The Touch Diamond may not yet be sold in the US, but it’s already over in Europe. You can import one to the US for about $800, and the phone will work fine on T-Mobile (you’ll get EDGE internet), but won’t support future 3G bands. If you use it on AT&T, you will only be able to get slow GPRS speeds.
If you want to see a comprehensive review of the European Touch Diamond, check out the review at pocketnow.com.
The verdict of the review? To start, the Diamond has a great size - it’s the smallest Windows Mobile phone yet (at just 11mm thick), and even with this petite design, the screen is still a nice 2.8″. TouchFLO 3D is a welcomed addition to help spruce up the Today screen, but the animations are a bit slow (a recent ROM update has made them faster). Other innovative features like accelerometer usage (flip the phone over to silence a call, rotate phone and a photo will re-orient) and software enhancements (YouTube application, Opera 9.5) make this the highest-caliber Windows Mobile phone yet in terms of features, functionality, and design.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
OMG the Diamond is so cool. I can’t wait to get the Pro version. I wonder how long it will be until they have mini projectors and laser keyboards?
June 25th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Heh - they already have laser keyboards. Well, there’s one. It projects a red keyboard on the table, but the accuracy isn’t great:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/