On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 13:29 +0300, Marechiare wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> > I splurged last year and got the HTC Diamond Touch.
> > It's Windows Mobile based, so yes you have to deal
> > with some "issues", but once you're aware of them it's
> > an incredibly useful device.
> >
> > It's got a 640x480 screen, so browsing the web on
> > it is as close to the desktop experience as any smart
> > phone (the extra resolution makes it better IMHO then
> > an Iphone, which is the standard).
> >
> > This past weekend I was in Montreal and for the first
> > time pretty much ever, I never had to pull out the laptop
> > (it sat in it's bag the whole weekend). Every time we
> > needed to look something up (directions, phone number,
> > things to do) I just pulled my phone out and got the answer.
> 
> >From my experience HTC Diamond Touch is pretty much useless on any
> trip due to its weak standard battery. Did you buy 1300 ma/h battery?

The CDMA version comes standard with the 1340mAh battery. That said, the
battery life of every single smart phone is atrocious (pretty much
number one complaint of the iPhone, Blackberries are better, but even
they with moderate use can't reach 2 days). Packing that much
"stuff" (in my case, 3G, 640x480 screen, WiFi, GPS, camera, and a
network provider with horrible coverage meaning my phone is very warm to
the touch most of the time) into a handheld device at the moment results
in a phone that will likely not last more then a day, even with light to
moderate use.

Since it has a USB port I simply keep it charging all the time, at home,
on my desk, on the road, that way I don't have to worry much about
battery life!

When I am away from a charging location long enough I do turn off all
the "nice features" (anything that sucks data will suck battery life).
It's an adjustment from the days of 5 day battery life (my cheapie Nokia
still can go days on a charge, even with moderate use), but considering
I basically have a full web connected computer in my pocket it's a
really small price to pay.

TTYL

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