HTC unveils the Touch Diamond

HTC launched the latest in its line of Touch smartphones on Tuesday. At a London event, the Taiwanese manufacturer introduced the Touch Diamond, an angular addition to the iPhone-baiting range.

The Touch Diamond has Wi-Fi connectivity, as well as GPS and 7.2Mbps HSDPA. According to HTC Europe vice president Florian Seiche, its 4GB internal memory makes it a mass storage device too.

Seiche told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that the Touch Diamond's main audience would be the "high-end consumer market" — hence the inclusion of an optimised YouTube application — but he added that "there is obviously a certain crossover [into the business market] due to the rich functionality which supports all of the key business applications".

The Touch Diamond will be the first HTC handset to be launched with all five major UK operators — Orange, T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone and 3. Production units are due to hit the shelves in June.