HTC touch diamond

Wang Computer · 4 Sep 2008 at 17:58

I've just been offered one of these from the O2 urine retention team. Worth it? I kind of liked the Omnia though.

chippie · 4 Sep 2008 at 18:01

Wang Computer said:
I've just been offered one of these from the O2 urine retention team. Worth it? I kind of liked the Omnia though.

Yeah, I really like mine. It's not quite the same as the original diamond, it doesn't have the silly strange shaped back.

Make sure you get a good deal though. I got 600 mins, 1000 texts and unlimited mobile internet for £20 a month on an 18 month contract from the retentions people.

Mujja · 4 Sep 2008 at 18:08

If what you liked about the Omina was the custom interface then you should have a look at the Diamond interface first as it's totally different.

If you liked the Omina's large storage space and camera then Diamond isn't for you as it on has 4GB with no expansion card slot.

Wang Computer · 4 Sep 2008 at 18:33

Primarily I want the ability to email from my phone without resorting to a Blackberry (I had a Pearl and the call sound quality was just plain awful). This phone allows you to control the touch screen without using the sylus, correct?

Yas786 · 4 Sep 2008 at 19:54

Wang Computer said:
Primarily I want the ability to email from my phone without resorting to a Blackberry (I had a Pearl and the call sound quality was just plain awful). This phone allows you to control the touch screen without using the sylus, correct?

Yep your right, you can use the screen without the stylus but to be perfectly honest...i use my stylus all the time. I have a standard vanilla Diamond ie sim free in other words and its a great unit but the touch screen can be pretty fustrating at times.

Ive got shot of the original rom and used the TLR rom from xda developers and its been brilliant...a lot more responsive but it does have a few bugs. Looking at updating the TLR rom to Duttys new 1.8 rom from xda....got to find some time to flash it tho...havent had a chance to do so.

The phone as someone mentioned earlier on is a bit like marmite...you either love it or hate it...ive got used to the little niggles and love it. But ill probably be selling it soon as i can upgrade my contract as i have my eye on the new blackberry bold which is meant to be released soon on Tmobile...but i wont be able to upgrade till Jan of next yr.

chippie · 4 Sep 2008 at 21:29

Spawn said:
Yep your right, you can use the screen without the stylus but to be perfectly honest...i use my stylus all the time.

Interesting, I hardly ever use the stylus. All text inputting I do using the phone style keypad input, as the buttons on the screen are plenty big enough to hit with a thumb or finger.

Meeko · 5 Sep 2008 at 10:41

Got my Diamond (well, O2 Ignito) at the start of the week and totally loving it. I've updated to the SwiftBBL ROM and it flies in comparision to stock (not to say that the stock ROM was bad, but it did feel a bit sluggish at times).

On the lookout for some new software for it so if anyone has got any recommendations, let me know. I've downloaded ScummVM for playing all the classic Lucas Arts adventure games but for some reason, it is appearing extremely small on the screen - anyone know how to solve this?

Loosecannon · 5 Sep 2008 at 18:03

I had an omnia, but due to signal issues with Vodafone I had to return it.

Got a diamond from o2 instead and I love it. Smaller and better than the omnia in my opinion, even without any custom roms.

Best phone I've had by far.

Heofz · 6 Sep 2008 at 00:06

hmm guys I really want to get this phone, but I'm looking for something like at least 300 free mins/200 free txts/unlimited internet + free handset, for something like £20-£25/month

i don't mind committing to a 24month contract either, found a good few deals but there's always 1 thing thats missing, usually the unlimited internet.

I think its a bit harsh advertising a phone to have 3g and then to not mention anything about internet charges lol

Stellios · 6 Sep 2008 at 01:03

Youll be lucky to get it for free on a £25/m contract unless you are going to get some kind of loyalty bonus liek what orange do.

neil3k · 6 Sep 2008 at 11:12

Meeko said:
Got my Diamond (well, O2 Ignito) at the start of the week and totally loving it. I've updated to the SwiftBBL ROM and it flies in comparision to stock (not to say that the stock ROM was bad, but it did feel a bit sluggish at times).

On the lookout for some new software for it so if anyone has got any recommendations, let me know. I've downloaded ScummVM for playing all the classic Lucas Arts adventure games but for some reason, it is appearing extremely small on the screen - anyone know how to solve this?

Could you provide me with some instructions as to how you did this

Yas786 · 6 Sep 2008 at 14:26

neil3k said:
Could you provide me with some instructions as to how you did this

Best off going to xda forums where there is a tutorial for installing custom roms.....you will need to download and install the unsigned hard spl app in order to get a custom rom on the phone.

Head to this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416211

Hope that helps

Loosecannon · 6 Sep 2008 at 14:39

Heofz said:
hmm guys I really want to get this phone, but I'm looking for something like at least 300 free mins/200 free txts/unlimited internet + free handset, for something like £20-£25/month

i don't mind committing to a 24month contract either, found a good few deals but there's always 1 thing thats missing, usually the unlimited internet.

I think its a bit harsh advertising a phone to have 3g and then to not mention anything about internet charges lol

If your with O2 already you can get from retentions:
600 mins
1000 texts
unlimited internet
free phone

for £20-25 for 18 months

Very happy with mine, but I will probably buy the bigger battery on release.

mrgubby · 6 Sep 2008 at 16:46

neil3k said:
Could you provide me with some instructions as to how you did this

Have a look here , it's the information I used when I did my Vario II, I *think* it should be much the same for the Diamond ?

neil3k · 7 Sep 2008 at 12:47

www.modmydiamond.info

uroboros · 7 Sep 2008 at 13:54

Just managed to wrangle this phone with retentions at O2 with the same deal. Should be here on Tuesday. When is the bigger battery out?

Wang Computer · 7 Sep 2008 at 22:28

I took the plunge and ordered it. I've never had a fancy phone before! Will let you know how I get on.

Horray for consumerism!

uroboros · 8 Sep 2008 at 07:49

Horray for everything

v_man · 10 Sep 2008 at 11:58

Spawn said:
Best off going to xda forums where there is a tutorial for installing custom roms.....you will need to download and install the unsigned hard spl app in order to get a custom rom on the phone.

Head to this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416211

Hope that helps

Am i right in assuming this would work ok on the O2 Ignito also?

Meeko · 10 Sep 2008 at 12:27

v_man said:
Am i right in assuming this would work ok on the O2 Ignito also?

Yes, the Ignito is just a Diamond in less sparkly clothing. I've updated the ROM on my Ignito with the SwiftBBL 6.1 ROM from XDA Developers.