Rocco Augusto

I hear the same thing all the time Aaron, especially when I worked for Cingualr/AT&T. My favorite encounter was from one of my good friends that has been pro BlackBerry since the days of black and white screens. During our discussion with his Technical Director, who was in charge in purchasing new phones for everyone, he swore up and down that RIM products were the way to go and if they bought Microsoft Smartphone's for everyone there would be nothing but problems and BSOD's. His whole argument was based of FUD and hearsay from a 'friend of a friend who knew a guy'.

10 Minutes after our heated discussion, RIMs servers went down knocking out email to everyone in the US who used BlackBerry's and several people in his company lost huge contracts because they weren't getting their email and had no idea some of their clients wanted them to place bids on contracts.

After they found out that this was all RIMs fault the TD decided to switch everyone over to Windows Mobile. Not only are they saving a ton of money on their data packages every month now, they all get their email unless their servers go down which is a lot better then not getting mail because RIMs servers went down.

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Rocco Augusto

I saw this the other day and that is what made me super excited to get the Touch Diamond... though I'm still not sure if I want to move from 3G speeds to EDGE speeds... but its so sleek looking!

Thats good to know, it looks so irritating in pictures but as with all HTC devices I take it this one looks better in person then in images?

I would get the pro but one of the main things drawing me towards the Touch Diamond is the small footprint it has. I hate carrying cases with a passion and only use them when I really need to. I would love to just be able to throw it in my pocket and go with out looking like I was smuggling a small paperback book

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Duncan

I'd say so yes. I wouldn't want to 'type' on it while flat on a desk, but it rests nicely and the facets on the back hold it steady enough.

I look at it this way - though thicker, the Touch Pro is still narrower and thinner (though about a centimetre taller) than a standard pack of playing cards. I wouldn't think twice about carrying one of those about in my trouser pocket. My card wallet is about the same size and I do carry that around every day.

http://sizeasy.com/page/size_compari...-Playing-Cards

My current phone is both thicker and taller than the Touch Pro and I carry that in my pocket without a problem too.

http://sizeasy.com/page/size_compari...-Touch-Diamond

With a screen protector in place, I reckon both the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro will easily be safe in a pocket without a case.