Tons of new videos released courtesy of PhoneDaily. The new videos covered the overview; the 3D TouchFLO demo; the phone and SMS demo; end call demo; picture browser and YouTube demo; and the pen and keypad input demo.
The list price as reported by PhoneDaily is HK$5,680 (US$728). Chain stores such as Broadway and Fortress will be getting the phones shortly after the initial release by CSL.
This from the HTC’s press release at today’s roadshow -
“HTC is also extremely pleased to announce that Hong Kong’s leading mobile company, Hong Kong CSL Limited has been appointed the exclusive Hong Kong distributor and operator partner of the HTC Touch Diamond™….
With the introduction of the Touch Diamond™, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA wireless connectivity of up to 7.2 Mbps. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they were designed. As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan Websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.
In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Diamond™ includes a customized new, HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content….
The HTC Touch Diamond™ will be available in Hong Kong in June. A special connection price will be available from 1O1O and One2Free*. For more information, call hotline 2988 1010 and 29722 123 or check out www.1010.com.hk and www.one2free.com.”
Click here for the full press release and the full specification for the HTC Touch Diamond that is going to be release here (note the 4GB internal memory and like the iPhone, it doesn’t cater to any form of external storage).
[14 February ] The second generation of the HTC Advantage have just been announced. Spec wise, it features a Marvell PXA270 624 MHz processor, 16GB of flash memory, 5-inch VGA screen, 3 megapixel camera, 256 MB ROM, 128MB RAM, quad-band GSM, tr-band HSDPA, built-in GPS and a whopping battery of 2,100 mAh. Click here for the product sheet from HTC or here for the full specs from phoneArena.com. No news yet on the pricing but will update it once we hear more.
[Updated: 29 April] We’re closer and closer to the release of the HTC Advantage X7510. Mobile01 posted a review (in Chinese, warning: slow loading) with tons of pics of the HTC X7510, link here.
If you like the iPod coverflow, you’re gonna love this application to death. It’s the Face Contact from CNetX (US$14.95). It’s a today plugin application where you contacts can be swiped left and right exactly like the coverflow. Once you hit the contact you want, you have a choice to call, send email, SMS or browse their homepage. Really nifty application and I’m loving it the minute I installed it. Bummer, I spent US$19.95 on FunContacts (thought that one was cool, this one even better).
ZoomBoard
I like Pocket CM Keyboard a lot not because it’s free, but the touch is really sensitive and seldom do I miss on any of my key inputs. But the downside is that since it’s still in beta, one have to go back and re-install it every now and then since the beta copy have a time-out function on it, real pain.
This week, I found ZoomBoard (US$9.95), another nifty keyboard input application from VITO technology. The input is accurate and quick, that is without the zoom function on. I personally turn off the zoom function but others might find it useful to double-check what key they hit.
My new entry over at CNET Asia Community Blog is up. This week’s entry, “Follow-up to Killer Applications for Windows Mobile PocketPC Phones”. Click here for the read.
Tracy and Matt’s Blog posted the unboxed video of the all new Samsung i780, which now starts appearing in Sintat Centre down in Mongkok. No info on the pricing though rumours from local forums indicated that the English version goes for HK$3,880.
Key features
Unique dual mode touchpad navigation
Built-in GPS with A-GPS support
Large 2.55″ 320×320 pixels TFT touchscreen display
Good preloaded content
Innovative home screen plug-in
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP
HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
Fast Marvell PXA3xx processor
256MB ROM and 128MB RAM (~ 150MB is user available)
Full QWERTY keyboard
2 megapixel camera
For a more detail review, check out GSM Arena, link to their review here.
My new entry over at CNET Asia Community Blog is up. This week’s entry, “Killer applications for Windows Mobile PocketPC Phones”. Click here for the read.
The long-awaited LG KS20 is finally announced in Hong Kong and will be available next week. Going price is HK$3,980 (US$510) with an extra battery and desk-top charger. Very good price when compare with the HTC Cruise which have similar specs. For the time being, read on the latest review from GSMArena here.
From our friends over at AVING, check out the latest video on the LG KS20 at the Mobile World Congress. The latest word from LG Hong Kong is that the phone will be coming out Feb/March, ya I know, pretty vague reply there.
