HTC Touch Diamond2 has 3.2-inch touchscreen

HTC unveiled the Touch Diamond2 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress, this model has a 3.2" touchscreen with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution. The new version has a five megapixel digital camera and up to fifty percent longer battery life. It uses the Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz processor, 288MB RAM, 512MB ROM, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and HTC's TouchFLO 3D interface. The 13.7mm thick device also include GPS, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 802.11b/g WiFi, secondary VGA camera, microSD memory card slot, FM radio and G-sensor. Full specifications list at HTC. It should be available in Europe and Asia in April 2009, other parts of the world will follow later.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 is the next step in the evolution of the successful HTC Touch Diamond. Crafted to fit perfectly into the hand, the Touch Diamond2 evolves the compact design and iconic style of the original HTC Touch Diamond. It incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a new touch sensitive zoom bar for even faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents.

Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D experience combined with a people-centric communication approach and HTC’s new Push Internet technology The Touch Diamond2 offers an advanced touch experience that is optimized for one-hand use.

With fifty-percent better battery life, a five mega-pixel auto focus camera, expandable memory, gravity sensor and an ambient light sensor, the Touch Diamond2 brings the most sophisticated capabilities to a broad consumer audience looking for the professional benefits of a smartphone without sacrificing size, looks or functionality.