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Sprint and HTC just recently launched the new “touch Diamond” phone. I have had the phone for about a month now and the touch flow OS is really nice. It is very different from any other phone I have had in the past, the likes of the HTC wing, and HTC MDA, SDA are in the same ballpark but not the same concept. The phone is out to compete with the Iphone which gets so much attention that every time I hear about it I want to puke. Not to mention the Ipod is keeping just about every plastic and speaker manufacturer on the planet in business with companies making a docking station for it. Woot has a docking station on clearance every other day!

The phone itself is small, smaller than what I am used to but It has a nice weight and feel to it in the hand. It sports a 3.2 Megapixel camera complete with video capture as well….which is really nice. The camera does have a major flaw though, the person or landscape has to be completely still or the picture turns out really blurry… ugh!

The touch flow OS allows one finger navigation thoughout all of the programs… contacts, emails, pictures, etc.. It is very responsive as well, you don’t have to press your finger too hard against the phone to get a response. The phone currently uses the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 which has some great features in itself. Using active sync is easy and flawless on this OS, I had the phone for no longer than 15 minutes and already had my email, contacts, and calendar synced up from my Outlook.

All in all I would recommend this phone to anyone that has a slightly computer literate mind and has enough money to buy one right now… they are not cheap. As this was written they are going for $400-$500 on ebay, or I’m sure Sprint would not mind trapping you in a 2 year contract to knock a few hundred bucks off the price.