I'm a dedicated Blackberry user, but the HTC Touch Diamond is looking pretty sexy and seems like it would hold up in the business realm much more than an iPhone.
What do people think?
Anyone swayed by the features of the Touch Diamond?
Why should (or shouldn't) I stay with my Blackberry Bold?
If you really want an WM phone, and love BB full keyboard. Wait, and get the Pro. It is going to have full keyboard and push email for hotmail account.
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Again another touchscreen. If you prefer touchscreens, then I would say wait for the Htc diamond. But i can bet, the diamond will be much more costly than the bold. The diamond will also be easier to carry around in your pocket than the bold. The bold will be release soon. So if you are someone who wants to wait a while longer, then diamond is all yours.
I'm having a hard time as I really like the touchscreen idea, but feel like the Blackberry is just better for business. I'm not sure if this is just in my head. I wonder if it is just the marketing getting to me.
Does Blackberry still have the business edge or are the touchscreens starting to win now?
Advantages of the Bold:
full QWERTY keyboard
better integration into my work network
better email
more robust case
Advantages of iPhone/Windows Mobile
touch screen features
sexy design
easier to use UI
some have full keyboards now (HTC Touch Pro)
Xperia, Touch HD, iWhatever.... meh. On PDAs, phones and tablets I've always felt the same: initial WOW factor, then a gradual slide into annoyance over the lack of precision and the longing for an actual keyboard to get stuff typed quickly and accurately. With deft use of shortcut keys I defy anyone to get stuff done quicker than on a Blackberry to be honest.
Right now more than ever, thanks to the iPod you could sell truckloads of turds if you slapped a shiny bit of full length glass/plastic on 'em.
Oh yeah, have you actually seen the likes of the HTC Touch models in real life? Seen the finger print magnetic powers then struggled to see the display in strong sunlight?
Regardless of how 'sexy' and so on, at the end of the day the Touch Pro is still a fancied up WM... and I'm not going back there.
The Diamond is a beautiful device, but once you get used to the tactile qwery keyboard of a BB, its very difficult to change IMO.
If anything, go for the touch PRO, i believe you will most likely us the QWERTY rather than the touchscreen ... touchscreens are tedious, and NO phone on the market have perfected it, not even the Iphone!
I've been using HTC phones for years and felt (still do!) the best unit they made (for heavy email users) was the Universal....truely a best of both worlds piece of kit..just a bit bulky.
Anyway, I broke mine, could not get a replacement so opted for a Touch Diamond and bought a 'grey' import unit via Expansys on day of launch.
It looked good, worked ok (better, after few ROM upgrades) and away I went. Result? Great as a phone / OK media player / good GPS for sat nav and the tilty acelerometer game Tweater is a good way to waste time...but if you need to do any qty of email then the tippidy tappity pen / screen option is very tedious, and you do have to squint to see the 'keys' in most light conditions.
I now wanted a 3G sim from Orange UK for the Diamond and they'd only give me one if I had a 3G contract (my contract device was still the GSM Uni)...so I had to upgrade and I thought, on spec's, the Bold looked good (even though I had no intention of using it!) - but the big selling point was the screen as this was always the thing that kept me away from BB's; just thought there were all too 1990's!.
So I walked out with one...did not realise it was day 1 of availability and I took the 1 and only unit this branch had! I got the box open and thought I'd just try it......
.....so, the Diamond is now in my car's glove box as my emergency handset and the Bold is my new found, credible Universal replacement - great for email, an intuative interface, great screen (better than the Diamonds) and well, what can I say....I wont be going back to a touch screen unit when there is no massive benefit in doing so. The Bold is a much more productive unit and now, finally, I can see why BB users all seem to rave about them...
I had loan of a touch diamond for a week. It frequently slowed down/crashed and had a shocking battery life of between 6 to 8 hours. Very pretty device but found I hadto use the stylus a lot. Also had a tytyn II which I returned. Bold beats then both hands down.
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I am not a fan of Windows or touchscreens.... but the touch diamond is capable of HSDPA 7.2 Mbps where as the Bold is only capable of 3.6 Mbps.
Its twice as fast as the BOLD. ooooooohhhhhhhh......... must not get..hate windows mobile.... but 7.2Mbps .. oohhhhhhh
Oops, I forgot that with at&t and Rogers you are lucky if you can even utilize the 3.6 Mbps.
I just recently upgraded to the bb curve 8330. I previously owned an HTC touch. I like the WM but i also like the curve. when the htc pro comes out im gonna have both the curve and the pro. the best of both worlds!!!
I love my Bold, it just sucks that it took this long for rim to put out a 3G device, the Bold is not released everywhere yet and other manufacturers are already putting out 7.2 Mbps devices.
