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Jason Dunn
05-11-2009, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Touch-Diamond2-Review-review-r_2151.html' target='_blank'>http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC...iew-r_2151.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"When a product proves to be a success, it&acute;s fairly logical it sooner or later gets a successor. As it name suggests, the HTC Touch Diamond2 comes out to lend some more color to the otherwise nice, but aging model that was released last year. Hitting the shelves less than a year after its predecessor first appeared, the new smart phone doesn&acute;t feature any ground-breaking novelties, but rather picks us where the previous model left off improving on blunders HTC made with the predecessor. It seems the model has gotten a bit fatter, but it sports larger screen, more powerful battery and system memory and has got an expansion slot."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/ppct/auto/1242077129.usr1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>phoneArea.com always has extremely detailed reviews, and this one is no exception: they take a really detailed look at the <a href="http://www.expansys-usa.com/p.aspx?i=179176&amp;partner=pthoughts" target="_blank">HTC Touch Diamond2</a> [Affiliate]. Their verdict? It's a bit of a mixed bag - they don't like the new "boring" look compared to the design of the first-gen Touch Diamond, and say it's difficult to see the screen in direct sunlight. That's a legitimate complaint, but I've yet to see a Windows Mobile device with a screen that's sunlight-friendly. <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/The_Nokia_N85_and_OLED_screens_Not_perhaps_the_Holy_Grail.php" target="_blank">Even OLED screens aren't sunlight friendly</a>. Those minor complaints aside, phoneArea.com gives the Touch Diamond2 a 9/10 rating and it looks like it's ready for Windows Mobile 6.5 when it comes out later this year.</p>

Lee Yuan Sheng
05-12-2009, 02:39 AM
Technically not a Windows Mobile device, but the old iPaq 36xx to 39xx were quite usable outdoors. :P

Fritzly
05-12-2009, 02:51 AM
I almost picked up one of these but the processor does not convince me, it seems inadequate nowadays; so I am waiting for the Toshiba.
f course only if Toshiba will guarantee an upgrade to WM 6.5

heliod
05-12-2009, 05:14 AM
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC...iew-r_2151.html (http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Touch-Diamond2-Review-review-r_2151.html)



...... and say it's difficult to see the screen in direct sunlight. That's a legitimate complaint, but I've yet to see a Windows Mobile device with a screen that's sunlight-friendly. .........



It seems you haven't tried the Samsung Omnia. You can work in the sun with very little trouble.

Helio

Jason Dunn
05-13-2009, 08:00 PM
It seems you haven't tried the Samsung Omnia. You can work in the sun with very little trouble.

That's true, I haven't tried the Omnia. What kind of screen does it use that works well in sunlight?