[ou2mame]

i had the diamond for about a month and a half, and then switched to the pro...why?

well, i had 3 diamonds. there was something wrong with all of them. the third actually worked pretty well, but i really wanted tv out. i feel as though thats a feature worth having. some people won't use it, but i use it all the time. the obvious drawbacks of the diamond were mostly why i switched... card slot, keyboard, rumored wimax compatibiltiy, more onboard memory for applications (which is a BIG plus, because you can switch sd cards and still have all your apps installed on the phone ((which makes the phone faster overall)). the size really isn't that much of a difference. my gf's tilt is still thicker than my pro, and larger overall.. most phones in this category are larger.

both are good phones, but i feel as though the diamond just wasn't for me. the features it lacked, i ended up really needing.

as for hardware vs onscreen keyboard... i do a lot of excel editing on my phone, and i can't imagine doing it with a touch screen because you wouldn't be able to see what you are doing. i use the onscreen keyboard for texting, and leave the real text entry (excel, emails, etc) to the real keyboard.

if you aren't going to use most of the features these phones have, i'd recommend getting the diamond then. but if you really plan on using it for what its meant for, the pro is really the only option (i think).

for me, this phone is replacing a pda and a cellphone. for others though, they may have never used a pda, or never had reason to. i use it for work, so i need something as close to a computer a humanly possible.

i have to really disagree with people who say the pro feels cheap. it really doesn't. the battery cover doesn't sit right, but besides that, its a fairly solid device considering the movements that it makes. its about as solid as anyone could expect a device that is really two pieces held together by a tiny hindge as it can be.