Video: HTC Hero vs iPhone 3GS

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Comparison Part 1

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Available in Stores Nationwide Beginning Today

T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the national retail availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile^® myTouch^™ 3G with Google^™. Customers can now purchase the myTouch 3G in T-Mobile retail and partner locations, as well as online at http://www.t-mobilemytouch.com, and also choose from an array of accessories and customized shells to make their device truly their own.

To celebrate its arrival, T-Mobile is aiming high and plans to launch an aerial spectacle in the sky over San Francisco. Today at noon PDT, 100 skydivers, each dressed as unique personalities to reflect the individuality of the myTouch experience, will colorfully parachute in synchronized formations over the city*.

“myTouch 3G can be personalized to wholly reflect your individuality, pride and passion, making it ‘100% you,’” said Denny Marie Post, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. “We’ll help this come to life from the get-go at our retail stores, where unique sample personas will be displayed to illustrate some of the many customization options. Also, our skilled myTouch 3G Retail Champions will learn about our customers’ interests and needs to make sure they’re suited to make their myTouch unlike any other.”

The Retail Champions, deeply trained specifically to help customers maximize their myTouch 3G experience, will assist with downloads, demonstrate the multitude of features and applications available for customers, and showcase personalization options.

myTouch 3G has much to boast about on the outside. To complement its sleek and lightweight look and feel, a variety of accessories and pre-designed shell patterns are available, including the ability to individualize accessories. Customers will also be able to design their own shell using a variety of methods, including uploading a personal photo, graphic design, or selecting text, shapes, icons or logos. The final design is custom-printed onto the shell, then shipped.

In addition, the ecosystem of accessories available for myTouch includes everything from gel skins to device cases to wrist straps to covers. Five distinct accessory bundles will be available this month online, including a music pack with portable speakers and a bonus promotional card for Amazon MP3 downloads, and a fitness pack that includes a fitness belt and arm band — each allowing customers to further match the phone to their unique lifestyle.

On its inside, myTouch provides customers with the ability to richly personalize the entire theme of the device with new widgets, icons and wallpapers, which can be added directly on the home screen. Android Market^™ hosts thousands of applications that can deliver further customization to customers based on their personal passions and preferences, supported by T-Mobile’s expanding 3G network, which is currently available in 176 cities nationwide.

T-Mobile has also launched a new application within the Market called AppPack, which highlights a sampling of noteworthy applications to help customers further personalize their myTouch 3G and manage their T-Mobile accounts. At launch, AppPack includes the following applications that are free:

• Sherpa™, created by Geodelic, Sherpa learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
• imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
• WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
• Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
• FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your myTouch.
• Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
• Three T-Mobile applications will also be featured: T-Mobile My Account; T-Mobile Visual Voicemail; and T-Mobile Mobile Backup.

Additional popular phone features made possible by the partnership of T-Mobile and Google include one-touch access to the Google^™ mobile services that millions use every day including Google Search^™ by voice, Google Maps^™ with Street View, YouTube^™ and Picasa^™.

During today’s myTouch arrival celebration, skydivers accompanied by fly-by jets will land at four locations around San Francisco: Embarcadero/Justin Herman Plaza, Marina Green Park, Pier 39 and Moscone Recreation Center. Spectators at Justin Herman Plaza will have the opportunity to interact with the skydivers and product ambassadors, sample the new myTouch device as well as have the chance to get exciting gifts.

Pricing and Availability

Designed by HTC, T-Mobile myTouch 3G is available nationwide at T-Mobile retail stores for $199.99 with a two-year agreement.** It is also available at http://www.T-MobilemyTouch.com. T-Mobile myTouch 3G will be available in three colors — black, white and merlot. Customers can visit http://www.T-MobilemyTouch.com for more information.

* Weather and conditions permitting.

** Price may vary depending upon customer upgrade eligibility requirements. See T-Mobile.com for additional details. 3G coverage not available everywhere. For information where T-Mobile 3G service is available or to see T-Mobile’s Personal Coverage Check tool, please visit http://www.TMobile.com/Coverage.

Note to Editors

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myTouch, myTouch 3G, the myTouch design and Sherpa are trademarks of T-Mobile USA. Android, Google, Android Market, Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube and Picasa are trademarks of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.

About T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. operation of Deutsche Telekom AG’s (NYSE: DT) Mobile Communications Business, and a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile International, one of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications. By the end of the first quarter of 2009, more than 148 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group — 33.2 million by T-Mobile USA — all via a common technology platform based on GSM, the world’s most widely used digital wireless standard. T-Mobile’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Verizon Announces HTC Ozone

Verizon and HTC have officially announced the HTC Ozone/XV6175.

The HTC Ozone is a variant of the reference HTC Snap which features a dual-mode CDMA EVDO Rev. A / quadband GSM/EDGE radio, QVGA landscape display, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, A-GPS support, Wi-Fi radio and Bluetooth with stereo audio support, speakerphone, microSDHC expansion slot and 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, auto focus and flash.

As expected, the device will be available on June 29th online and through Telesales, with wider retail availability set for July 13th. Pricing is set at $429.99 Month-to-Month, $189.99 on a new 1 year agreement and $119.99 on a 2 year agreement before an additional $70 mail-in rebate, bringing the totals to $119.99 and $49.99 respectively.

Sprint to Go Android with HTC Hero & Samsung WiMAX/CDMA

Sources speaking to PhoneNews.com have confirmed that Sprint is internally testing the HTC Hero currently slated for release at the end of the year.

The biggest news however, has to do with Samsung and its device currently in testing which is a CDMA/WiMax device running Android according to preliminary details.

Sprint has previously confirmed plans to release a tri-mode CDMA/WiMax device between this year and 2010, which would place internal testing of the Samsung device inline with the aforementioned timeframe.

HTC Touch Diamond update adds GSM 850 band, more

A ROM update for the HTC Touch Diamond was released on Wednesday, giving the phone a few added capabilities, with the addition of the 850MHz GSM band for calling -- but not 850MHz 3G over HSPA for data -- and a quicker response from the TouchFLO 3D touchscreen interface chief among them. Users who perform the upgrade will also be able to use the EDGE data network. With the update, HTC will more specificially speed up the tab switching function along with the movement of the TouchFLO 3D interface. Eight other smaller fixes are part of the new software, including the occasional lack of signal, the sound alert delay after the arrival of SMS messages and speeding up the loading times of the home page.

Smaller quirks such as disabling the tendency of the screen shutting off again five seconds after users wake it up during a phone call and improving the audio quality when the audio booster is enabled were also addressed.

Rounding off the changes users are likely to notice are making the navigator control responsive in camera mode, and a new random access bar on the screen that allows selecting weather information in various countries and cities. [via Gizmodo]

HTC Touch Diamond review

We called it a game for the Diamond and Omnia but the crowd is still on their feet, so there we go with the HTC Diamond's lap of honor. The latest HTC squad member, HTC Touch Diamond, might as well be starting a new era for Microsoft OS-powered mobiles.

Never before has Windows Mobile looked this sharp, nor has it been as feature-loaded. Gem-inspired design, VGA screen, GPS and a built-in accelerometer might just be enough to get WinMo fans exited but the HTC Touch Diamond reaches beyond. A usable 3 megapixel camera and the latest edition of the TouchFLO UI are running on the brand new 6.1 version of the Windows Mobile Professional OS. And all that is packed into a package that's as compact as they get.

We already saw the Diamond in action - and up against some cutthroat competition. It now has the spotlight all to itself and we're about to see if it's got the diamond-hard performance to become a true blockbuster.

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Key features

* 2.8" 65K-color VGA display
* TouchFLO 3D Home screen and gesture controls
* 4 GB of internal storage
* Wi-Fi
* Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz CPU and 192 MB DDR SDRAM
* Dedicated graphics chip (64MB RAM reserved for graphics)
* HSDPA 7.2Mbps
* Built-in GPS receiver
* Standout design
* Compact and lightweight
* Stereo FM radio with RDS
* 3.15 MP auto focus camera
* Active magnetic stylus
* Touch-sensitive scroll wheel
* MS Office Mobile document editor
* Opera 9.5 web browser
* Standard miniUSB slot and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
* Comes with the amusing Teeter game
* YouTube client
* Excellent video playback performance

Main disadvantages:

* Poor battery life
* Fingerprint nightmare
* Average sunlight legibility
* No memory card slot
* Questionable build quality
* Tri-band GSM support only
* No TV out port
* No standard 3.5mm audio jack
* Back panel design has negative impact on usability and camera image
quality
* Back panel finish started to wear off in a few weeks of usage
* Limited scroll wheel usage

It's rather hard to find a Windows mobile device to boast the same extras as the Diamond and be just as pocket-friendly. The compact size of the HTC Touch Diamond and the VGA screen are its best ammo in the market share war.

HTC Touch Diamond all over

We already stood the HTC Touch Diamond against the other most interesting WinMo device to recently surface - the Samsung i900 Omnia. You can replay the PocketPC championship game here.

HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung i900 Omnia head to head

Alongside the Omnia, there are a couple of other devices to fight the HTC Touch Diamond for a place under the sun. Here are a few alternatives to check out before cashing out for the Diamond.

Eten glofiish X900 has virtually the same feature pack as the HTC Touch Diamond, although it weighs a good 37 grams more. However, it packs quad-band GSM and tri-band UMTS (with HSDPA), which might make all the difference for frequent travelers. The glofiish V900 is another interesting offer by Eten not to be overlooked, especially with that built-in DVB-H/DVB-T/T-DMB/DAB TV broadcast receiver in mind. Neither of Eten devices however has hit the shelves, so we are yet to see if their performance is a match for the Diamond.

A few members of the Gigabyte g-Smart lineup also feature VGA screens and comparably lightweight bodies. i350, t600 and MW998 are a few names that come to mind. We doubt it however that the PocketPCs manufactured by the relatively less popular GigaByte can be considered as a serious rival of the Diamond.

Now if you have already gone through the HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung i900 Omnia head-to-head article you are probably wondering if this review is worth your time. Well, truthfully, we have put our every effort to make it worth it:

* we've added a number of new unpublished photos - both of the device and the interface

* we've added a whole bunch of unpublished camera samples

* we've covered new topics such as detailed TouchFLO Home screen description, the FM radio, the organizer, the mobile office and the full range of preinstalled applications

* we've covered the Opera 9.5 web browser in greater detail

* and finally, we've added a whole new chapter on Tweaking and Modding that would hopefully allow you to unleash the true power of your Diamond

So basically, we really hope that you would enjoy this detailed review as much as you enjoy most of our articles here at GSMArena. Well, if we've got you interested enough, hit this small jump for more on the HTC Touch Diamond.