Gadgetory

hi this is steven scarlet is from pocketnow.com and today we're going to take a hardware tour of the verizon HTC touch diamond XV 6950 it's basically the same as the gsm version of the HTC touch diamond except that it's designed to run on verizon's cdma ev-do network so on the front you basically have the touch screen the speakers at the top you've got an LED next to the speaker then you've got the HOME key here a return key here you've got the d-pad with the for selection items here and you've got the phone call on the phone end on the front on the bottom you have the microphone right here in the corner and you've got your micro USB connector for your headphones and your power the stylus is fits right here in the corner and it's got a magnetic holder inside so once you put it in it catches which is a very nice detail on the side you've got the volume control up and down the top of the unit has the power button and the speaker output the other side of the union has nothing except at the bottom there again the stylist so you can pull the stylus out there's a little indentation on the back of the unit is where the the diamond comes in if you've seen our review of the HTC diamond and you can see it really captures fingerprints I have my trusty rag right here to wipe it off but if this device really captures fingerprints like crazy we've got a 3.2 megapixel camera at the top which is autofocus there is one difference that I noticed between the gsm version of the HTC touch diamond is that it does say auto focus on the gsm version here it just says 3.2 megapixel so let's open it up and I was trying to find out for the battery specs were this is a thirteen hundred and forty million batteries on in the unit you've got a slot for a microSD card here and the reset button obviously there's no sim holder like on the gsm version because this is a cdma evo and the ESN number is pre-programmed in the unit in terms of specifications we've got a 400 megahertz processor which is at Qualcomm MSM and 256 megabytes of ROM 128 megabytes of RAM it's a 2.8 inch screen and it's 480 x 640 resolution so it's all in all it's not a bad device although right now it's a little pricey on the horizon site I think with the rebate in the two-year commitment we're looking at two hundred and ninety-nine dollars but it's a very solid phone if you're willing to pay that price I'll be back with the software toward to identify the additional software that verizon has put on the unit that's it for now