The 'HTC 6th May Product Launch' coverage post (now with official specs)

[Guest rossy]

Do we think this will actually materialise in June? on all networks? or will one of them have an exclusivity period? Has there actually been word from any of the networks regarding release etc?

[Guest Leaskovski]

Youtube is blocked from our network. Can anyone post some screenies please?

Reading the blog and a photo posted in there? Was that an X1 or the HTC equivilant? What was the name of that device?

[Guest crafty]

Youtube is blocked from our network.

Arne seems to have gotten an early hands on with the XDA branded Diamond and posted a long video of TouchFlo 3D here: http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-...le-professional

[Guest FloatingFatMan]

Sure it looks pretty; but as it's an HTC device, prepare to get pissed on from a great height when the device actually hits the market.

The Kaiser looked damn great at first too, until it'd been out for a couple of weeks...

[Guest finisterre]

The HTC website says "GPS GPS and A-GPS ready ". Not sure I like the sound of that. Could mean IF you add a Bluetooth GPS receiver.

[Guest nurotic]

The HTC website says "GPS GPS and A-GPS ready ". Not sure I like the sound of that. Could mean IF you add a Bluetooth GPS receiver.

Well looking the Unwired video he test's out the GPS in google maps. Have to say it does seem like it locks on quite quickly.

[Guest finisterre]

Some good stuff here http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46278

[Guest zinger5]

interesting snippet from Devicewire: http://www.devicewire.co.uk/htc-touch-diamond

was expecting prices to be higher to be honest

[Guest finisterre]

The O2 version shown at http://www.theunwired.net/?item=photoview-...onal-smartphone doesn't have the fancy pattern on the back, and it does say "O2 Germany confirmed that there will be no difference to the final design". Strange decision.

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Matt and I are preparing the content we've created today, and it'll be online soon!

Price @ devicewire of £294.99 is excellent!

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[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Added press pics...

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[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Official specs say 3.2MP cam and 192MB RAM... will have to re-check the video we're putting up shortly!

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[Guest zinger5]

hrm... that price didn't last long at Devicewire.

Gone up to £394.99 now :D

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

If it sounds too good to be true... it probably is :D

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[Guest finisterre]

Added press pics...

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Where?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

In the flickr viewer in the first post... or here.

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[Guest weeerob]

Is the Raphael being announced tomorrow? That's the one I'm really looking forward to.

[Guest finisterre]

In the flickr viewer in the first post... or here.

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Aaah. That big white box is supposed to be a Flickr viewer. I don't see it in IE7 but I do in Firefox.

[Guest zinger5]

i'm not seeing anything about MicroSD expansion for additional storage on the specs. Has this just been missed or have they decided to do away with it?

[Guest rhedgehog]

No SD card slot that I am aware of.

4GB storage internal, so i think they decided to do away with it.

Raphael is to have a microSDHC slot i believe.

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

i'm not seeing anything about MicroSD expansion for additional storage on the specs. Has this just been missed or have they decided to do away with it?

No microSD slot on the diamond that we could see, our video of the device will be online soon.

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[Guest Paul (MVP)]

No...

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Is the Raphael being announced tomorrow? That's the one I'm really looking forward to.

[Guest J273]

Does it have the same sort of screen as the iphone or is it like the touch?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

The normal type so far as I can work out?

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[Guest zinger5]

well i guess no MicroSD isn't terrible - it does make it something to go wrong that can't be easily swapped out with a cheap replacement though.