If you're the kind of person who just has to wait for official fixes to come out, well, fine. We understand. And official fixes are starting to trickle out for the 2016 SMS bug that we helped bring to light. HTC has hotfixes for the Sprint Touch Diamond and Touch Pro that in all liklihood do the exact same thing our workaround does. But if you need the HTC stamp of approval, well, here...
That's right, folks. For a limited time only (we presume) you can get the HTC Touch Pro and Touch Diamond, as well as the Samsung Omnia, for the low, low price of $99. As you well know, all three of those phones are on their way out, so the discount isn't unexpected. (The Samsung Saga is still at $199, btw, the SMT5800 is $99 the Ozone and Q9m are $49, and the original HTC Touch is $9....
For you folks out there rocking an Alltel HTC Touch Diamond, there's a ROM update now available. Here's what's fixed:Resolves potential activation issues when dialing *22899.Provides a fix for auto-dialing while in “Contacts” application.Opera browser software upgraded to later version.Includes additional miscellaneous bug fixes.It's a full-on ROM update, so your phone will be wiped. Be...
After reviewing the HTC Touch Diamond 2, taking a look at Verizon's version of the original Touch Diamond felt like a step back in time. Why Verizon waited so long to come to the table with the Touch Diamond is a mystery. But as they say, "better late than never." Right? The Touch Diamond isn't a new phone and while most will be familiar with it, once it's branded by a service...
Step right up folks and whip out the plastic! That hotly anticipated HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint is now available for purchase. For $249.99 ($324 - $100 MIR; 2 year contract or some fancy haggling on your part), the svelte leader of the "yet another black slab" phones can be yours. There is some cryptic terms regarding that $100 MIR though: Mail-in rebate requires an Everything...
HTC has released a couple of hotfixes for the original Touch Diamond that should take are of a couple of annoying bugs. (As opposed to the bugs we like, I guess.) The first hotfix takes care of problems a number of people were having with audio playback skipping. The second involves the Sounds and Notifications settings, specifically that you couldn't uncheck the Repeat Reminders option...
If you haven’t heard of HTC, you must be new here. If you haven’t heard Dieter complain about HTC’s apparent apprehension with putting a 3.5mm audio jack on their devices, you should start listening to our Podcast. One solution that has been mentioned before is HTC’s Multifunction adapter that gives you a slew of options for connecting all manner of devices to your device of choice. If...
Looks like HTC snuck out a ROM update for the Sprint variant of the Touch Diamond. Here's what's fixed in this "Maintenance Release":Provides enhancements to the HTC dialer applicationResolves an issue where the “Internal Storage” drive may not be recognized by the deviceIncludes minor enhancements for Sprint TV and Opera BrowserResolves an issue with time not updating correctly after...
The HTC Touch Diamond is finally out on Verizon, it's got a microSD card slot, and it still costs $300. And that's all we're gonna say about it.
Just a heads up that we're still expecting Verizon to finally release the HTC Touch Diamond on April 10 – that's Friday, as in tomorrow.The $300 you'll have to spend (after a $70 rebate, no less) to get the thing is downright highway robbery, though, when you consider that the Touch Diamond 2 will be making an appearance pretty soon. Sure, Verizon's will have an SD card slot, and that's...
It's release date rumor day here at WMExperts, and the latest nugget surrounds Verizon and the long-awaited release of the HTC Touch Diamond.The Boy Genuis Report says that the Diamond finally (FINALLY) will see the light of day on April 10 -- that's this Friday!Better late than never, we guess, and we'll go ahead and through out our prediction for the Touch Diamond 2: Verizon will get...
We reported a few weeks ago that Verizon finally is set to launch its own Touch Diamond, and the Boy Genius Report snagged a few pics that prove it's not just vaporware.BGR is also reporting the VZW Diamond has a Qualcomm 7500A processor running at 528 MHz; 256MB ROM/128MB RAM, and everything else we've come to expect in the Diamond (though we're curious about the state of its GPS).Of...
HTC has released an update for the Touch Diamond for users with the following ROM versions: English (Pan Europe and UK), Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish.The fixes:When you launch the Camera while the system is working on other programs, the preview screen may become black.When playing a video, sometimes a portion of the video will be...
Where would the Touch Pro 2 be without a keyboard-less little brother? Adrift, that's where. Adrift without a sibling that sports nearly identical specs, to wit: Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro3G, quad-band edgeWiFi, GPS, FM RadioMotion sensor528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200512ROM/288 RAMMicroSD Expansion4.25" x 2.09" x .54"4.15 oz5mp Camera1100 mAh Battery3.2" 480x800 WVGA screenRight, you guessed...
Might Verizon finally be getting the HTC Touch Diamond? Engadget Mobile thinks so. They've got a spy who says the Diamond will see the the light of the big V for the first time "in early to mid-March." How late to the party are they? By comparison, Sprint supposedly will end-of-life its Touch Diamond in July. In other VZW news, Engadget's tipster also points to a new phone "unlike...
Ah, the great stylus debate. Even with the advent of the more finger-friendly TouchFlo 3D, some people just can't put down the stylus. And that's OK. Different strokes and all that. And with the Touch Diamond family of devices (including the Touch Pro and Touch HD), there came the added bonus of the phone recognizing when you remove the stylus and then waking or launching a program. And...
The Boy Genius has scored a Sprint deathlist, with a couple of Windows Mobile phones slated to be EOL'd – that's end of life – in the coming months.The Motorola Q9c is on the chopping block, with its execution date set for mid-June. No replacement is noted.Also on the list is the HTC Touch Diamond, which would go the way of the dinosaurs in July. There's no replacement noted for it,...
If you just can't bring yourself to rip open your HTC Touch Diamond to find out what makes it tick, we're right there with you. After all, this is the phone that launched the 2008 wave of black-slab sexiness.But PPCGeeks member BigDiesel07 took it upon himself to rip apart the Diamond. And what he's found is that it doesn't look like an enterprising DIYer with a soldering gun will be...
HTC has released a ROM update for the Touch Diamond over on their European site. [via Gadgetmix] Included in the update are fixes for: When you launch the Camera while the system is working on other programs, the preview screen may become black.When playing a video, sometimes a portion of the video will be cut off a little bit.Fixes Audio playback problem with the speaker. Specific...
Oh, for crying out loud. We shoulda known that once the boys and girls at XDA Developers got hold of the Android OS, hijinx would ensue. First they got Android up and running on the Tilt, and then the HTC Touch. Now it