Touch Diamond 2 Opinions?

[S1ght]

Hey all

Anyone with the HTC Touch Diamond 2 who can share their personal opinions on the phone? Have read quite a few reviews and watched a good couple of youtube videos but thought I'd also try get a direct opinion here on things like the onscreen keyboard/battery life/gps/maybe how mxit is on it?

Thanx in advance
S1ght

 

[Sapphiron]

I've played with it a bit. Very nice screen, but a bit small to use the onscreen keyboard properly. Good performance and very good interface. one really needs a 4" screen to have a comfortable onscreen keyboard for SMSing. If you dont SMS long messages or send email from it much, you should be ok.

The GPS words very nicely with some garmin software. Did not have it long enough to comment on battery life.

 

[Speedster]

I've had one for about 2 months now - loved every moment of it.

The qwerty keyboard in portrait mode is a bit tight, but I generally use the phone keypad in XT9 mode - works fantastically. Otherwise I simply flip the phone on its side and use the expanded QWERTY in landscape mode.

Battery life isn't brilliant, but that is standard on smartphones.

HTC released the WM 6.5 update this morning so I'll probably upgrade to that sometime soon.

I suppose you've read all the reviews online so I'm not going to go into the technical specs - you can ask if you want details on any specifics.

It's a GREAT phone! Kicks the iPhone and Bluetooth's ass ito functionality and brute power.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Pretty cool phone but how is the iPhone not better in every respect?

 

[S1ght]

Thanx for the replies guys I think I'm definitely gonna go with this 1 then for my upgrade.

 

[Speedster]

Pretty cool phone but how is the iPhone not better in every respect?

Once you wake up from Zombie mode you might see

http://technologyvictim.blogspot.com/2009/06/apple-iphone-vs-htc-diamond-2-vs-htc.html

The HTC diamond 2 pips the others in terms of raw power and its screen.
I can’t help feeling that as a PDA, the iphone really lags the other two. I would summarise the iphone as a great device for the “normal” call and text mobile phone user who wants email and browsing with qudos, but will fail to satisfy more technical or demanding “PDA” type users. For me, the iphone is a great phone, and there are many people I would recommend it to, but comes last in this grouping.

or http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=1117&tag=col1;post-1117

I just recently picked up an iPhone 3G again and while it is definitely a slick device with a fun and intuitive user interface, I find myself rarely using it because I find that Windows Mobile and S60 devices let me do more with fewer, if any, limitations on functionality. I think the iPhone is a perfectly capable device for many people, especially for those who are used to having a feature phone. However, the lack of access to a file structure (limits receiving, modifying, and resending attachments), lack of multitasking, limited Bluetooth profile support, limited camera functionality, and limited Exchange capability push me towards something like a Windows Mobile device. The iPhone 3.0 OS update will improve on the capabilities of the iPhone, but there will still be many areas where I think Windows Mobile excels for power users like myself.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Well it's a preference thing I suppose. I prefer the iPhone, but I must say the diamond does have amazing specs.

 

[Asha'man X]

Mxit on Windows Mobile phones is ok, but it lags behind the Java versions quite a bit. I use it on my Touch Pro 2, which works nicely enough, but it feels bare and old compared to the Java versions.