HTC Touch Diamond has 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen and GPS

Posted on Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 22:56:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

HTC today officially unveiled its new Touch Diamond phone. This new model features a 2.8" touchscreen with VGA resolution, their TouchFLO 3D user interface for Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a 3.2 megapixel digicam, integrated GPS, 4GB internal storage memory, WiFi, HSDPA, FM radio, ...

Looks like HTC may have a winner on its hands. The phone will first be available in Europe in June via Orange, pricing and launch dates for the rest of the world are unknown.

Specifications:

Processor	Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz
Operating System	Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory	ROM: 256 MB RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM Internal storage: 4 GB
Dimensions	102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.5 mm (T)
Weight	110 g (with battery)
Display	2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution
Network	HSDPA/WCDMA: Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control	TouchFLO™ 3D Touch-sensitive navigation control
GPS	GPS and A-GPS ready
Connectivity	Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
Camera	Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio	Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS Ring tone supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB 40 polyphonic and Standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
Battery	Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 900 mAh Talk time: Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA Up to 330 minutes for GSM Standby time: Up to 396 hours for WCDMA Up to 285 hours for GSM Video call time: Up to 145 minutes for WCDMA (The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
AC Adapter	Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz DC output: 5V and 1A