The HTC Touch Diamond , also known as the HTC P3700 or its codename the HTC Diamond , is a Windows Mobile 6.1 -powered Pocket PC designed and manufactured by HTC . It is the first device to feature TouchFLO 3D - a new version of the TouchFLO interface, unique to the Touch family. The HTC Touch Diamond was first available in Hong Kong in late May 2008. It was available across all major European carriers in June 2008, and later in the year in other parts of the world. The American Touch Diamond was launched on September 14, 2008 on the Sprint network, and April 10, 2009 on the Verizon Wireless network. The European release date was slightly delayed by a last-minute ROM update. The carrier bound names for this phone include T-Mobile MDA Compact IV , O2 XDA Diamond and O2 XDA Ignito . It is the official successor of the HTC Touch .
19-622: The successor to the Touch Diamond - the HTC Touch Diamond2 - was announced in February 2009 for Q2 2009 release outside the US and Q4 release estimated for North America. HTC opted for resistive technology for the touchscreen. The reason cited by Horace Luke , HTC's Chief Innovation Officer, was that the resistive touch screen is better for Asian character recognition . However, the buttons beneath
38-583: A light sensor for automatic backlight adjustment. HTC opted out, however, of including a proximity sensor , a feature prominently featured on their enterprise flagship device, the Touch Pro2. Resistive touchscreen A resistive touchscreen is a type of touch-sensitive display that works by detecting pressure applied to the screen. It is composed of two flexible sheets coated with a resistive material and separated by an air gap or microdots. There are two different types of metallic layers. The first type
57-475: A phone call both turns on the screen and starts up the notes application (if so selected as an option by the user). In addition to the standard features of Windows Mobile , the following additional software is included on the Diamond: The Touch Diamond uses HTC's unique TouchFLO 3D user interface. This interface makes it easier for users to accomplish common tasks using their fingers rather than
76-429: A stylus will generally offer greater pointing precision than a capacitive touchscreen operated with a finger. Costs are relatively low when compared with active touchscreen technologies, but are also more prone to damage. Resistive touchscreen technology can be made to support multi-touch input. Single-touch screens register multiple touch inputs in their balanced location and pressure levels. For people who must grip
95-408: A stylus. TouchFLO 3D consists of tabs, and the user switches between tabs by sliding their finger along the row of tabs at the bottom of the screen. The Touch Diamond uses Opera Mobile as its default Web browser , though Internet Explorer, a standard part of Windows Mobile, is also included. It offers features such as tabbed browsing , improved zoom features, and text reflow. The browser can change
114-468: Is a videogame utilizing the accelerometer of the Touch Diamond in which the player guides a ball to a target by tilting the device, avoiding obstacles such as walls and holes. The device vibrates when the ball hits a wall, giving the illusion that a real ball is inside the device. The XDAndroid project makes it possible to run Android on HTC Windows Mobile phones, including the Touch Diamond. Over one million units were shipped in six weeks, compared to
133-470: Is called matrix , in which striped electrodes on substrates such as glass or plastic face each other. The second type is called analogue which consists of transparent electrodes without any patterning facing each other. As of 2011 analogue offered lowered production costs. When contact is made to the surface of the touchscreen, the two sheets are pressed together. On these two sheets there are horizontal and vertical lines that, when pushed together, register
152-550: The HTC Pure was released in the U.S. on October 6, 2009. The Pure was released with Windows Mobile 6.5, and featured a redesign of the phone, with a more uniform glossy black surface, and a rounded bottom. The unlocked version went on sale in the UK on April 15, 2009, and in Singapore on April 16. The XDAndroid project makes it possible to run Android on HTC Windows Mobile phones, including
171-631: The HTC Topaz . It is released with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 , but can be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5 . It is the first device to feature a revamped version of HTC's TouchFLO 3D GUI, an interface first seen on its predecessor. The Touch Diamond2 has been announced to be released in Q2 2009 and was first announced at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona . An AT&T-branded version known as
190-510: The HTC Touch , which took 5 months to reach the same milestone. HTC consequently raised its sales projection for 2008 from two to three million units. HTC said in 2009 that the sales projection was met. HTC Touch Diamond2 The HTC Touch Diamond2 , a mobile phone designed by the HTC Corporation , is the successor to the popular HTC Touch Diamond . It is also known by its codename ,
209-578: The Touch Diamond2. The Touch Diamond2 utilizes a 3.2" wide resistive touchscreen , with a resistive zoom bar below the screen to replace the larger capacitive area and navigational pad found on the HTC Diamond and Touch Pro. This device, although thicker than its predecessor (13.7 millimetres (0.54 in) thick), now features a significantly larger screen with a better resolution ( WVGA rather than VGA ). Touch Diamond users complained that battery life
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#1732884757827228-586: The active portion of the screen or must set their entire hand down on the screen, alternative touchscreen technologies are available, such as an active touchscreen in which only the stylus creates input and skin touches are rejected. However, newer touchscreen technologies allow the use of multi-touch without the aforementioned vectoring issues. Where conditions allow bare finger operation, the resistive screen's poorer responsiveness to light touches has caused it to generally be considered for use with low resolution screens and to lose market share to capacitive screens in
247-415: The capacity of the included battery are being sold by third parties and HTC itself sells an extended battery with 50% extra capacity. The screen turns itself off when a person is on a call. This is to prevent the screen accepting unwanted inputs from the user's face when they are making a call, but it also requires the user to turn the screen back on if they want to use the screen. Removing the stylus when in
266-521: The orientation of the page between portrait and landscape modes depending on the way the accelerometer senses the device is being held (not in Internet Explorer). Opera is also capable of downloading any file directly to the device, as long as the device's internal storage has enough free space. The Touch Diamond includes a YouTube program that allows users to search for videos, maintain a list of their favorite videos, and view featured videos. Teeter
285-404: The precise location of the touch. Because the touchscreen senses input from contact with nearly any object (finger, stylus/pen, palm) resistive touchscreens are a type of "passive" technology. For example, during the operation of a four-wire touchscreen, a uniform, unidirectional voltage gradient is applied to the first sheet. When the two sheets are pressed together, the second sheet measures
304-416: The screen, as well as being pressable buttons, have capacitive touch sensitivity. This feature is used by the camera application to auto-focus the camera as a finger approaches to press the button that will take a picture. Luke also noted that this is the thinnest device that HTC has designed to date. Some people find that the Touch Diamond's battery life is too short. Consequently, batteries offering double
323-550: The touchscreen responds to pressure on its surface, contact can be made with a finger or any other pointing device. Resistive touchscreen technology works well with almost any stylus -like object, and can also be operated with gloved fingers and bare fingers alike. In some circumstances, this is more desirable than a capacitive touchscreen, which needs a capacitive pointer, such as a bare finger (though some capacitive sensors can detect gloves and some gloves can work with all capacitive screens). A resistive touchscreen operated with
342-517: The voltage as distance along with the first sheet, providing the X coordinate. When this contact coordinate has been acquired, the voltage gradient is applied to the second sheet to ascertain the Y coordinate. These operations occur within a few milliseconds, registering the exact touch location as contact is made, provided the screen has been properly calibrated for variations in resistivity. Resistive touchscreens can have high resolution (4096 x 4096 or higher), providing accurate touch control. Because
361-429: Was quite poor. At MWC 2009, HTC CEO Peter Chou announced the Touch Diamond2 would have 50% better battery life. The camera has been upped from 3.2 megapixels to 5 megapixels. The device also includes expandable memory, meaning users are able to insert their own microSD cards, rather than relying on internal storage only, as with the original Diamond. HTC has again included an accelerometer for screen rotation detection and
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