It’s not easy to cut a Diamond
I think we can all agree that Diamond has been the greatest hit of all HTC handsets, at least regarding the mainstream category. They have had great phones before, like business devices, favorites of geeks, separate categories (Athena and Shift), but Diamond has been the one that reached out to a larger public. And it didn’t just reach out: it won their hearts. One could say lots of bad things about Windows Mobile, but the thing is that it can be great on a proper handset and with a proper user interface. Diamond has been one of these handsets.
The new one doesn’t have such an extravagant design
Due to the huge wave of new devices I didn’t really care much about the successor at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the only thing that really shocked me was that the name as one word: Diamond2. I didn’t know what to expect from it until I took it into my hands, as the predecessor has already been nearly perfect, and it still complies with the requirements of the era, at least on the technical part. I’ve still managed to draft up a couple of things. The first thing was related to the case, as Diamond looked cool, its back wore off very easily and quickly. The second was about the camera, as it wasn’t a really high-quality one, which is partially a “bug” of the Windows Mobile platform, these handsets somehow cannot produce such an image quality as their rivals do. The third thing is that I have been hoping for a powerful software optimization, as the original handset has been rather slow, the new ROMs fixed it only after a couple of months. The fourth and last requirement was the presence of a 3.5 mm jack and the lack of HTC ExtUSB. If Diamond2 fulfills all these criteria besides keeping the values of its predecessor, then it will surely be one of the best Pocket PCs available on the market.
We’ve received Diamond2 from SpeedShop in a small, black box that had no labels on it. I can’t decide whether this is the commercial packaging – as it’s too plain – or it’s just me who received such a box, as in that case it’s quite good. It’s sure that on the inside we’ll get some cardboard that looks like the egg holders, which is not very elegant, but it’s very “green”, although unfortunately those who buy a 480 euro handset usually don’t care about such things. It’s also a sure thing that besides the handset we’ll get a backup stylus, a data cable, a network charger and a stereo headset.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
