Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

By Andrew Lim on 07 May 2008

Image 11 - Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

Programs are easy to get to using this dedicated menu. You can install all kinds of cool stuff on the Diamond, including Google Maps and any other Java-based apps you can get your hands on. A YouTube app comes preinstalled on the Diamond, so you can show your mates in the pub some video of a guy sitting in the pub showing his mates a YouTube video on his HTC Diamond — technology, bringing us closer together. And destroying the space-time continuum.

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