We haven't been covering too much the ongoing attempts to get Google's Android OS to run on Windows Mobile hardware--it's a moving target with varying results depending on your device--but mtllc555 has gone ahead and shown what a fully-functional Android looks like on a Diamond 2. Results? Impressive. The OS is relatively fast for basic functions (a little sluggish on graphics) and...
Sporting a Euro Touch Diamond 2? If you are, HTC has released a "official" ROM update for the Windows Phone. The update includes Sense 2.5 and can be found on HTC's UK Support site. While the Touch Diamond 2 isn't available in the U.S. Market, we do have the AT&T Pure. Could it be next? In addition to the update for the Touch Diamond 2, HTC has also released an "official" ROM...
We've stumbled across two hotfixes for the AT&T Tilt 2 and Pure. The first fix addresses inconsistent caller id functions and the second where the Windows phone freezes in the SMS application. Both fixes are not ROM updates and will not cause you to lose your data. HTC notes that these fixes will survive a hard reset and will only need to be installed once. Do note that the fixes...
We've already seen the leak of an official release of Windows Mobile 6.5 for the HTC Touch Diamond 2. Now HTC has released the ROM itself, with the following versions for the following regions:Germany: 2.16.407.1Denmark: 2.16.403.1United Kingdom: 2.16.405.4Sweden: 2.16.413.1Norway: 2.16.409.1Portugal: 2.16.410.1The usual reminder that these are full-on ROM upgrades, and so you need to...
While we AT&T Pure users here in the States enjoy our spanking new Windows Mobile 6.5, the unlocked Touch Diamond 2 released months ago is still awaiting the official upgrade from HTC. Gasp!The date for the upgrade keeps coming and going, but it looks like Froidstar at XDA has gotten his/her hands on the official version, unofficially, of course.It's an older build (2.07.58475) from...
Thinking about buying an AT&T Pure? (Read our review here.) Look no further than Amazon, which is offering the variant of the HTC Touch Diamond 2 for a penny. That's 1 cent. OK, so you have to open a new plan with AT&T. But if you were going to do that anyway ... Click here for the deal. [via Gear Diary]
The rumors were true. Despite Tuesday being the official Oct. 6 Super Duper Windows Mobile 6.5 launch day, the AT&T Pure is on sale right now, in stores, for the low, low price of $149.99 after two-year contract and rebate. [via Tilt Mobility] And Windows Mobile 6.5 is already on board the variant of the HTC Touch Pro 2. We sneaked over to our closest store, and there it was....
Sorry, folks. Those of you holding out hope that the AT&T Pure would have a 3.5mm headphone jack appear to be out of luck. At least that's the case for the one spied early by Tilt Mobility.Other news: Windows mobile 6.5 is on board, talk time is rated at 5 hours, with 15 days of standby. It's running TouchFLO 3D 2.1 out of the box.
Well, guess that settles that. Somebody around here was questioning whether the AT&T Pure was indeed legit, and lo and behold, here it is, seen in an AT&T store, no less. Does that mean it's destined for the Oct. 6 Super Duper Windows Mobile 6.5 launch day? Dunno for sure. But we'll definitely find out in a few days. Via Tilt Mobility (and thanks, Tim!)
Despite not being officially announced by AT&T yet, plans already are in place should the unthinkable happen to your newly purchased Tilt 2 or Pure. The upcoming branded versions of the HTC Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2, respectively, have appeared on an AT&T insurance deductible schedule. And there's no reason to cover a phone that you're not even going to carry, so ......
We assume that somewhere under these cases is the Windows phone known as the HTC Pure — it's just a little tough when your retinas are burning.Anyhoo, the pics we're looking at here from HTCpedia purportedly show the variant of the HTC Touch Diamond 2 (aka the Warhawk) that we're expecting on AT&T ... eventually. It's more than a little odd to see initial images of a phone while it'...
The AT&T news keeps on a'comin' this weekend. After getting an idea of when the HTC Touch Pro 2 (aka Tilt 2) may be released, and then seeing it show up in inventory, the Boy Genius Report now says it has pricing information for it, as well as a couple of other anticiapted phones. Let's do this the easy way:Tilt 2: $299 after contract and $50 rebate; $499 retail.Touch Diamond 2:...
That the HTC Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 will be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't really news. HTC CEO Peter Chou spilled the beans on that one before WinMo 6.5 was even announced. But we are learning that the Snap also will be graced with the upgrade, and HTC will make the upgrades available for all three phones on the Oct. 6 Super Duper Windows Mobile 6.5 launch day.That said...
OK, it's time to quit teasing you with that render of the Verizon-branded HTC Whitestone and get down to brass tacks. What we're expected to become Verizon's version of the Touch Diamond 2 has made it through the FCC, bringing it that much closer to a store near you. It's still a little up in the air whether it'll be a world phone with CDMA and GSM radios, but it's probably more likely...
We brought you the first renders of the HTC Whitestone - aka the Touch Diamond 2. We brought you diagrams of the phone. Now we bring it to you wearing the Verizon badge.Notice that the buttons have changed a bit from the last picture we saw, gaining color. The Windows Flag has moved to the middle, and there's now what appears to be a multimedia/music button on board. And that silver...
Ask and ye shall receive, dear readers. While these are "just" renders and not the in-the-flesh mockups we've seen of the T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Touch Pro 2s, what we've got here are renders of what supposedly will be coming to AT&T, courtesy of Engadget.The purloined spec slides are after the break, but everything's about what we've been told, save for launch dates, of course...
We're about to really get into the ones and zeros here, and we're going to do so after the break, so bear with us. But the skinny is that it looks like legendary ROM chef Conflipper has found evidence that the HTC Touch Diamond 2 will be coming to Sprint. (That's just us slapping a Sprint logo on a TD2 up there, so nobody freak out just yet.)Sure, that might not be a surprise, given...
Hey, we're all about fixing problems with ROMs, especially problems that creep up in the first month or so. But three hotfixes now for theEuropean Touch Diamond 2? Thanks, mates, for breaking it in for those of us in the states. But we digress. Apparently this fix tackles SMS notifications not giving an audio alert if the phone is in standby mode. Yeah, that's kinda a biggie.So, to...
If you happen to be rocking an HTC Touch Diamond 2 already – either you're outside the U.S. or are an impatient American who imported – there's a hotfix available that's really more of a hidefix.See, there's a "Start Recording" option that, well, doesn't really work, and so this hotfix just plucks the option from the phone. That said, there appears to have been some progress toward...
Two hotfixes for the Touch Diamond 2 in less than a week? That's it. Mine's going in the garbage.Just kidding, folks. Stay out of my trash. Actually, we're more inclined to take the glass-half-full route here. Hotfixes mean HTC has acknowledged problems and has fixed them. Here's what's been addressed:Hotfix No. 1 (5-22-09): If you move to the Settings tab in TouchFLO, the top part of...