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As a user of Windows Mobile for almost nine years the thought of moving to a completely different environment is quite daunting. Windows Mobile is by no means perfect but the wide variety of applications and perfect Exchange integration have kept me as a user. With the second and third generation Android devices, Active Sync [...]

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My HTC Touch Diamond received a crushing blow yesterday and no longer responds to finger or stylus presses on its screen. The screen still displays output but remove the touch interface and the device becomes near on useless. Using the hardware keys I can make and receive calls and view my calendar appointments but not [...]

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At the weekend I was shopping in Nottingham’s Victoria Centre when I noticed a huge banner for the HTC Touch Diamond 2. The advert was for the Carphone Warehouse which as it happened was less than 30 meters away, so I thought I would go and check it out. The lady behind the counter was [...]

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I’m no way near the end of my contract but I have a feeling I could be buying my way out of it or dropping it to a SIM only package in favor of the HTC Touch Diamond 2 (TD2). This second rendition of the very popular Touch Diamond addresses many of the issues I [...]

Those fathers out there will know and appreciate that many hours can be passed whilst feeding those little ones. In a bid to gain back some of that feeding time I’ve found that I can bottle feed my daughter and flick through the 100+ feeds I like to keep track of. Whilst usually I would [...]

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Just as you think your entering a whole new world of mobile phone technology, HTC do it again and release three new devices. The new Touch Viva, Touch 3G and the update to my recently purchased Touch Diamond, the Touch HD. The Viva has TI’s OMAP™ 850, 201 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, 256 MB [...]

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Well actually I’ve given into the T-Mobile MDA Compact IV, which is T-Mobiles version of HTC Touch Diamond. My aging Vodafone v1415 and Vodafone contract are now costing me more than I think I should be paying. With phone bills of around £60.00 per month it was cheaper to buy out my remaining months with [...]

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I posted about the HTC S730 a couple of weeks ago and was a little disappointed to hear that the GPS which had been initially rumoured wasn’t present in the specifications. Well over at Smartphone Thoughts sources have confirmed that GPS is present even though HTC will not be supporting it. In my eyes that makes the S730 [...]

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Expansys have recently recorded a couple of nice overview videos of the new HTC Touch Dual and the HTC S730. HTC Touch Dual: Processor: TI’s OMAP™ 850, 201 MHz Memory: -  256MB ROM, 128MB RAM Display: – 2.6″ TFT-LCD touch screen running at 240 X 320 resolution (QVGA) Network: – HSDPA (upto 3.6Mbps), UMTS, Triband [...]