White Touch Diamond now on HTC's website
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 9th 2008 4:43AM
posted Dec 9th 2008 4:43AM
[Thanks, Robert]
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Yup, saw this on my sad, sad, daily visit to the site to see if there’s even a hint of a Touch HD “Pro”.
My life has been ruined by the cruel photoshopper who mocked up the images of “what could be”, even a white Touch Diamond is no consolation. Come on HTC, confirm or deny.
The Touch HD is pretty nice, as is the Touch Pro. I'm not too sold on the Diamond though.
The Diamond is not only capable, but a lot more subtle and pocket-friendly. Of course it's a matter of taste and usage scenarios, but I for one LOVE the Diamond.
I've got first the EU version, and then traded it for an US version. 3G rocks even in Argentina (where HSDPA is enabled) and after flashing different ROMs I finally got back to the stock WWE version. It's more moddeable and stable while speedy.
My 2c.
There never was a doubt wether this was real or not. HTC has been running huge print ads here in Europe to promote the (rather ugly) white Touch Diamond.
The white really doesn't fit in. No sir, I'll keep my black Touch Diamond and Pro.
NICE, FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRAP!
To tell you the truth buddy your not the first, and never will be. By the way "nice name"
You have got to be the only person to be consistent in crying first and lose every time. Give up.
As in the great words of that great knobjockey
Shite
Hes called iEye or something. He might be you.
I have been first 4 or 5 times. Check it out.
Not as many as me.
You have to admit, though, that it'd be a lot funnier if instead of "CRAP!", he said "BALLS!"
IMHO the front should be white as well, and likewise with the TouchFlo interface.
Lazy. Sticking a white back on this makes it look fugly. An all white version could have been sex-on-a-stick.
Wish ColorWare would do something with both of the Touches. Dying to hit the BrainStorm button and get whatever it creates first. lol
Ahhh..The Phone That Touched my Heart.It's beautiful,glamourous and majestique.
I am *REALLY* undecided over whether or not to get this phone! Love: the look, the features, the size. Don't like: The shiny back (might get the O2 or T-mobile variant), The apparently laggy interface (Xda-developers has nice tweaks) and the reported lame battery life. What do I do?!?!?
If you like Windows Mobile go for it. I ordered a Touch Pro (Fuze) last Thursday and I'm exchanging it tomorrow for a Blackberry Bold. Nevermind that the Fuze is a brick (not really a big deal to me) but all the tweaks in the world couldn't keep me from still disliking Windows Mobile and I spent a couple of days testing out various ROMs from XDADevs. I didn't find the screen responsive enough and I had a few other quirks. Coming from the iPhone, the Diamond/Fuze does a lot thanks to Windows Mobile (watching Hulu.com on the phone was interesting) but I just couldn't take the sluggishness any more. I'm done with Windows Mobile unless WinMo7 is mind-blowingly amazing.
I'm hearing that the Touch Pro has three big issues that I rarely see in the reviews:
1) Poor 2D graphics and video performance (as with all WinMo devices with Qualcomm chipsets -- the old PDAs with the XScale chipsets, even the VGA ones, do so much better).
2) Poor GPS performance (apparently, there's a lag that makes it less usable on the road, at higher speeds).
3) Overnight freezing while charging -- Luckily, it appears that not all Touch Pro users are suffering from this problem
At least this is what I'm seeing based on the threads at XDA Developers and PPCGeeks. I'm guessing that things will improve over time. Anyone here with these issues?
@Henderson
I'm suffering from terrible 2D graphics. If anyones shopping to get a new winmo phone, i suggest the omnia here in the US, htc really doesnt care if the consumer gets a fully functional product.
If you buy a htc with a qualcomm in it, be prepared to be unhappy with its performance.
This is one of those phones that I would have to see in person to judge if it's nice or not.
The white Diamond is available in Denmark from the Telmore webshop.
The White Touch Diamond has been available in Sweden since early november, atleast.
Meh... the original Diamond had that stealth look in all black. The white kills this. So I guess for those that want that limited edition goodness it's all fine and dandy but otherwise I could take it or leave it.
The G1 looks like a misplaced toy in the middle of these "phones that were designed by a designing company".
why why why....
This white HTC Diamond has been plastered all over Rotterdam for at least 2 months now :P Saw people using it too, so it's probably up for grabs.
I love my Telus HTC Diamond, but I really want the white version now.. baww
Yes!!!!finally the white iphonekiller is here!!!!
that is just very nice of HTC ;)
HTC Touch diamond is a great smartphone to have. It has got an intutive touch screen and lots of useful functions. Adding a white one in the category will definitely increase the customer base of HTC.
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