Diamond Reviews

[jim2561]

Originally Posted by cmanbrazil

I wouldn't switch a phone for an incremental upgrade. Like many, every two years I look at what's out there, and decide if the upgrade with discounts will really make a difference on how I use my phone. I am upgrading from a treo 700wx. I would like to add my thoughts on why this phone is a good upgrade for me.

1. Navigation. I need a gps for my job and I would rather get a phone that could do it So that I wouldn't have to carry around both, and I could also get the benefit of a new phone. With sprint I have the everything plan so adding gps isn't any more money. While the visual is not as good as the nuvi 350, it is competent and the traffic and other live updates are much better.
However they have to fix the lag issues. I was dissapointed to find the pro has them as well.

My ability to do research on the internet is way better. Pages load much quicker than on the 700wx and I don't get all those errors.

Youtube for both entertainment, and educational videos is excellent. THe clarity beats my computer -probably because of the small frame size- and while some videos stutter, many others are fluid.

touchflo - If I keep my phone I am sure I will change this to something I find on here. For anything useful, I revert back to wm. trying to scroll through emails suck. I do like the text messaging. I hate the sprint store for music and as a music player it sucks because the earphines are horrible. I guess they are not trying to compete with the iphone here. I do like the weather tab and the settings tab is very functional. The programs tab is a decent as well.

The battery is horrible. If you own this phone you either have to stay away from it, or use it very little for it to last close to a whole day. If a bigger battery comes out I will be first in line to buy it. I guess this is the sacrifice for having a smaller phone that does so much.

Because of the lag and other problems described in this forum with this phone, I thought about switching to another, even went to verizon and att for options. Like many I wanted the iphone, until I actually spent time with it. For business, word, excell exchange server for calendar and tasks, the iphone is just not there -btw, I own an IPOD, IMAC and macbook pro, so I buy into apple when it works for me. As a phone for sheer entertainment maybe, but even there navigation is in its infacy stage compared to sprints telenav. Also, I could not find another phone this size from any carrier that could compete. So I am either keeping the diamond or going to the pro.

Hey I just wanted to make the comment that, based off your review and needs, it sounds like the 800w might be the way to go for you, though I assume you have already checked that out? (lol I'm even selling one ...) any comments on why you didn't go that way?

I don't care for the diamond either, HD all the way. I myself would have kept the 800, but the muffling of the earpiece is just terrible...did anyone ever find a fix for that?