Should I buy it ?

[monty99]

Hi everyone.

I`m new here, and I am very sorry that I don`t read trough the whole forum, I know that answers to my questions are already posted, but here it goes :

I have the possibility to buy the Diamond tomorrow morning, but I need to give the seller an answer tonight.

I never had a WM device before, the most were Symbian phones from Nokia, and I am a little unsecure.
My needs are wi-fi, large screen, nice design, music&video playback, and fluid e-mail. As I know, the Diamond meets these requirements.

Considering all it has been said and done about this device, would you still buy it ?

Thanks, and sorry again for not reading the forum, but I lack the time until I need to give the answer.

[djind]

I can only give you this: if you want to buy a touchscreen phone, buy one where you won't need a stylus.. I'm starting to get annoyed with this. But maybe cuz I have played around with the Iphone, which works alot better.
Some people still like the stylus, but I don't anymore..
As for WM goes.. I'm tired of the choppy animations.
GPS software and multimedia playback are nice though.. which are the greatest advantages..

[monty99]

It is absolutely necessary to use the stylus ? Isn`t the finger enough ?

[KillBeagle]

I'd say, that u should go for it, if you don't mind the weak battery.

On the other hand there will be the HTC Touch HD coming shortly, so you might want to wait for that one. (To get that one or to get the Diamond cheaper).

Allthough I really don't like the weak battery and it's also quite some work to adapt the diamond to your needs, I still wouldn't like to exchange it against anything else available so far.

[djind]

You can use your finger with the TouchFlo interface, but the rest not so much. Also typing is not that great. If you use the keyboard, u will have to use stylus. If you use the more finger friendly keyboard, you won't see half of the screen. I just gets irritating after a while. But beside that it is a nice phone (ok, they could do ALOT better with the battery). Good camera, good GPS, good sound when calling. It's complete..

Edit: I just remembered, like when ur going through ur contacts, it is very hard to flip or scroll. I think that's just WM, because Resco File Explorer works nice..

[monty99]

Thank you for your answers.
So for usual tasks ( looking for contacts, making calls, ) the finger is enough, right ? Texting and other stuff, with stylus.

Also, are there apps for reading e-books ? Like mobipocket on symbian ?

Does the phone freeze sometimes ? Or acts erratically ?

Considering that I actually like to "play" with and tweak devices, maybe I will give it a try.

If anyone wants to give other advices, please feel free.

[djind]

Lots of tweaks and playing around with it.. Especially thanks to these forums! It is possible to use ur finger for usual tasks, so go for it.. texting is possible with finger, but because of the screensize and the big size of the keyboard, it is much better to use a smaller keyboard and use stylus..

[Aqrab]

Hi everyone.

I`m new here, and I am very sorry that I don`t read trough the whole forum, I know that answers to my questions are already posted, but here it goes :

I have the possibility to buy the Diamond tomorrow morning, but I need to give the seller an answer tonight.

I never had a WM device before, the most were Symbian phones from Nokia, and I am a little unsecure.
My needs are wi-fi, large screen, nice design, music&video playback, and fluid e-mail. As I know, the Diamond meets these requirements.

Considering all it has been said and done about this device, would you still buy it ?

Thanks, and sorry again for not reading the forum, but I lack the time until I need to give the answer.

come and think of it

diamond

1-weak battery life
2-using GPS the battrey only last 2 to 2:30 hour and the device goes hot
3-using wifi also the device goes hot

so you can say the weak point on diamond is the battery and need radio upgrade

im saying you a nokia fan im shore you now how to use Symbian phones SO

how about baying n96 or N95 8GB it has everything you want

N96

1-big screen
2-wifi
3-16 GB internal memory and micro SD slot
4-a lot of game and apps
5-and of cours your favorites OS

so the best choice for you is n96

hope i help you out

im a Windows moblie os fan :D

and sorry for my english :o

[levellerbob]

As I live in the UK the concept of actually buying a mobile phone is quite alien to me as you can get pretty much any phone for free with any monthy contract above £20 per month!! I certainly wouldn't pay the prices that the TD is sold for £400+.

Having said that, smartphones are far more flexible and usable than the 'dumb' phones from the likes of se, Nokia, Motorla etc. From my experience Symbian and WM are both showing their age and are a little unstable but WM easily beats Symbian and with the TD Touchflo 3D interface it looks good too.

The only real problems with the TD are the camera (good resolution but very poor in low light conditions) and the battery life (great for low usage but will drain really quick if used for music, web etc.

The phone is far smaller than a N95/N96 and the majority of other smartphones so when you consider this the battery life is actually not bad.

If you do get the TD make sure you upgrade the ROM. Lots of XDA members will recommend using a cooked (custom) ROM, but for a beginner using the official 1.93 version will result in a fantastic user experience and you can always use a cooked ROM when you become more experienced.

Forgot to mention that ROM 1.93 also resolves the issue of excessive heat coming from the battery compartment.

[monty99]

I`m not really a Nokia or Symbian fan, but those are the ones I had in the last couple of years :) As long as it works ok, I don`t really care if it`s WM, Symbian, or something else.

The N95 or the N96 are not in my taste, as far as design goes.

Yes levellerbob, in a lot of countries, there is a very nice policy regarding cost of cell phones on contract from operators, but as I`m not that lucky, I need to know a lot of things before I pay :( Still, thanks for all the advices.

If I decide on the Diamond, I`ll be on this forum all day everyday :)

[Aqrab]

I`m not really a Nokia or Symbian fan, but those are the ones I had in the last couple of years :) As long as it works ok, I don`t really care if it`s WM, Symbian, or something else.

The N95 or the N96 are not in my taste, as far as design goes.

if that so go for the diamond

ah and dont forget to see the diamond pro maybe you will like it ;)