HTC Touch Diamond with keyboard
John Chan | May 29, 2008
The Touch Diamond hasn't even gone on sale in most countries and already, another new version has been announced. T-Mobile Germany launched three new MDA phones (its name for the HTC devices) and one of them is the MDA Vario IV, which is the rumored HTC Raphael. The other two are variants of the Diamond and Advantage.
This PDA-phone is largely similar to the HTC Touch Diamond, but comes with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard like the TyTN II. According to Netherlands-based site Mobile Phone Helpdesk, the Vario IV has all the features of the Diamond but comes with 256MB of RAM instead of 192MB. There's no indication if it will sport TouchFLO 3D like the Diamond. But looking at the flat front surface, it certainly looks ready for HTC's custom interface.
The T-Mobile MDA Vario IV will go on sale in Germany at the end of September. We have contacted HTC regarding its availability in Asia and are awaiting an answer.
Via ZDNet | Image credit: Mobile Phone Helpdesk Europe
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pelachi says...
corrrrr - touch diamond with a keyboard AND more RAM? Wonder if they also put in an expansion slot. At this rate, I'll be forever waiting to upgrade my Dopod 838 pro..... I thought the Touch Cruise was brilliant but decided to wait because of the Touch Diamond and/or maybe the Sony Ericsson Xperia but a Touch Diamond with a keyboard vs Xperia with no 3G - hmmmmm.
May 30, 2008 17:53
corrrrr - touch diamond with a keyboard AND more RAM? Wonder if they also put in an expansion slot. At this rate, I'll be forever waiting to upgrade my Dopod 838 pro..... I thought the Touch Cruise was brilliant but decided to wait because of the Touch Diamond and/or maybe the Sony Ericsson Xperia but a Touch Diamond with a keyboard vs Xperia with no 3G - hmmmmm.
May 30, 2008 17:53
wildy says...
The Touch Diamond is out in Singapore today.
You can read more reviews at htc-resource.blogspot.com and you can download the user manual free from htt[://www.lostmymanuals.org
Hope this helps!
Jun 07, 2008 17:10
The Touch Diamond is out in Singapore today.
You can read more reviews at htc-resource.blogspot.com and you can download the user manual free from htt[://www.lostmymanuals.org
Hope this helps!
Jun 07, 2008 17:10
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ferdiei
it seems HTC is shooting at all angles of "what could be" UI expecting a mix crowd of users to appreciate what HTC could offer, but its the iphone (multi-touch) revolution that in the way,,,so qwerty on a supposed to be thinner, lighter, more user-friendly device is a confusing component of that what is called 'diamond'
May 30, 2008 07:02