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Touch Diamond2 Apps Ripped for Original Touch Diamond, Touch Pro
9:55PM John Herrman | As pretty as HTCs are, they’re nothing without their custom skins and apps. And as with seemingly every other new Windows Mobile product, the new Diamond2 assets have been ripped and made available online. More »
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10:00AM Nick Broughall | Considering how Sol Trujillo likes to roll with the big dogs, I always imagined him walking through the streets with a small army of special forces agents protecting him from the scum of the earth (and us regular folks). But it turns out he actually enjoys rubbing shoulders with the little people — so close that they can casually walk away with his special prototype HTC phone running Windows Mobile 6.5. More »
Pickpocket Makes Off With Uncle Sol’s Private WM6.5 Test Phone At MWC
10:00AM Nick Broughall | Considering how Sol Trujillo likes to roll with the big dogs, I always imagined him walking through the streets with a small army of special forces agents protecting him from the scum of the earth (and us regular folks). But it turns out he actually enjoys rubbing shoulders with the little people — so close that they can casually walk away with his special prototype HTC phone running Windows Mobile 6.5. More »
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands On: The New Interface Rocks
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | I like the new Windows Mobile 6.5 interface, specially the new home screen, which is brilliantly executed. Running on the new HTC Touch Diamond 2, everything looked smoother, cleaner, and matched the iPhone’s lick factor.
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HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 Feature Bigger Screens, Better Battery Life
8:30PM John Herrman | HTC’s Touch Diamond, and its QWERTY’d doppelganger the Touch Pro, have formally passed into their second generation, with bigger screens, higher (WVGA) resolution, better battery life, and deeper interface changes.
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HTC Touch Diamond Backlights Permanently Dying, No Fix Yet
2:40AM Matt Buchanan | At Giz Gallery, Tom alerted us to a serious problem with HTC Touch Diamonds: After a few minutes, the backlight becomes permanently dim, making the phone unusable, and there is no fix yet. More »
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HTC Touch Diamond Pops Up in Seven Colours
10:43PM Mark Wilson | We were surprised to see the HTC Diamond just coming in white, but those in France now have the opportunity to pick up the Diamond in one of seven colours: White, blue, brown, fuchsia, yellow, purple or rose. Unless you’re packing up to move abroad, chances are you’ll never see most, if any of these Skittlesfied options. But we thought we’d show you just to rub it in. Happy Monday! [Phone and Phone via NowhereElse] More »
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Verizon Training Doc Shows BlackBerry Storm, Touch Diamond Release Date, OTA Ringtone Backups
2:15AM Matt Buchanan | A friendly tipster sent us this training to-do list for Verizon employees, which yields a couple of tidbits. First, training on the BlackBerry Storm has to be finished by Nov. 2, which our tipster says “guarantees” it’ll be launched by early November, as we’ve heard. Verizon’s Touch Diamond can be expected by late December, based on its training dates. More »
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Family Portrait: HTC Touch Phones
10:15PM Mark Wilson | From left to right: HTC Touch HD, HTC Touch Diamond, and HTC Touch Pro. Note that while the Touch HD’s footprint isn’t much bigger, the screen appears ginormous. [CNET] More »
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New HTC Touch Diamond Is White Like the Colour White
1:20AM Mark Wilson | We know, there are other, more exciting HTC touchscreen phones one their way. But you shouldn’t forget about the good old Touch Diamond just yet. Why? Because, it’s coming to stores (somewhere) in white this October. Though in a similar fashion to the iPhone 3G, the back may have a new coat, but the front panel still comes in black only (probably to help the display’s colours pop). Here’s the mega pic version: More »
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