Since the video demo of the HTC Touch Diamond was posted on Phone Mag, there has been numerous requests for a demo of the keyboard and SMS messaging interface. Our own Vincent has taken it upon himself to get this video demo of those two aspects of this device up and ready for your viewing pleasure. continued »

This week saw the introduction of a new age to come in Windows Mobile devices. At the May 6th event held by HTC in London, we saw the HTC Diamond in action. Phone Mag provided you with a hands on gallery, a hands on video, and a tour of it's new 3D TouchFLO interface. The device will begin it's availability ... continued »

There's no denying that HTC's Touch Diamond is going to be a real fingerprint-magnet, but the company doesn't expect us all to wear white cotton gloves when we carry the smartphone.  Instead they're surprisingly proud of the Touch Diamond's slip-case.  It's lined with a microfibre-style material that they claim will clean both sides of the handset whenever it's put in and ... continued »

Vincent spent some time with HTC Chief Innovations Officer Horace Luke yesterday, and got an overview of the Touch Diamond's mobile internet capacity.  Of course, being Vincent he had his video camera to hand, so we're sharing with you the highlights of the interview.  HTC have drafted in the very capable Opera 9 browser, rather than wait for the upcoming ... continued »

You've seen the photos, now for the video.  Vincent grabbed some hands-on time with HTC's Touch Diamond after the presentation this morning, and shot some video of the smartphone in action.  Games, mapping, internet access and YouTube are all covered, and the Touch Diamond's full VGA display really does shine.  Leave us your opinion on the smartphone in the comments! continued »

Vincent has been spending some hands-on time with HTC's Touch Diamond at its London premiere today, and we've got the live photos for you.  In many respects the smartphone seems to live up to HTC's hyperbole: the 640 x 480 VGA screen is amazingly crisp and the device overall feels more like a compact PMP than a clunky smartphone.  Saying that, the ... continued »

HTC have released some press images of the Touch Diamond, as well as more spec details.  We now know that the smartphone uses a Qualcomm 528MHz processor, which goes some way to explaining those super-smooth TouchFLO 3D menu animations, as well as a front-mounted camera for video calls and, for some reason overlooked in HTC's presentation, GPS navigation.  The dimensions ... continued »

HTC have flooded their YouTube channel with new promo videos of the Touch Diamond.  The footage demonstrates the new TouchFLO 3D GUI, which is a three-dimensional version of the original TouchFLO found on previous HTC smartphones.  They show that the interface extends to many different areas of the smartphone's functionality, including the CoverFlow-style album cover browsing, video and photo navigation ... continued »

The HTC May 6th event kicked off just a few minutes ago, and it is apparent the images we showed you of the HTC Touch Diamond are indeed correct. This device will focus on mobile internet usability, and this is going to be HTC's focus for 2008, according to HTC CEO Peter Chow. The promotional video enforces the usability, with ... continued »

We have received details about the May 6th event in London tomorrow. The event is going to be live blogged for the entire show at http://live.phonemag.com. The PHONE Mag team leaves tomorrow morning for London. While they are there, I will be holding down the fort here. The team arrives in London at 8:45AM in London. Keep in mind we ... continued »