David Carrington

Over the last few days, I’ve been interested in various methods that I might get my hands on a new HTC Diamond phone. Each option has it’s ups and downs, but ultimately leaves me spending £150-400 for a phone that only does a fraction more than my existing HTC Touch (counting features that I’d actually use).

Sure, it’s got 3G and basically everything about it is a generation up from what my phone does, but I’m happy with what I’ve got. In fact, I’m really loving the new world that has been opened to me from having internet access wherever I go.

So far I’ve appreciated being able to do the following:

• Managing my Google Calendar remotely
• Watching for phones on Ebay Mobile
• Checking cinema listings
• Keeping an eye on motorway traffic
• Direct uploads to Flickr (no 25p MMS charge)

I’m barely eating up 1Mb / day with what I consider to be quite a fair amount of usage on GPRS. This gives me quite a lot of room to play with other ideas like IM and similar. I’m sure I’ll find a way to eat up the rest of my monthly allowance.