer DVDRW, Intel SSD, Zalman 9700, MS ForceFeedBack 2, Dell 2005FPW, Xbox360 Adapter, VISTA X64 Ultimate/ Win7 Ultimate

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #45
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Mine arrives tomorrow I am so weak I will do my best to get a nice review out there

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January 7th, 2009	Top \| #46
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,231 Reputation: 4333 Power: 288	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Electronic Punk Mine arrives tomorrow I am so weak I will do my best to get a nice review out there you should have read my post before you bought, you can get most of the touch features by installing a couple of free programs; touchflo htc home cube if you want the links I'll post them they work very nicely too IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #47
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 150	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Bman I have exclusively used the full QWERTY keyboard and love it. Now as I said before with any keyboard, the buttons near the edge of the screen take a bit more to hit, but you get over that quickly, and if you use it in Landscape, its quite awesome. There are many Apps/hacks for extending the use of the accelerometer, and the one I have come to use, better features and more stable, it's called ChangeScreen, same idea as Gsen or the other one, but I like it the most. Now in terms of hacks, most of my hacks are done by applications, and that website I gave a link to has all of them, Diamond TF3D Config, Diamond Tweak etc. That is exactly what I was looking for. I'm 95% sure I'm going for the touch diamond as the added bulk of the pro just doesn't sit well with me. Also you saying that you get used to the touch screen for typing eases my worries for that as well. I never use more than a gig of space on my phones (that is what my zune is for) but knowing that internally it has the 4GB of space is a nice thing knowing I don't have an sd card sucking my battery juice (I know that statement may or may not be true but it's a mental thing). I've looked through all the apps at the link you provided and am just dying to get my hands on one of the HTC phones. Thank bman. Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #48
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Tuffgong4 That is exactly what I was looking for. I'm 95% sure I'm going for the touch diamond as the added bulk of the pro just doesn't sit well with me. Also you saying that you get used to the touch screen for typing eases my worries for that as well. I never use more than a gig of space on my phones (that is what my zune is for) but knowing that internally it has the 4GB of space is a nice thing knowing I don't have an sd card sucking my battery juice (I know that statement may or may not be true but it's a mental thing). I've looked through all the apps at the link you provided and am just dying to get my hands on one of the HTC phones. Thank bman. The getting used to is only for the few keys near the edge of the screen, you need to hit them a bit harder, nothing really to worry about.

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #49
indyjones OSNN.net Adventurer Joined: November 2002 Location: England Posts: 1,567 Reputation: 330 Power: 131	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Electronic Punk Mine arrives tomorrow I am so weak I will do my best to get a nice review out there ooooh who did you get it from? Intel Q9450 , Asus Rampage Formula X48, 4Gig Corsair Dominator 8500 @ 1066mhz, Lianli case, Logitech G15 & MX1000. Gigabyte 9800GTX, Pioneer DVDRW, Intel SSD, Zalman 9700, MS ForceFeedBack 2, Dell 2005FPW, Xbox360 Adapter, VISTA X64 Ultimate/ Win7 Ultimate

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #50
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Devicewire. I know that perris, but there is more to this than that as it has proper 3d drivers among other things as well as a massive screen. http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/gallery.html

January 7th, 2009	Top \| #51
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Wow I thought the Touch HD was an older phone, very nice, larger screen, 5MP cam, very very nice. HTC has some very nice stuff.

January 8th, 2009	Top \| #52
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,838 Reputation: 2369 Power: 170	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond I went to the local at&t store and was playing with one of these - HTC Fuze to be exact. I am to a point where I do not know if I want this or the blackberry now. They are both awesome phones. I was just looking at the touch hd - I think I like it the best! http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/overview.html Paul Reed Smith.

January 8th, 2009	Top \| #53
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,231 Reputation: 4333 Power: 288	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Johnny I went to the local at&t store and was playing with one of these. I am to a point where I do not know if I want this or the blackberry now. They are both awesome phones. blackberry I believe has a much bigger screen IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

January 8th, 2009	Top \| #54
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,838 Reputation: 2369 Power: 170	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond that is what I thinking also, perris. I'll have to look into them more before I decide. Paul Reed Smith.

January 8th, 2009	Top \| #55
LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 209	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Electronic Punk Mine arrives tomorrow I am so weak I will do my best to get a nice review out there In that case I'll be expecting my htc touch pro to arrive sometime soon in exchange you can have my iphone and associated O2 contract If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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January 9th, 2009	Top \| #56
indyjones OSNN.net Adventurer Joined: November 2002 Location: England Posts: 1,567 Reputation: 330 Power: 131	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by LordOfLA In that case I'll be expecting my htc touch pro to arrive sometime soon in exchange you can have my iphone and associated O2 contract Ahhh your going from the Pro its a nice device though its a bit chunky. What made you go for it over a touch HD? Did you want the keyboard? Sorry for off topic comments Bman, How you getting on with find a new battery? Intel Q9450 , Asus Rampage Formula X48, 4Gig Corsair Dominator 8500 @ 1066mhz, Lianli case, Logitech G15 & MX1000. Gigabyte 9800GTX, Pioneer DVDRW, Intel SSD, Zalman 9700, MS ForceFeedBack 2, Dell 2005FPW, Xbox360 Adapter, VISTA X64 Ultimate/ Win7 Ultimate

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 209	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by indyjones Ahhh your going from the Pro its a nice device though its a bit chunky. What made you go for it over a touch HD? Did you want the keyboard? Sorry for off topic comments Bman, How you getting on with find a new battery? I haven't. I was hoping that EP's weakness would net me a nice usefull touch pro in exchange for my iphone and the remaining 12 months of my 18month £800 contract Bur as soon as my iphone contract expires in december I'll be taking a long look at htc offerings. The new windows mobile slated to be coming out around then looks interesting. If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

January 9th, 2009	Top \| #58
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond I don't have a touch pro.

January 9th, 2009	Top \| #59
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,231 Reputation: 4333 Power: 288	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond Originally Posted by Electronic Punk I don't have a touch pro. what he's saying is he wants to do a swap for iphone when you do get it IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

January 15th, 2009	Top \| #60
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 150	Re: New Toy: HTC Touch Diamond at the last absolute second I changed my mind to the Touch Pro...the full slide out qwerty tempted me too much. Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64