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Filed under: Software , HTC , Sprint , Windows Mobile Though both have had less-than-official upgrades floating around for ages, Sprint and HTC have finally seen fit to bless the Touch and Mogul with the real deal. In the case of the Touch, the Windows Mobile 6.1 update includes Sprint Navigation, EV-DO Rev. A, integrated Opera, and a new on-screen QWERTY keyboard, so it seems more than worth the few minutes you'll spend downloading it and getting it all going. The Mogul gets Sprint TV (yay?), but unfortunately, no patch to magically morph it into a Touch Pro . Seriously, we'd pay good money for that. [Thanks to everyone who sent these in] Update: It looks like they've been pulled for the moment, but keep a keen eye out at HTC's support site -- we're hearing they could show up again next week. Read - Touch Read - Mogul Permalink | Email this | Comments

Hit the road and enjoy your independence with the HTC Touch Diamond/ HTC Diamond 100 / O2 XDA Diamond Car Handsfree Kit. Price US$35.00 from brando Features: Simple user interface for comfortable call handling (accept/reject/end call/volume control) Excellent audio quality No installation required; just plug into the vehicle lighter socket Integrated microphone and speaker Charges your device Power Indicator Model: HTC Touch Diamond HTC Diamond 100 HTC P3700 O2 xda Diamond

I reviewed Opera Mobile 9.5 earlier this year and then there was the news that the public beta was coming on 15 July. We heard that it slipped earlier this week, but it only slipped a couple days and we just received the press release that Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is now available. Opera Mobile 9.5 is available now only for Windows Mobile touch screen devices.

Chinese cloning industry is getting faster and faster. We've just spotted their latest product - Diamond J6. As you can see for yourself from the image above, the device in question is almost identical to the real thing, HTC Touch Diamond. It even has the same-sized 2.8-inch touchscreen and that unique Diamond-ish back. Other specs [...]

Gsmarena have posted their review of the HTC Touch Diamond . Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final words. Key features: 2.8" 65K-color VGA display TouchFLO 3D Home screen and gesture controls 4 GB of internal storage Wi-Fi Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz CPU and 128 MB DDR SDRAM Dedicated graphics chip with 64MB memory HSDPA 7.2Mbps Built-in GPS receiver Standout design Compact and lightweight Stereo FM radio with RDS 3.15 MP auto focus camera Active magnetic stylus Touch-sensitive scroll wheel MS Office Mobile document editor Opera 9.5 web browser Standard miniUSB slot and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP Comes with the amusing Teeter game YouTube client Excellent video playback performance Main disadvantages: Poor battery life Fingerprint nightmare Average sunlight legibility No memory card slot Questionable build quality Tri-band GSM support only No TV out port No standard 3.5mm audio jack Back panel design has negative impact on usability and camera image quality Back panel finish started to wear off in a few weeks of usage Limited scroll wheel usage Well, even the best diamond specimens have imperfections, whether they are visible to the naked eye or less so. Yet, last time we checked they were still quite worth it. The situation is a bit similar with HTC's own precious stone. The Touch Diamond has revolutionary size and design, topped with unsurpassed touch functionality among Windows Mobile devices. The VGA display, the rich communications package and the excellent software bundle make the Touch Diamond a real gem. The unique magnetic stylus and the generous 4GB of built-in storage do add to the allure of this compact fella. But we already warned you the Diamond we're dealing with is not perfect. We expected better sunlight legibility of the VGA display. The edges of the impractical back panel started to wear off in two weeks or so. And finally, the lack of a memory card simply takes the allure away. We would have gladly traded the 4 gigs worth of storage for a simple hot-swappable microSD card. A 3.5 mm audio jack would have also been welcome, as the supplied stereo headset simply doesn't cut it for music on-the-go. The camera also suffers from the back panel design, which ruins sharpness, contrast and resolution. As you see, in diamond terms this handset is a delicate balance of high carat and imperfections. The Touch Diamond is a crossover product that will most probably convert new believers to Windows Mobile, but would probably fail to raise itself in the demanding eyes of hard-core PocketPC devotees. Most of them will probably go for the HTC Touch Pro, for its hardware five-row QWERTY keyboard, TV-out port, beefier battery and, of course, a microSD card slot. To wrap up, HTC Touch Diamond is far from the uber device but it managed to win our hearts with its slick exterior and sufficient skill. There must be enough people out there to believe diamonds are forever and the HTC Touch Diamond delivers pretty much all there is to deliver.

Like the iPhone, HTC Touch Diamond has the built in accelerometer which is used to make the mobile phone usage more enjoyable. However, the auto-rotate function which accelerometer enables isn't available in all applications. Furthermore, for some reasons HTC has disabled the manual screen rotation in some apps (E-mail, Calendar, etc). Folks from SKKV Software noticed [...]