Diamond Release Speculation Thread

[Trident]

Originally Posted by ScrapMaker

People who want a keyboard?

I'm still amazed at how fast my friend can type on his 6700 versus my SIP on my Vogue. I've tried SPB full, PCM (with custom skins,) and none of them come close to the hardware keyboard.

With that said, I still can't decide if the hardware keyboard is important ENOUGH for me. What it all boils down to is whether or not the Touch Pro is a hell of a lot thicker than the Diamond--(for Sprint.) I keep hearing that the CDMA versions are very similar in size--and if that is the case, I see no reason to get the diamond....

Good point.
I'm much better with my Apache hardware kb than with any onscreen keyboard I've tried (and I've tried a few), but I'm willing to lose it for the Diamond. If I was really hard-core, I'd wait for the TouchPro.

[uuummmk]

Originally Posted by chappy

It hasn't come out yet.

Sorry to harp, but it comes out later today correct? Will you still be at work to see it and post about it?

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[quarky42]

Today's the 27th...not the 28th.

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by vincemas

Here's a comparison to help everyone visualize the sizes

http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_com...-Touch-Diamond



Your right.....4mm is significant when you look at it

To be perfectly honest I rarely use my mogul slide out keyboard......so now the question becomes is the add'l memory on the pro...plus microsd slot & keyboard worth the extra 4mm thickness.....decisions decisions.....guess I have a couple of months to decide

I don't think you can really compare those sizes... there is a difference between the CDMA and GSM versions for the Touch, Diamond, and Pro...

[bhawke01]

no diamonds in my store.

[munnarg]

So right now I'm on the phone with a Sprint rep and she is saying the Diamond is coming out on Sept 2, however she cannot find anything about the Touch Pro in the system at all... that just made my heart sink.

[pg2k3]

Originally Posted by clockcycle

I think Verizon is shooting for an alternative unit with similar features, adding the option to upgrade internal storage using microSD cards and elliminating the accelerometer (which I guess they see more as a gimick like the cube was, that not many people used anyways)

I think removing the accelerometer is a big mistake. Not only does it give the Diamond and Pro a sense of motion but it also gives sense of orientation so its not a gimick at all and allot of cool software could be created to work with it. Im sure there will be alot of programs available on XDA-Dev once they figure out how to talk to that particular driver.

[bhawke01]

you need to ask someone that is not dealing with customers, that only deal with release dates. since everything in the stores says its not releasing on sept 2nd its prolly not going to since its less then a week away.

[leongus]

they already have alot of software. head over to xda or check here: pocketpcfreeware.mobi/index.php. they update software from xda often

[jammerjamming]

talked to fdt order support. they dont have it on there screen that are current til the 17th, although my internal playbook as of 8/22 says it will launch 9/2