North American - especially ATT- customers should be happy to know that the HTC Touch Diamond has been given a bit of a tune up by XDA Developers and will now be able to broadcast live on the GSM 850MHz frequency.XDA developers have released a new cellular radio ROM which enables the HTC Diamond to function on the GSM 850MHz band, greatly improving one of the setbacks of this great phone. More coverage and more use!

This new firmware development is going to make the HTC Touch a much more attractive buy for North Americans wanting to get the early jump on the North American release. It will also mean that its formidable opponent Apple’s 3G iPhone will have a even stronger competition.

Which one are you going to choose?