HTC Touch Diamond
Got my hands on one of these devices this afternoon. With all the excitement about the Blackberry Bold, I haven’t been all that excited about this device when otherwise, I probably would’ve been quite looking forward to it.
HTC Touch Diamond
First impressions are that it is awesomely small and light. The previous HTC model, the Touch Dual, had a pretty tops touchscreen interface that required no use of the stylus, so I’m hoping this one will be the same. I’m supposed to be demoing it to some small business customers tomorrow all day, so I hope that I’ll have good things to say about it :)
It’s running the new Windows Mobile 6.1, which is supposed to have improved quite a few things on the operation and stability of these PDAs. HTC also put their own “skin” over WM, which adds a nice home screen that is much nicer and more usable than WM’s standard home screen. The skin on the Diamond seems to have really stepped up again over the Touch Dual, and actually has a whole series of screens that are part of the “home screen”.
I think I have to give it back at the end of the week, which is a bit disappointing, but probably not all that bad. Over the last few years, I always start using a new Windows Mobile device, and after a short while using it, end up deciding that I like my Blackberry better. I think the Motorola Q was the longest serving device, and perhaps I only used that for a few months cos I felt obliged to seeing as they gave it to me. A couple of iMates, the older HTC Touch Dual, Palm Treo 750… they all only had a few weeks before I went back to my ever-reliable Blackberry.