dont think it would be successful? hmm..i think otherwise..most people will buy it for its slim form factor and above all, its user interface...it would be a big hit...most people - unless they're power PPC users who care bout batt life, will never bother about it.

also, look at the htc touch, when it came out...it was not a powerful PDA phone, but it sold well because of its user interface and size...this one's on steroids and it should do well too.

the xda version of this diamond looks quit ugly imo. plans to port it to tytn2 and cruise? well, i cant say for sure, of course someone would port something similar, maybe minus some fancy animations and all..but this think needs a proper graphics accelerator. the msm7200 has a good gpu, but lets see if htc actually enables it.

This post has been edited by n20nine: May 9 2008, 12:12 AM

it will die? yes the touch cube 3d needs a graphics accelerator, yes it has a VGA screen. power hungry? yes...
but wm 6.1 has batt life improvements and do you know that a dedicated graphics accelerator actually improves batt life? this is because it takes processing power off the CPU and the GPU handles it. even the n96 has similar batt life to the original n95 even tough it has a bigger and better display plus the added functions - same capacity btw. i watched the q and a session with the nokia product manager and he claims the addition of dedicated dsp/gpu's will increase batt life, maybe not too significant, but hey its better than nothing.

taken from htc's site :

Standby time:

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Up to 396 hours for WCDMA
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Up to 285 hours for GSM

as for the TC :

1350 mAh rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Standby time:

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Up to 450 hours for UMTS
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Up to 400 hours for GSM

of course we should take manufacturer's claims with a pinch of salt...but its not all that bad. 4-5 hours of batt life? come on dude. do you think htc or even other manufacturer's are stupid? how do you sell a phone that lasts only 4-5 hours? they have tested out the device and a device can only be put on the market after substantial tests, including batt life...else no one would eventually buy it. i agree the batt life aint as good as the TC, but its a matter of time till an extended battery is made and it has a respectable standby time.

yes you are right, only time will tell.

and yes they are cheap, i have to agree with you on that, ever since the dopod days...but things will have to change in the coming years.

i dont agree with the "convo" u typed above. it kinda differs. htc never promised that they will release proper graphics drivers for their phones before they sold them. heck, they did not even tell anyone that the phones had a good graphics chipset in it. it was only discovered by users later on that they did not include proper drivers, prompting a petition that eventually brought htc to agreeing to come up with the drivers. yes, the drivers are not out yet, but i dont recall them promising a specific date for the driver release..maybe i did not read it about it.

but batt life is an essential thing, yes i agree the battery may not be that fantastic to the current offerings in terms of power, due to size limitations, but they will not put a battery that lasts 4-5 hours only.

any TC owners thought of installing SPB Shell 2? i thought it looked better than the current touchflo in the TC.