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With the iPhone still setting the standard for touch-screen phones, challengers to the throne all seem to be trying to out-elegance one another--witness the new Samsung Armani, for instance. Now along comes the HTC Touch Diamond, "a new benchmark for phone sophistication," the company crows.

Central to the phone is the company's TouchFlo 3D interface, which HTC says provides "animated access" to people (by calling, we presume), messaging, e-mail, photos, and more. There's also a touch pad alongside the screen. Under the hood is the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system.

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