Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

By Andrew Lim on 07 May 2008

Is it a Google Phone? Is it the 3G iPhone? Is it something MacGyver put together using a matchbox and his pants? Nope, it's none of those, it's HTC's latest smartphone, the Touch Diamond, which aims to take a bite out of Apple's iPhone cake.

Image 1 - Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

The team from our sister site CNET.co.uk headed down to its launch today to give it a quick once over and see if this Windows Mobile phone can keep up with the competition. They even took some photos so you can have a proper gander at it.

It's due out in June in Europe with Australia to follow soon after, so if by the end of this article you're burning to buy one, you're going to have to wait, but it won't be long. Pricing has yet to be announced.

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