The first official press images for the Sprint version of the HTC Touch Diamond have surfaced along with confirmed information regarding specifications, and a confirmed launch date.
The device will launch with the highest level of specifcations ever seen on a Sprint branded HTC device, with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a VGA resolution display, EVDO Rev. A., 528 Mhz clockspeed, 256 MB of system ROM, 256 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, and 4GB of storage memory.
This makes the Diamond the most powerful HTC device on the carrier since the PPC-6600 with the latest addition being a massive increase in battery capacity from the GSM version’s 700mAh battery to 1350 mAh, causing the device to ship with a slightly thicker battery cover to compensate for the added battery life.
The device will feature TouchFLO 3D with Sprint customizations, but is otherwise identical to TouchFLO 3D found on the GSM version. The device is now expected to launch on August 28th in the usual sales channels, which falls inline with the previously leaked roadmap that first stated a September 2nd launch.
I knew this site would not give credit where due so its a good thing i tagged the pic with my nick.
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1907612&postcount=312
r0fl, the original source of the picture is Sprint. This information is available from multiple sources, and as such, we do not attempt to assign credit to individual posters in such situations.
then get your photo from sprint, untouched. until then the source of this pic is from me.
Is this the one with the full keyboard? Whats the keyboard one called? Any idea when that will be released? Thanks
Yeah, if you look just to the left of the guy in the blue, it says “rofl” in black text. I doubt that’s from Sprint’s marketing department.
Does anyone know if Sprint or Htc will be offering a black battery cover like the Telus version of the Diamond? I’m not too fond of this burgandy color that Sprint decided to use.
I normally don’t like people picking on phonenews.com but Mr. Price, you are in the wrong. You clearly took these pics from the poster and are pawning them off as official press release pics. That’s pretty messed up!
Yeah, Chris. I’ve seen you hide behind that excuse in the past. Give credit where it’s due.
We’re not hiding behind anything. It’s our editorial policy… and we have no plans to change it.
We cite original sources. Here, Sprint is the original source.
We made this decision long ago, in part to protect employees who leak information to the public. It’s a guideline we have consistently held to.
Any idea what the price will be?
unless the photo was taken by rofl, then the original source is technically sprint…and the decision to not site any 2nd hand sources is a very good one…i for one wouldn’t want to lose my job over leaking info or photos.
whats the big deal anyways? can’t one just be excited about the phone…like me. I’m simply leaking fundrops of anticipation to play with this device.
I don’t understand this. I’m not trying to argue, or say your not doing your job so don’t think that at all. Obviously the picture is originally from Sprint. The person who first posted these pics goes by the nickname rofl. If there are pics that are untagged, why not use those instead of someones tagged leaked photos? That’s like me taking the sexy Miley Cyrus iphone pics that got hacked and had some dudes tag all over it and posting them on some forum claiming I got them.
If you don’t want to change the picture, that’s your call, but personally I think that hurts you. I’m sure the guy who leaked these pics isn’t happy about it. I’m going to stay out of it from this point on. I’ll let someone else argue with you.
Josh, we’re certainly not trying to argue, so you’re only arguing with yourself. We are, however, happy to explain why we came to this decision.
As Ryan explained above, citing employees that leak info, singling them out, is legally ambiguous. While Apple v. Does gives us some protection, a company could demand us to provide information about our sources. As such, we try to retain as little information about sources and contacts.
And, to that end, we do not retain information on what employee leaks information. It could endanger their jobs, and in turn, endanger a vital information resource for PhoneNews.com.
Ok maybe this is my last response…haha…
I understand you are trying to protect him, but he is taking the risk in posting it by himself. It’s just like when people posted pictures of the QCHAT phones. People got fired over that. Who’s fault is it? Not a phone site, or a forum. The person posting risked that it would not be traced back to them, but it was. While that’s sad they lost their job and such, it’s the risk they were willing to take. You stated there are several sources with the pictures. If you truly were so concerned about this guy, you would post those, not his tagged photos, period. I know I’m right on this issue and no comment is further needed.
What.. no QChat? Why isn’t Sprint adding QChat on all of their new phones. It’s already Rev A so it can’t be THAT hard to implement!
Josh, you may feel that you’re right, but your premise is incorrect.
If we announce who-leaks-what, it is a tacit approval of that process. We feel that is both a threat to sources, and to the media to do. As such, we only identify original sources.
Now, some would say why we report on this at all… the reason is, it is still news, and it would be equally wrong for us to not report on it.
So, we have to walk a fine line. There is no policy that will make everyone happy on this, we’re simply doing the best we can in a new age of media.
good question dustin…
maybe its cause sprint thinks the majority of the DC customers are not gonna spend the money on this device, and/or even need/desire such a kick butt phone…which would be very smart of them
maybe its cause sprint thinks that only offering a small list of decent phones with QC is a good way of showing people they care about the DC customer and getting them to switch from iDEN to CDMA…which would be very stupid of them…
so, they are either really smart or really stupid…take your pick.
side note…am i the only one that is suprised to see more people talking about the source of the pic, rather than the news itself…HHMM
QChat is a very complex system… it will be awhile before it shows up in a PDA or Smartphone. Sprint would love to have QChat in every phone, today. But, it’s a difficult platform with only one customer (Sprint). As such, device makers are struggling with getting it to pass Sprint’s quality standards. It has to work as good as Nextel/iDEN before Sprint will approve it.
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that HTC hasn’t even started on QChat support.
How much will this be with a new 2 yr or upgrade?
GPS ?
Yes, it will have GPS on Sprint, and probably on Verizon as well.
To Bob Fran: No, this is not the one with the full keyboard like the PPC cousin. That one is called the Pro (not sure what Sprint will be nicknaming it).
garbage… the one i’m looking for is the HTC pro… any idea when it’s going to be launched in sprint?
i read this article… what do you think?
UNCONFIRMED: Sprint to launch the HTC Touch Diamond during August
While neither Sprint nor HTC made any official announcements yet, Taiwanese’ “The China Post” unveiled in its Saturday issue, that “the company [HTC] begin selling the handset [HTC Touch Diamond] through Sprint Nextel Corp. in August”. This would make perfect sense since the EVDO Touch Diamond is on sale in Canada already and photos of a Sprint branded HTC Touch Diamond was spotted earlier already.
If Sprint is going to release the HTC Touch Diamond in the U.S., it’s most likely that Sprint’s version shares the feature-set of Telus Mobility’s HTC Touch Diamond including Windows Mobile 6.1, EVDO Rev. A high-speed
Chris, does anyone know when the Touch Diamond Pro will be launched from Sprint?