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As expected, the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond smartphone passed the FCC. So far it was announced only by Canadian Telus, but with the FCC's approval on their hands nothing prevents other CDMA carriers in the U.S. from getting it.

For those with deep pockets Continental Mobiles came up with a diamond-clad Nokia N95.

The handset will be yours for an insignificant amount of £10,000 ($19,813), and will sport a silver front-panel covered with "4.42ct of brilliant-cut, VS1 quality, color G-H, naturally mined diamonds."

It takes three weeks to make one of these, so if you want one then hurry up, coz you're not alone.

GSMArena has posted a thorough 9-page review, where they compared two high-end touchscreen smartphones - HTC's Touch Diamond and Samsung's i900 Omnia. Reviewers have carefully examined everything, including UI, hardware, features and overall usability. If you're interested, just follow the source link.

Good news for Telus customers. The carrier will soon be bringing the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond to Canada. The handset will cost $149.99 CAD with a 3-year contract and one of the data plans randing from $15 to $30.

Sprint, now it's your turn.

Judging by the picture leaked from the PPCGeeks forum, apparently there's a CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond coming soon to Sprint. Specifications remain the same with the GSM variant, only the interface is slightly different.

No word on pricing and availability yet, so stay tuned...

According to DigiTimes, Hong Kong CSL is about to get the first batch of over 10,000 HTC Touch Diamond smartphones.

Next in line are European / Asia-Pacific operators, which should be receiving the device in June.

But that's all that was mentioned in the report - no info on the availability in the U.S., sorry...

Previously HTC planned to have 2 millions of Touch Diamond smartphones sold by the end of the year.

But now Chinese "Commercial Times" reports that according to HTC's CEO Peter Chou, the company expects to sell 3 million units in the next 7 months starting June.

HTC announced they plan to manufacture and sell 2 million Touch Diamonds by the end of the year.

It doesn't sound unrealistic, especially when you consider that previously the Touch smartphone has managed to hit the 1 million mark in just 5 months.

We're sure that Touch Diamond won't be less popular, so go ahead, HTC, launch the

Eprice has posted several photos of the new HTC Touch Diamond unpacking.

Here you can see what is included in the package. Note that the smart leather case presented by phonemag is not included in the retail box.

Briefly: HTC held a press conference in Taiwan yesterday.

The spokesman announced that the company's new Diamond smartphone will be available there in June for $772 sans contract.

Note that the price may change depending on the region.