What do you want to know about the new HTC Touch Diamond2?

Successor to the hugely popular Touch Diamond, the Diamond2 is the next big release from HTC and has built up a massive following thanks to an impressive feature set and looks to kill. So ahead of the Touch Diamond2’s launch in April, we thought we would put the question to you, our loyal readers, and ask what do you want to know about the newHTC Touch Diamond2? What feature has got you hooked and wanting to find out more? What aspect has got you scratching your head in amazement? And so on…

Simply fill out the comments section below outlining what you want to know and we’ll be sure to cover it in detail when we review the phone next week.

HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2

HTC recently unveiled two new flagship devices, which I now have the privilege to tell you about, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2. Integrating innovative simplicity with unique style and an intuitive interface, the devices balance function, form and cutting-edge technology to personalise the communication and mobile Internet experience.

“The HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Touch Diamond2 introduce amobile communication experience that simplifies how we communicate with people in our lives whether through voice, text or email,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “HTC is delivering the latest, cutting-edge sophistication in a broad portfolio of mobile phones that improve how people live, work and communicate.”

HTC’s Touch Diamond, and its QWERTY’d counterpart, the Touch Pro, have formally passed into their second generation, with bigger and more responsive touchscreens, higher (WVGA) resolution, better battery life, and deeper interface changes. These handsets have always represented something of a standard to which WinMo phones are measured, and the tastefully restyled new versions, boldly called the Diamond2 and Pro2, play on their predecessors’ strengths, whilst trying to cut out any of their weaknesses.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 utilise HTC’s latest TouchFLO 3D interface. TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into a customised version of Windows Mobile6.1 to deliver more consistency throughout Windows Mobile applications and menus. Focused on making navigation easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings important information to the top-level user interface, including quick access to people, messaging, email, photos, music and weather. As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.

Touch Diamond 2

The Touch Diamond2 is crafted to fit perfectly in the palm of your hand. It incorporates a larger 3.2 inch high resolution wide screen WVGA 480×800 display than the previous 2.8 inch 480×640 display of the original for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a new touch sensitive zoom bar for even faster viewing of web pages, emails, text messages photos and documents plus a brand spanking new 5 megapixel auto focus camera.

The hugely praised TouchFlo 3D alternative interface now reaches a bit deeper into Windows Mobile 6.1, making a few more functions touch-friendly, but stopping short of a total overhaul. The most interesting new interface feature is the “Single Contact View”, which consolidates your complete history of communication (texts, calls, emails) for a given contact into a single screen. A SD card expansion slot replaces the old model’s fixed internal memory, which results in greater flexibility but regrettably shrinks the initial internal memory to a some what less impressive 512MB.

Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D experience combined with a people-centric communication approach and HTC’s new Push Internet technology (basically your favourite webpage’s pre-loaded for one touch access), the Touch Diamond2 offers an advanced touch experience that is optimised for one-handed use. With “fifty-percent better battery life”, gravity sensor and an ambient light sensor, the Touch Diamond2 brings the most sophisticated capabilities to a broad consumer audience looking for the professional benefits of a smartphone without sacrificing size, looks or functionality.

The Touch Pro 2

The Pro2 is treated to most of the same upgrades. Its features a high resolution 3.6 inch widescreen VGA display, which is just .2 inches smaller than the monstrous TouchHD. This allows for a greater viewing area which is obviously a main focus as this handset lives to email. It also gets a louder speakerphone system and less-pixely camera than the Diamond2, but retains the larger battery and slide-out QWERTY keyboard that originally distinguished its dad from the Diamond.

The new HTC Touch Pro2 also uses voice in a new way to create one of the most sophisticated communication experiences found on a mobile phone. HTC’s new Straight Talk technology delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room. Straight Talk also includes an innovative mechanical and acoustic design that features a sophisticated speakerphone experience similar to those found in corporate boardrooms.

There is no doubt that it is designed for business professionals, and is created with distinct style and strength while delivering maybe the most powerful productivity experience available on a mobile phone. As with the Diamond it boasts HTC’s TouchFLO 3D operating system with all the trimmings, people-centric communication and push internet technology etc, making the Pro2 some what of a masterpiece.

The release date of these amazing handsets are still yet to be confirmed however if you would like to be kept informed on any new information concerning your desired phone then simple follow one of the links below.

HTC debut second Android phone: HTC Magic!

At this weeks Mobile World Congress event, held in Barcelona, HTCshowed commitment to the Android platform with the announcement of the HTC Magic. Currently the only mobile phonemanufacturer to launch an Android device with the T-Mobile G1, the Taiwanese company have doubled their Android range with the Magic. As to be expected, the Android is a touchscreen mobile phone, incorporating a 3.2 incher with familiar perks such as an Accelerometer for auto screen rotation and Handwriting recognition. To look at, the HTC Magic does look remarkably similar to the T-Mobile G1, so why all the excitement? What’s new?

Well firstly, the Magic sheds precious weight and size (13mm thick and 117 g compared to the G1’s 17mm 158 g) as it does away with a hardware QWERTY keyboard. Running the newest Android version means that the Magic can display an on screen QWERTY keypad for all your texting and emailing needs. This does make for a considerably more pocket friendly phone than it’s predecessor (the G1 was never exactly a handsome beast). The Magic, or G2 as it has also come to be known, runs the latest Android OS known as ‘cupcake’ (no, really). The benefits this will bring over its predecessor (apart from the afore mentioned on screen keyboard) include support for stereo bluetooth so you can listen to your music through a compatible wireless headset, video recording, music can now fade in or out around calls and lastly a general overhaul which should eradicate bugs and make the OS more stable and responsive.

Away from the OS, the Magic does look quite similar to the G1. The phone features HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity for high speed web browsing, a built in GPS receiver for SatNav services and location based applications, a Built in MP3 player and expandable memory for all your storage needs. A 3.2 Megapixel camera with Autofocus is included though unfortunately it lacks a flash of any kind so photos in low light are pretty much out of the question (unless you carry a torch round with you). And then apart from the usual suspects such as Bluetooth and the like, that’s pretty much your lot.