DIamond review/new info camparsion

[DONNYBOYY28]

I'd Really Like To See Htc Do A Phone With A Big Screen Maybe 3.2 To 3.5. With A Design Close To That Of The T Mobile Sidekick.

[Fresh2Death]

Originally Posted by Draiko

I don't really agree with the review. They said that HTC's TouchFLO 3D causes the user to constantly rethink the interface. Em, I've used the iPhone and the iPhone 3G... I don't see how TouchFLO 3D causes the user to rethink the interface any more than the iPhone OS does.

It's even simpler to do things with TouchFLO 3D than the iPhone...

Phone function UI layout = bar on bottom of screen
Switch categories = horizontal finger swipe, touch icon on bottom menu bar, or slide finger across bottom menu bar... take yoru pick and use whatever you want to use. You're not limited to just one method.

finger swipe controls for TouchFLO 3D:

swipe Up = next item
swipe down = previous item
swipe left = previous category
swipe right = next category

Start the Phone = press green phone button

Opera browser = same basic controls as safari

Zoom in = turn wheel clockwise
Zoom out = turn wheel counter-clockwise

What the CRAP is so hard about that?

iPhone controls:

Slide to Unlock
No info on main screen, just the time and signal strength... the rest is a menu.
Swipe left to see more menu items
Swipe right to see more menu items
Touch icon to start program or move to another category
Category UI layout and user controls change moreso than on the Diamond.

The Diamond gives you easier and faster access to more information (weather, email previews, text messages, web, music, etc...)

Say you have an iPhone and you want to check what time your next appointment is. You need to turn on the phone, slide to unlock, tap the calendar icon, and finally tap on today's date. You need some info on a text message so now you have to hit the home screen button and tap the SMS icon and then pick which person may have sent you that info. It's not in SMS so now you need to check your email... hit the home screen button, tap the email icon and select the email account to see your email and use your free hand to flick through a list (only seeing sender, subject, and date). Ok... found the info. Now, you want to check the weather... you'll need to hit the home screen button (AGAIN) to back out and then tap the weather icon. Now you want to play music while browsing the web... hit the home screen, tap the iPod icon, pick your song, hit play, then tap the home screen button, tap the safari icon (then if you want to go to a favorite you have to tap the bookmark icon and flick down to find it).

On the Diamond, the same process goes like this:

Just turn on the phone, your next appointment is right there. Done. Quickly swipe finger from right to left and there's your email (sender, date, subject, and first few lines of the message). Flick up to go to the next message and down to go back. Time to check the text messages. Just swipe from right to left. Swipe up to see the next message. Now you want to check the weather, so you tap the sun icon on the bottom menu. done. Now you want to listen to some music while browsing the web. Tap the music icon on the bottom and select your song. Then tap the globe icon and tap the Earth (OR flick through the list of your favorites that are listed below the earth and tap the one you want). Done.

How is that harder and/or more confusing than the iPhone?

wow.... im not trying to add gasoline to a fire or anything but u just pwned all the negatrive remarks by the reviewer and it all makes sense. i was thinking the same thing.

[[sammich]]

Originally Posted by Fresh2Death

wow.... im not trying to add gasoline to a fire or anything but u just pwned all the negatrive remarks by the reviewer and it all makes sense. i was thinking the same thing.

I totally agree!

You SHUT HIM DOWN!! And you couldn't be more right.

[dj_mysha]

I agree that the comparisons between the iPhone and the Diamond are wearing thin. If all I needed to do on any given day was make phone calls on my iPod, then I'd be rushing down to my local Apple Store and signing my life away to Rogers or Fido (or AT&T for our southern neighbours). For people like that, the reason to buy is reducing the number of little electronic devices in their pockets. But the fact of the matter is that I, like most of us here I'm sure, am constantly on the go and I have work to do. Lots of it. There are many days that I don't have to open up my laptop because I can be 100% functional on my Diamond. That is HUGE for me.
Let's hear Steve Jobs claim that he doesn't have to open up his Macbook Air for a whole day because he he can create and edit all the Word/Excel/Powerpoint documents he needs on his iPhone.
Or that he can login to his iMac at Cupertino via Remote Desktop.
Or that TomTom gives him turn-by-turn navigation to Redmond.

Or that he can copy text from 1 email and paste it into another.

Shocking...

The list goes on. These are the things that we WinMo users are able to take for granted while the fanboi army shells out huge dollars for the privilege of having a pretty interface.
In all fairness, the one thing that we can thank Apple for is raising awareness with the general public that being able to do more on a mobile phone than talk and text is possible. This awareness will only speed up the software and hardware development that will benefit all smartphone users. Including those of us with work to do.
Now get back to work, all of you!
Myke...

[bionic1ball]

Originally Posted by dj_mysha

Now get back to work, all of you!
Myke...

LOL, i am at work reading this site i constantly update this site to see when the touch diamond is coming out for sprint..

[Chef Ben]

Originally Posted by saumaun

I totally agree!

You SHUT HIM DOWN!! And you couldn't be more right.

lol, now that's funny.

[loginatnine]

Originally Posted by Draiko

Some people complain about the lack of a 3.5mm audio jack.

Don't know if you know, but the diamond carries a mini-usb splitter that gives you:
- a mini-usb charger port
- a mini-usb headset port
- a 3.5mm audio out
- a 2.5mm audio out

[buddhatikkigod]

i think most of the people complaining and downing the iphone next to the diamond are jealous/bitter that the IPOD is so successful and gets it right for so many people. We value different things then most Iphone users so we value these PPC WM6 equipped phones higher then a simpler but imo faster and easier to use iphone. (not faster processor faster to use... that example that other user gave was bias where he listed the steps involved)

Their just arent enough people that value or require the same things we PPC users require in our phones, so they get less priority and money. Mostly from the networks opting to carry the phones but that has a direct impact on the actual phones development and features. Can you imagine how much better these phones would be if their were only old style flip phones and Windows Mobile PDAs what kind of phones we would have?

[leongus]

Originally Posted by DONNYBOYY28

I'd Really Like To See Htc Do A Phone With A Big Screen Maybe 3.2 To 3.5. With A Design Close To That Of The T Mobile Sidekick.

If that is the case, then you might want to hold out for the HTC Dream?? I, however, am quite content with the look that the look and specs the Sprint Diamond will have.

[Draiko]

Originally Posted by buddhatikkigod

i think most of the people complaining and downing the iphone next to the diamond are jealous/bitter that the IPOD is so successful and gets it right for so many people. We value different things then most Iphone users so we value these PPC WM6 equipped phones higher then a simpler but imo faster and easier to use iphone. (not faster processor faster to use... that example that other user gave was bias where he listed the steps involved)

Their just arent enough people that value or require the same things we PPC users require in our phones, so they get less priority and money. Mostly from the networks opting to carry the phones but that has a direct impact on the actual phones development and features. Can you imagine how much better these phones would be if their were only old style flip phones and Windows Mobile PDAs what kind of phones we would have?

Please explain how my example was biased.