The HTC Touch Diamond2, a

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, is the successor to the popular

HTC Touch Diamond The HTC Touch Diamond, also known as the HTC P3700 or its codename the HTC Diamond, is a Windows Mobile#Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.1-powered Pocket PC designed and manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation, HTC. It is the first dev ...

. It is also known by its

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, the HTC Topaz. It is released with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, but can be upgraded to

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. It is the first device to feature a revamped version of HTC's

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GUI, an interface first seen on its predecessor. The Touch Diamond2 has been announced to be released in Q2 2009 and was first announced at the

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2009 in

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. An AT&T-branded version known as the HTC Pure was released in the U.S. on October 6, 2009. The Pure was released with Windows Mobile 6.5, and featured a redesign of the phone, with a more uniform glossy black surface, and a rounded bottom. The unlocked version went on sale in the UK on April 15, 2009, and in Singapore on April 16. Th
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makes it possible to run Android on HTC Windows Mobile phones, including the Touch Diamond2.

Hardware

The Touch Diamond2 utilizes a 3.2" wide

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, with a resistive zoom bar below the screen to replace the larger capacitive area and navigational pad found on the HTC Diamond and Touch Pro. This device, although thicker than its predecessor ( thick), now features a significantly larger screen with a better resolution (

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rather than

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). Touch Diamond users complained that battery life was quite poor. At MWC 2009, HTC CEO Peter Chou announced the Touch Diamond2 would have 50% better battery life. The camera has been upped from 3.2 megapixels to 5 megapixels. The device also includes expandable memory, meaning users are able to insert their own

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cards, rather than relying on internal storage only, as with the original Diamond. HTC has again included an accelerometer for screen rotation detection and a light sensor for automatic backlight adjustment. HTC opted out, however, of including a

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, a feature prominently featured on their enterprise flagship device, the Touch Pro2.

References

External links

Official site (Support)

Official german support site with ROM/Firmware-updates!!!

HTC News and Updates

HTC Touch Diamond 2 forum

Unboxing the HTC Touch Diamond 2 at BestBoyZ.de

HTC Cell Phones
{{Windows Mobile Touch Diamond2 Windows Mobile Professional devices Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery