If it were not for the fact that I know you good people will make up your own minds as to whether or not you want a particular device or not, I would say that the Wall Street Journal just handed Sprint a crushing blow.  

 

 Even with the Diamond’s stylus, the keyboard felt small and cramped. Using just your fingertips was next to impossible.

After using the Diamond for a week, I can say that despite its handsome TouchFLO 3D software and animated icons like photos that flip from one to the next with a flick of finger, this device failed to disguise the frustrating interface of Windows Mobile often enough for my taste.

HTC’s sleek software tries to hide Windows Mobile, but menus from the Microsoft operating system are constantly popping up. HTC’s email program, for example, is represented by an animated envelope icon that, when selected, cleverly flips twice before sliding an email message half-way out and giving you a three-line peek at what’s inside. If only reading and responding to email were half as entertaining. Selecting the animated envelope opens the old, cumbersome Windows Mobile email program.

Ouch, that's gotta hurt...a company that's already really hurting.  Not that this is Sprint taking the brunt of the punishment here, it's actually Windows Mobile 6.1 and HTC's attempt to sweeten it.  So really, if you like WM, and are some what accustomed to the HTC environment, you'll most likely be just fine with this anticipated release from Sprint. 

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