The fashion of touchscreen phones that also have a QWERTY keyboard seems to be conquering more and more of the market, even if the producers must make many design compromises to include the QWERTY.Acer has entered this niche with the new beTouch E210 model, which is targeted for budget buyers. The reason for this can be seen by simply taking a look at the technical specs:Quick specs2....

As its name suggests the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro is very much like its smaller brother, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, which we presented in a previous article. Practically we are talking about 2 identical phones that share a similar platform. The only difference between them is that this model has a QWEETY keyboard.So if you find the Xperia Mini to be an interesting model, but you also ...

Even if it has a strange name that may make you think about the traditional Cubanese dances, the ChaCha is a new smartphone produced by HTC that is somewhat similar to the Salsa, and takes the integration concept with Facebook one step further.Even if it may seem strange we are essentially speaking about a touchscreen phone with a QWERTY keyboard that is especially built for those who love soc...

Announced this spring at the Mobile World Congress the Motorola PRO represents an extremely interesting smartphone. It combines the business aspect with a large screen, a QWERTY keyboard, and Android.The manufacturer decided not to make this phone a slide phone, so its style is similar to BlackBerry phones.Motorola PRO has the following technical characteristics:3.1” capacitive touc...

The Blackberry Bold 9900 was launched earlier this month, alongside the new installment of Research In Motions’ Operating System, BlackBerry OS 7.The Bold 9900 has a steel frame and a soft-touch plastic back, which looks less impressive than the old Bolds’, which was faux-leather.However, the phone is considerably thinner, at 10.1 mm, so the overall look, enhanced by the wide curvy qwe...

The smartphone market is still growing, and at a fast pace. As the fallout of the recent global recession clears off, SMBs and big companies alike are picking up the pace and providing employees with greater connectivity and more mobility.Nokia is keeping on its edge and has launched a new version of their popular E-series. The E6 is Nokia’s latest smartphone, encompassing a wide range of ap...

Sony Ericsson starts 2011 in force, announcing a few new interesting mobile phones. After the Xperia Arc, Neo and Play, the producer officially launched the Xperia Pro smartphone. Some of us have the impression they have seen a similar phone because it is a Neo with an added QWERTY keyboard. I expected the size and weight of the new product to be bigger, but, as you will see, they have remained in...

Saying the touchscreen keyboard takes some time to get accustomed to, that seems like an understatement. As smartphones and tablets start sacrificing the old pressable keys in order to be more shiny and more sleek, and as touchscreens gain in sensitivity, there are less keys in all that we get to actually press. More and more users start to miss the old days when pressing buttons was an actual phy...

When producers find the recipe for success for a gadget they end up being satisfied launching very similar slightly improved models at short intervals of time. An eloquent example when it comes to such a choice is represented by the BlackBerry Bold 9780.Its main inspiration choice is the Bold 9700 launched in 2009 in November.BlackBerry producers thought that all you need to do to create a new...

I'm a Nokia e51 owner and for me this is a great phone: smart, slim, stylish and tough. Though, it's kind of bad for web surfing as it has no QWERTY keyboard and a very small screen (2" or so).But today, when i saw the new Nokia e75, i said to myself: "I have to buy this one!".It looks like the E51 but it has a full keyboard and a bigger screen. Also, it's not a lot wider, cause the keyboa...