John Wang - Chief Marketing Officer

[imranbashir_uk]

John Wang - CMO

Here is a video with John Wang showing off some unique and innovative features of the HTC Touch Diamond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTd3SUPSJsM

Enjoy...

[Dark Fire]

Very nice. Other handy features (not sure about uniqueness) include the case with microfibres that clean the device, and the toughened glass protecting the screen.

[Cyrus Kourosh]

Also some nice pictures here:
http://www.mpro.net/?chid=16&pid=14&page=1&t=9&vcrm=200805241859@b228fc7bad4089e0ff9b517b9c6a15b5

[imranbashir_uk]

Brilliant, the camera application also has OCR to read business cards check out the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSv6Eg27KWo

[imranbashir_uk]

Just seen a few more demo’s the attention to detail is brilliant.

Along with flipping the phone over to mute the ringtone, during a call if you remove the stylus the note application starts. If the phone is off and the stylus is removed the phone also turns on to the home screen, ready to be used.

The stylus itself is magnetic and not the silo, to make sure the stylus won’t fall out. There is a microswitch inside the silo which is used to detect when the stylus has been removed.

The scroll wheel is capacitive, and has a number of led’s that flash in a circular fashion and changes with different status messages.

The charger itself is a USB socket, and a mirror black finish, once plugged in a small HTC logo glows white to indicate it is on.

The video recording at VGA is smooth, and clear outdoors with the autofocus working really well. It records in MPEG4 and H.263 with a 2 second, 10 second or unlimited record time.

The backlight also auto adjusts with the light sensor located in the earpiece.

Great Stuff...

[Dark Fire]

Yeah, really good stuff. I've got a list of these cool handy features that the Touch Diamind has, on my desktop, and I just keep on adding to it... :)

[someone1234]

paste list!

[Dark Fire]

OK...It's only notes, so it might have a few inaccuracies created by my summarisation. Here it is so far:
- If you flip over the TD when someone is calling, it mutes itself (but does not reject the call).
- When you take out the stylus during a phone call, it starts up the note application.
- When you take out the stylus while the device is off, it turns the device on.
- The buttons below the screen are real buttons and touch sensitive. This is capacitive Touch sensitivity, so it can sense the proximity of skin and, for example, focus the camera in preperation for the taking of a photograph.
- The circular thing on the front has fancy LEDs that flash in different patterns when different things happen (e.g. new message).
- And the case is lined with a microfibre-style material that will clean both sides of the handset whenever it’s put in and taken out.
- Finally, there is toughened glass between the touch surface and the LCD screen, meaning it's pretty hard to break.

And then, from the post above:
"The charger itself is a USB socket, and a mirror black finish, once plugged in a small HTC logo glows white to indicate it is on.

The video recording at VGA is smooth, and clear outdoors with the autofocus working really well. It records in MPEG4 and H.263 with a 2 second, 10 second or unlimited record time.

The backlight also auto adjusts with the light sensor located in the earpiece."

[rorydaredkign]

according to the accessories forum/thread, the self cleaning case isnt included

[someone1234]

I read on here somewhere it has OCR for the camera to capture business card info.

EDIT: LOL in this very thread :)

[rorydaredkign]

I read on here somewhere it has OCR for the camera to capture business card info.

EDIT: LOL in this very thread :)

mark knew that one already... why thats useful i dont know.. i guess thats probably because im not a person who gets business cards

[Dark Fire]

Oh yeah, I was going to add that to my list earlier. We really need a thread to list these random features.

[someone1234]

just start one, and keep editing it.. maybe it'll get stickied.

[rorydaredkign]

maybe have whats included in the box at the top.

[Dark Fire]

That's a good idea...
The new thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2233992

If anyone knows of any other features that could go in that list, or if anyone knows what's in the box, reply on that thread.

[someone1234]

That's a good idea...
The new thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2233992

If anyone knows of any other features that could go in that list, or if anyone knows what's in the box, reply on that thread.

cool.. add the OCR thing, it might be usefull for some people.

I guess you could add another section with unconfirmed stuff.. like tomtom7.. and accesories like the extended battery with different back cover (which makes it a bit thicker).

stuff in the box: http://www.slashphone.com/htc-touch-diamond-unboxing-16485

[Dark Fire]

I think I'll leave unconfirmed stuff off, and keep the list official, so it's more informative.

[someone1234]

just saw your sig.. so which one you going to?

I picked Imperial over UCL for software engineering. I didnt apply to cambridge because it wasnt my kinda place :)

[rorydaredkign]

just saw your sig.. so which one you going to?

I picked Imperial over UCL for software engineering. I didnt apply to cambridge because it wasnt my kinda place :)

so true, mark is always saying why dindt i apply to CAM. its because they dont do auto engineering [to which he says i could have done mechanical] and because like you its not my kinda place...
Rory

[Dark Fire]

No, Cambridge have an engineering tripos, within which you have to specialise. You just seem to want Automotive in the course title, Rory.

Obviously I'd like to to to Cambridge, but we'll see how my exams (which I should be revising for now) go. I had to reject Imperial, because they gave me the same offer as Cambridge. Thankfully, I didn't like Imperial anyway - the people there were amazingly overconfident in themselves. With no offence intended, I thought Imperial was much more like what everyone thinks Cambridge is like than Cambridge was. That's why I keep on telling Rory to go to Cambridge instead of prejudging it.

[someone1234]

I agree about some of the people at imperial and tbh i spent 95% of my social time at other universities.. the less successfull ones with the girls ;) but thats another story!

I toiled over UCL vs Imperial for ages but had to drop one because they gave me the same offers too. They really dont like to see each other on the same application form - i wish my teachers had bothered to tell me that before.
In the end i picked Imperial because they had a great mix of hardware, software and maths titled software engineering.. back then (10 odd years ago now), CS just seemed ordinary. One other reason was i got admitted to the Masters, and i could choose at the end of the second year if i would do the 4 years or 3.

I didnt apply to cambridge because i expected it to be a little up tight. Although i agree alot of the people there and at imperial probably have the same attitude - especially these days, the university itself is alot more hands off at imperial. Anyway it all depends what you're after. Eg for certain subjects the contacts you'd get at cambridge would be invaluable.

OMG! sooo off topic :)