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Vodafone Germany and HTC Roll Out Windows Mobile 6.5 for Touch Diamond 2

Kim Poh Liaw — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:03:09 +0000

Available now before the official Windows Mobile 6.5 launch date, HTC and Vodafone Germany has put up a ROM upgrade for HTC Touch Diamond2 today. The software upgrade will upgrade your HTC Touch Diamond 2 with Windows Mobile 6.5, plus an updated TouchFLO 3D with weather info integrated with home screen’s clock. Click here for the download link if you own a Vodafone Germany’s Diamond2.

An updated ROM is now available for HTC Touch Diamond2 users to download. As always, HTC is committed to providing customers with the best possible mobile experience.

Installationsanweisungen:

ROM version 2.16.162.1

[via xda-developer]

New HTC Touch Diamond2 ROM Upgrade Released for Asia

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:57:00 +0000

If you have bought a HTC Touch Diamond2 in Asia, a new ROM upgrade is now available from HTC support site. The new ROM updates has an upgraded Radio, with a new radio version 3.44.25.27. The new ROM version is 1.40.707.1. While it is not sure if the new Radio will improve the reception or the battery life, please note that each ROM upgrade will required a data backup and restore. Check out the download details here

Alternate HTC Touch Diamond2 Battery Back Cover

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:30:11 +0000

If you like to keep the fingerprint off from your HTC Touch Diamond2, there is actually a alternate battery back cover available from HTC. While you can’t really choose this for the standard Touch Diamond2 retail package, it is available as an additional accessory for around 35 USD, reported on a Taiwanese forum mobile01.

The new HTC Touch Diamond2 is now available in few countries and online stores. It will be available in most of the regions by mid-May. The new HTC Touch Pro2, which comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, will be available by end June this year.

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Video: HTC Touch Diamond2 Unboxing

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:50:23 +0000

Available now in some countries, the new HTC Touch Diamond2 is running the company improved TouchFLO 3D and WVGA display resolution compare to its first Touch Diamond. The Touch Diamond2 incorporates a larger 3.2-inch and a 5 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, light sensor and a new touch sensitive zoom bar for faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents. Check out the unboxing video from SlashGear.

HTC to Start Selling HTC Touch Diamond2 in Taiwan Next Week

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:50:50 +0000

With the first release date leaked by Expansys UK early last month, we knew that the Touch Diamond2 availability date will be around April 17th and will be priced at 488 USD before tax or 561 USD after tax. HTC has confirmed that it will start selling the windows phone next week from April 22nd in Taiwan and to be priced at around 650 USD. Its pricing would be different depends on your region, and the Touch Diamond2 should be available in many countries by end of this month.

The Touch Diamond2 incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a 5 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, light sensor and a new touch sensitive zoom bar for faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents. Compare to first generation of the Touch Diamond, the battery capacity is increased to 1100 mAh from 900 mAh to improve the battery life.

HTC Touch Diamond2 specifications:

Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Memory: 512 MB ROM / 288 MB RAM
Dimensions: 107.85 x 53.1 x 13.7 mm
Weight: 117.5 grams (4.15 ounces) with battery
Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
- Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
- Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
- Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Device Control TouchFLO 3D
Zoom bar
Internal GPS antenna
Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi
HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
Camera Main camera: 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1100 mAh
Talk time:
Up to 300 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 340 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
Up to 500 hours for WCDMA
Up to 360 hours for GSM
Video call time: Up to 150 minutes
Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

More HTC Touch Diamond2 live photos next page

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Rumor: HTC Touch Diamond2 to be Available from April 17th

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:09:09 +0000

Without an official words from HTC itself, Expansys UK has started to accept pre-orders of the new HTC Touch Diamond2 with an expected delivery date of April 17th. The company is selling the Touch Diamond2 at 488 USD before tax or 561 USD after tax.

The Touch Diamond2 incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a 5 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, light sensor and a new touch sensitive zoom bar for faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents. Compare to first generation of the Touch Diamond, HTC claimed to have improved up to 55% of the battery life.

MWC2009: HTC Unveiled Touch Diamond2 Windows Phone

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:23:59 +0000

Today HTC has unveiled its new Windows Phone Touch Diamond2, featuring the TouchFLO 3D user interface. According to the company, the TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into a customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1 to deliver more consistency throughout Windows Mobile applications and menus. As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.

The Touch Diamond2 incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a 5 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, light sensor and a new touch sensitive zoom bar for faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents. Compare to first generation of the Touch Diamond, HTC claimed to have improved up to 55% of the battery life.

HTC is introducing a new people-centric communication approach, providing a single contact view that displays the individual conversation history of contacts regardless of whether voice, text or email were used. This can be viewed from the contact card or the in-call screen during a phone conversation, ensuring the latest communication contact-by-contact is always at hand. A new feature called HTC Push Internet technology is also developed to enable fast access of favorite websites by pre-loading the website to the phone.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available to customers across major European and Asian markets in early Q2 2009 with broader global availability coming later in the year. According to previous leaked roadmap, the Touch Diamond2 is known as HTC Topaz and will be available in US and also in CDMA version.

HTC Touch Diamond2 specifications:

Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Memory: 512 MB ROM / 288 MB RAM
Dimensions: 107.85 x 53.1 x 13.7 mm
Weight: 117.5 grams (4.15 ounces) with battery
Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
- Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
- Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
- Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Device Control TouchFLO 3D
Zoom bar
Internal GPS antenna
Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi
HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
Camera Main camera: 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1100 mAh
Talk time:
Up to 300 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 340 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
Up to 500 hours for WCDMA
Up to 360 hours for GSM
Video call time: Up to 150 minutes
Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

More Touch Diamond2 high resolution photos at next page