HTC Touch Diamond

The Touch Diamond packs in a lot of features and is a good effort by HTC to rival the iPhone's touchscreen usability while retaining the power and extensibility of Windows Mobile. But despite the hype, the Diamond is distinctly half-baked.

Granted, the Touchflo 3D works better than ever to turn Windows Mobile into a genuine phone interface. It hides the ugly-duckling Windows interface away successfully, and browsing the web on HTC's version of Opera Mobile is fantastic. But as a complete package, the Touch Diamond just doesn't convince. Not only does the build not reach the standard set by the iPhone or even the previous generation of HTC Touch phones (this is especially disappointing given the £400+ price tag), but the performance is laboured and the software not entirely stable. Read more...

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Help, Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the clock on the start page,its driving me crazy.

I believed the hype.

I bought one of these.

I feel like an idiot.

This phone is somewhere between rubbish and useless. I've gone b... more

To get rid of the clock or rather, make it smaller, stroke the clock upwards. This will result in a smaller (normal) digital clock). To get it back, stroke the clock downwards.

Prem I couldn't agree with you more. I have nothing nice to say about this horrible, poorly designed phone. I went back to my old phone too, and must now wait until my contrac... more

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