HTC Touch Diamond Clears FCC; CDMA Version
Yes, this week has been pretty crazy indeed. Apple might have been the focus of attention but yesterday we had a little treat for you BlackBerry lovers out there. Even still, those of you on CDMA networks were pretty much shut out. Well CDMA people, say hello to your new little friend. The folks over at the FCC have been pretty busy lately from the looks of things, not that being busy testing unreleased gadgets is a bad thing. This past Thursday we learned that the Touch Diamond has made its way through testing and its now ready for prime time. And what’s that? As has been rumored this is a CDMA version complete with all the EV-DO and WiFi you can handle. Telus has already announced that it will carry the handset north of the border, but no US carriers have publicly signed on for the Touch Diamond yet. Word on the street however, is that both Verizon and Sprint will be dropping this gem soon enough. No need to recap the rest of the specs; we covered it plenty when HTC dragged us all the way out to London to announce one – single – handset.
Only complaint about the Diamond is just like the Touch, it takes too much force for it to register when you touch the screen. I’ve really come to blame HTC for the problem too when other pressure sensitive screens respond much better than theirs.
I guess this is the 6950 launching on 9/2
any idea of way the price is goin to be??? Htc is goin to have to come correct if they want to compete wit the iPhone
Can’t wait for this to hit Sprint. Just hope it won’t require an Instinct like SEP.
Good news, hopefully we’ll see the Touch Pro coming our way also…
the gsm one dosnt even work on US 3g yet thats stupid. where are all the Dual quad band phones at ? its 2008 not 1999
there were notes in the fcc documents requesting confidentiality into October. This may indicate that it will not release until October in which case the 6950 may be the Touch dual which also just got a CDMA version pushed through the fcc. Perhaps a cheap priced Touch and Touch Dual (49.99-99.99 range) with a Diamond and Touch pro for the higher end (299-399 range)????
I wish the Touch Dual came out around the same time as the original Touch
For some reason I have a hard time believing that the Touch will drop from $249 to $49 in the next few months.
This Spring they were selling all smartphones for $99 after all rebates, so it could happen, probably not that far a drop
slow news day…
The processor is very fast for a phone. The only way I’m going to get that phone is if someone figures out how to get that slow TouchFlo interface removed and if HTC fixes the touch screen problems.
Looks nice…hope we can use Android on it.
would like to know will phone take
SD mini cards.
i know i know wrong place but any news on the the touch pro coming to AT&T?
Im not sure if the 6950 is the touch dual or the touch diamond. I do know for sure it will be here very soon the device SKU and retail price are already in the computers to be sold.
SP6950
549.99
Wow I’m so excited for this to come out on Verizon you have no idea. I’ve been waiting for this kind of phone forever! A phone where you can watch movies and listen to music and best of all have Wi-Fi!!! I bought the iPod touch (2nd gen) just for the Wi-Fi pretty much. Oh and also being able to watch movies and all that other good stuff. But I don’t think I’ll be needing it anymore
too bad tomorrow is the last day of Jan and no one at Verizon seems to have any idea about the rollout date for this phone….does anyone have any info??
I had a HTC Touch 6900 from altell/verizon but it got washed (oops). My 6950 will be coming in the mail tomorrow or the next day. I can’t wait to see what it can do. Hope is is close to the Touch 6900 but better.