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Suffering a little Android-envy? This subversive app has appeared on the XDA forums that turns your Windows Mobile device into an Android look-alike, complete with the drag-and-drop desktop. The app is a bit limited right now – only works in portrait mode and was apparently designed for the HTC Touch Diamond, but folks seem to have it working on a wide variety of devices.

Androkkid, as it is called, is  still early in development, here’s what it offers at the moment:

• Add icons to desktop from list by tap on icon and release on desktop
• If you tap icon you can move it were you want
• If you move icon on X or on pen you can delete and edit it
• Tapping on background open a default menu with a lot of actions on program
• You can add contact from your contacts list
• You can add url by typing it on program
• You can minimize program by tapping on background and choose Minimize
• There are a lot of settings in file Settings.ini in the application folder, you can modify but first make a backup

Leave a comment if you give it a try! You can download Androkkid here.

Our good friend Julian Zrotz at PocketPC.ch has gotten his hands on a brand new HTC Touch Diamond2 review device and has shared with us some HD videos and pictures to help show off this sexy little touch phone.

Featured Videos: Unboxing, hardware tour, comparision with the original Diamond & HD, TouchFLO 3D 2, hardware tour, video performance comparison with HTC Touch HD, file explorer, and internet experience.

As well as some awesome HD pictures!

Click here to see the HTC Touch Diamond2 video and picture gallery

HTC Touch Diamond

The good news? The HTC Touch Diamond2 is going to be launching this week in Europe and Asia (and in the US… but only with European bands, sadly). The less-than-good news? Don’t get too excited about the Touch Diamond2, Verizon Wireless customers. Your carrier has just launched… the HTC Touch Diamond. Ouch! Why so behind the times, VW?

The new HTC Touch Diamond combines all the performance and functionality of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with high–tech, innovative TouchFLO 3D Technology on its hi–res touchscreen. View, create, and edit documents in Word and Excel, view PowerPoint and PDF files, filter your Inbox, and stay connected – securely – with your office via ActiveSync or Wireless Sync. Take advantage of Wi–Fi connectivity, Bluetooth Wireless Technology and its 3.2 MP camera with flash and video capture. Use it as a tethered modem with Mobile Broadband Connect (previously named Broadband Access Connect), find your way with VZ Navigator and stay entertained and up to date with Windows Media Player and Visual Voice Mail.

Well, at least now you can see what the first generation Touch Diamonds look like up close and personal. I guess that’s something!

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This isn’t the first time that HTC and One & Co have worked together. In fact, they’ve been working together since 2006 to create the popular handset the HTC Touch Diamond. With the full acquisition of One & Co, HTC hopes to bring new innovative handsets to the market.

I am very excited to see what weird and wonderful devices come out of this team up!

Read the official Press Release: HTC bolsters design credibility with addition of One & Co

It’s like spotting a unicorn! You always wanted to believe knew it existed, but you’d just never seen one… but here it is! Taiwanese site ePrice has pictures of the white HTC Touch Diamond up. Now, I normally hate the look of white electronics and gadgets – I’m a black/metal fan (the finish/coat kind not the headbanging air guitarist kind) but I must say – it looks pretty cool in white.

HTC Touch Diamond in white: Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

Yep – you read that right. HTC is expecting to sell 3 million of their Touch Diamond devices by the end of 2008!

On November 21, HTC CEO Peter Chou said that before the end of the year the company expects to sell up to a million G1 (Android) devices and are expected to hit the 3 million mark with their popular Windows Mobile device, the HTC Touch Diamond.

HTC’s Chou also denied rumours of a pending layoff as well as rumours of decreased orders – proudly proclaiming that HTC was too tough for the global economic recession to weigh down. The company’s condition is so good, in fact, that they’re currently looking at acquiring a handset design company in the US.

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…then you should check out BeMario!

The program works with the Samsung Omnia and HTC Touch Diamond GSensor to set off the “Jump” or “Coin” 8-bit Mario game sounds when you jump in real life.

The file includes the theme song to Super Mario Bros too so you can set it as your ringtone!

Download this application right here!

Check out the screen shots here!

Two awesome hacks from XDA-Developers in one day! Woo hoo!

This time one that allows you to ‘enable’ (read: re-enable) Internet Sharing on your HTC Touch Diamond, Sprint Touch Pro, AT&T Fuze (Touch Pro) and the Samsung Epix!

Now, this is a registry key edit so use at your own risk as we’re never 100% sure of how these things will turn out sometimes.. but if you’re desperate for Internet Sharing (or brave and up for a challenge) try out this trick…

How-to: Getting Internet Sharing to work on your AT&T Fuze, Sprint Touch Pro, HTC Touch Diamond, and Samsung Epix!

According to Engadget, HTC’s Touch HD now available in the UK for £514.99. We may never see it here in North America, but we’re still allowed to oooh and aaah about it, right? I’m gonna go right ahead and do that now…

Ooooooh…
3.5mm headphone jack, TouchFLO 3D, 390 mins of 3G talk and 450 hours of 3G standby

Aaaaaaah…
512MB of ROM, 288MB of RAM, 5MP camera, 800×480 touchscreen, WiFi, GPS

Okay, I’ll leave my fauning at that for now.
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