HTC Touch Diamond store spotted in Malaysia

The HTC Touch Diamond is hitting shores world-round, and this store in Malaysia is making a big deal of things with a full selection of accessories, alluring attendants, and what appears to be a permanent address. If the touchscreen and Opera browser don't get you, the shiny displays certainly will. Follow the read link for more pictures of the new store.

[Thanks, freedomzaft11]

[Jeremy K. @ Jun 7th 2008 6:31PM]

I like the phone a lot! If I was up on my current contract I would consider buying one of these.

[Steffen Jobbs @ Jun 7th 2008 10:59PM]

Toss the Touch Diamond. Keep the alluring attendants. If they were giving those attendants away with every Touch Diamond, HTC might actually get a few guys to buy one.

[OneLove @ Jun 8th 2008 8:39PM]

Hot malaysian girl FTW!

[Angel2203 @ Jun 8th 2008 9:03PM]

if the iphone had a penis, and if i had to pick out one person in this world who i knew that wud suck it dry, it be steffen jobbs

[dj496 @ Jun 7th 2008 6:39PM]

What a nice touch!

[Jhongerkong @ Jun 8th 2008 12:49AM]

I C WUT U DID THAR

[deyanimay @ Jun 7th 2008 6:40PM]

So which carrier if any is getting it in the us?

[Josh @ Jun 8th 2008 12:24AM]

any. it's a carrier-free place here in malaysia. Any phone, Any carrier. Unlike the US, you're locked into your carrier.

[James Cameron @ Jun 7th 2008 6:41PM]

A very tempting phone. But the bad battery life and 4gb of internal memory is a turn off for me. Will have to wait and see what the Xperia X1 have in store.

[Elisha Adeagbo @ Jun 7th 2008 6:42PM]

nice diamonds =)
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/freedom_zaft/touch%20diamond%20b/?action=view¤t=DSC05390.jpg

[Nomi @ Jun 7th 2008 6:46PM]

Its non-GPUness is killing me. Thats where the iPhone really has it beat. Although I'm still happy with my $100 Touch :D

[Richard Lai @ Jun 7th 2008 6:59PM]

Um, there is actually hardware video acceleration on the Touch Diamond, so it's probably just your RSI killing you.

[TareX @ Jun 7th 2008 6:54PM]

Slow GUI.

"Swipe your thumb, wait a sec... wait for it... there it is. Now you can view the next photo."

[connmannic @ Jun 15th 2008 3:31PM]

that is was I was thinking. Visually it looks amazing, but like more ouch interfaces, they seem to be slow if your really in a hurry. I love the Samsung P2, but after the novelty of the touch screen wore off, I almost regretted getting s a touch screen device, the big screan seemed kind of pointless since it only had 8 gigs. Of course the zen v plus 8gb went off the market as soon as I figured that out so I was kind of screwed. Hopefully touchscreen GUI will become good enough to allow for the speed of tactical, because until then, I am kind of uninterested in touchscreen.

[Richard Lai @ Jun 7th 2008 6:56PM]

Was this at the "Engadget" store?

http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/08/the-engadget-store/

[Josh @ Jun 8th 2008 12:25AM]

no, can't you tell the difference??

[Richard Lai @ Jun 8th 2008 12:25PM]

@Josh: sigh, next time I'll put a smiley face at the end of my lighthearted comments, just for you. :-)

[Javaflash @ Jun 7th 2008 7:13PM]

... say all you can about that fruit company in California, but a year after their entry, every cell phone looks different, works differently, even sell differently. That's quite something.

[Engadgetluvsappl @ Jun 7th 2008 9:14PM]

In America....

[t3_slider @ Jun 7th 2008 9:18PM]

That's because they are EXPERTS at marketing. No one has them beat. Their actual products are usually only so-so, but their marketing beats all. Why would I want an MP3 player that can't play OGG files and requires me to use iTunes, which isn't available on Linux, unless I want to use an unsupported third-part app? Why would I want a phone that is horribly locked down and requires hacks to make it useful? Why would I want to buy a smartphone without 3G in this day and age? I wouldn't. But people do. Apple is a serious threat in nearly all of their endeavors now because of their expert marketing. A lot of companies could learn a thing or two from them.

"Buy Apple! All the cool kids are doing it!"

[Bunson @ Jun 7th 2008 9:24PM]

You guys both have good points.

[DarkLight @ Jun 7th 2008 7:15PM]

So you don't want those beautiful Asian girls?

GREAT! I'll take them both, then...

[Bildo @ Jun 7th 2008 7:16PM]

she's got some jacked up teeth

[Bevo @ Jun 7th 2008 7:23PM]

The Curve shopping mall?

[YT @ Jun 8th 2008 12:18AM]

its lowyat plaza

[Raheem @ Jun 7th 2008 7:29PM]

Shame they won't take you.

[spm.peapot @ Jun 7th 2008 7:29PM]

Phones or Girls, that's the question...

[chickenator @ Jun 7th 2008 7:59PM]

but will them blend? that's the question.

[Jay @ Jun 7th 2008 7:32PM]

Taipei, Taiwan : Official launch date is supposed to be the 16th of June. Can already pre-order.

[OziD @ Jun 7th 2008 7:33PM]

Steve Ballmer is an idiot. But I wouldn't gloat about market share until you reach at least half of Symbian's world market share.

[lukas88 @ Jun 7th 2008 7:37PM]

I think there are about a billion reasons why Ballmer is not an idiot. 15 billion to be more precise.

It is part of his job to downplay the competition.

[Liam @ Jun 7th 2008 7:48PM]

It looks like a very fancy, but temporary, booth.

[Alex @ Jun 7th 2008 8:07PM]

yes, very true.

[Kory @ Jun 7th 2008 9:46PM]

Good call, Liam.

I mean it says front and left "Lot G-27A" which doesn't sound like an address.

One of the girls is wearing a lanyard/badge.

And both girls look like booth babes trying to get passersby into the booth.

Sorry, freedomzaft11, looks like it's not a store. But thanks for sharing the pics of the girls. That was fun!

[Josh @ Jun 8th 2008 12:26AM]

noope. in malaysia you number shops by "lot....."
it's in low yat plaza.

[Bunson @ Jun 7th 2008 7:48PM]

Why don't American cooperations higher young attractive women to stand in their stores and look pretty so that mouth watering idiots like me buy their product?

[Tonicboy @ Jun 7th 2008 8:21PM]

Probably because "highering" somebody makes no sense whatsoever.

[Bunson @ Jun 7th 2008 9:26PM]

I like how my reply to this disappeared magically.

I replied, although I don't know where it went, "Slaps self*

[Hasan @ Jun 8th 2008 10:37AM]

That place actually attracts many tourists. that's why maybe they are "highering" young attractive women.

[jethro_static @ Jun 7th 2008 8:12PM]

the hottest phone of the year!No doubt. Hackers and Modders can't wait to get their hands on this lil beast. Yo dude that said 4gigs of storage is a turn off for u? Are turn off with a computer with 4TB of harddrive too? Your a pathetic loser.

[aaron @ Jun 7th 2008 9:01PM]

I tried to read your post and gave up....

[phanbouy @ Jun 7th 2008 9:31PM]

i think jethro sets a new record for dumb here. at least his name's appropriate

[Darkest Daze @ Jun 7th 2008 10:32PM]

I think I just got a tumor trying to figure out what the hell he's talking about.

[musiclover008 @ Jun 7th 2008 8:26PM]

I think I'll pass on this...

I'm more interested in the Touch Pro or the 3G iPhone.

[MeatPop @ Jun 7th 2008 8:34PM]

Does anyone else find it pathetic that every time clak posts something he types a random quote as his signature? I mean is it really worth the time and effort to reinforce how big of a jackass he truly is?

[The Engadgeter @ Jun 7th 2008 8:37PM]

ugh... quotes taken out of context...

"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance," said Ballmer. "It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get."

He is referring to the worldwide market of about 1 billion phones per year (which Steve Jobs referenced in the 2007 keynote, as he hoped for 1% or 10 million phones sold in 2008). So as Ballmer said the iPhone might get 2 or 3%, he was not short-changing the iPhone at all.

... but ultimately, what does Steve Ballmer have to do with the release of the HTC Touch Diamond?

[venk @ Jun 7th 2008 8:37PM]

give

[phanbouy @ Jun 7th 2008 9:30PM]

Ballmer's billions only prove 2 things:

1) it's good to be Bill Gates' college roommate

2) Monkey Boy apparently doesn't have a gambling problem

[GadgetGuru @ Jun 7th 2008 10:44PM]

Can't wait for this thing

[Sam-Wise @ Jun 7th 2008 11:48PM]

Is it just me, or does it look like some girls strolled over from Nintendo's Wii Fit demonstration?