HTC Announced Touch Diamond2 – Video Link

This is something which I did not see it coming. HTC announced Touch Diamond 2 during Windows Mobile Congress (WMC). With the success of Touch Diamond and the trend that HTC is adopting (e.g. relaunched of the enhanced Touch Cruise ), HTC has made it clear that it wants to be a leader in the WM market.

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This new Touch Diamond 2 sports a 5 megapixels camera, a new TouchFLO3D  and also, a zoom bar at the bottom. Apart from that, there is a better memory, a thicker body, a bigger screen and tad of class in it.

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Here is the specs for HTC Touch Diamond 2

Specifications

Processor Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions 107.85 X 53.1 X 13.7 mm (4.25 X 2.09 X 0.54 inches)
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

    (Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control TouchFLO™ 3D
Zoom bar
GPS Internal GPS antenna
Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
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
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

Click Here to go to HTC Touch Diamond2 Website

In the press release, it states that it has a 50% better battery life. That is a lot!

Read the Press Release (Partial) below.

HTC TOUCH DIAMOND2

The HTC Touch Diamond2 is the next step in the evolution of the successful HTC Touch Diamond. Crafted to fit perfectly into the hand, the Touch Diamond2 evolves the compact design and iconic style of the original HTC Touch Diamond. It 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 new touch sensitive zoom bar for even faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents.

Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D experience combined with a people-centric communication approach and HTC’s new Push Internet technology The Touch Diamond2 offers an advanced touch experience that is optimized for one-hand use.

With fifty-percent better battery life, a five mega-pixel auto focus camera, expandable memory, 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 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.

Read the Full Press Release Here

Click here to Watch the Hands On Video from Engadget

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