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Acer beTouch E210 – Low-cost touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard

Ionut Popa — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:55:57 +0000

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 specs 2.6” TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 320×240 pixels QWERTY keyboard Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz processor 256 MB of RAM memory, 512 MB for internal storage expandable due to the [...]

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro – The small computer

Ionut Popa — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:49:02 +0000

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 want a QWERTTY keyboard then the best choice for you may be the Xperia Mini Pro. Technical specs 3” LCD LED-backlit display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels [...]

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HTC ChaCha – Facebook on Cuban rhythms

Ionut Popa — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:58:56 +0000

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 social networks and need to write texts (probably just for editing their Facebook status) Here are the main characteristics of the HTC ChaCha: 2.6” TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of [...]

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Motorola – Android and QWERTY keyboard

Ionut Popa — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:21:28 +0000

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 touchscreen with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, Accelerometer and proximity sensors, multi touch support, 1GHz processor, 2GB of internal memory and a microSDHC slot card, 5MP camera – 2592 x 1944 pixels, 3.5mm audio jack, audio – video player, SMS, [...]

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Blackberry Bold 9900: touch of business

Marc — Sun, 15 May 2011 16:47:59 +0000

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 qwerty keyboard, makes it look very professional. RIM have packed a whopping 1.2 GHz of processing power within their phone, which works alongside the 768MB of RAM and enhanced programming for the OS 7 for near-perfect fluid [...]

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Nokia E6: the new business smartphone

Marc — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:57:03 +0000

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 applications and features to appeal to the mid-level business market. Hardware Nokia is obviously proud of their Qwerty keyboard, which proved a huge success on the E71 and upgraded E72. They have decided [...]

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro – the QWERTY Xperia Neo

Ionut Popa — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:53:32 +0000

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 reasonable limits. The producer equipped the Xperia Pro with the same technical characteristics as the Neo: capacitive 3.7“ touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels and [...]

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ASUS EEE Pad Slider: new tablet concept

Marc — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:59:14 +0000

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 physical thing, and not a mere expression for touching the screen and watching the virtual key change color. Nostalgia is actually the lesser of the problems with touchscreens nowadays. First, the [...]

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BlackBerry Bold 9780: powerful messenger phone

Ionut Popa — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:50:46 +0000

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 smartphone is slightly improve technical specs. The technical specs of the Blackberry Bold 9780 are not much different from those of the previous model but they are still worth mentioning: TFT 2.44â€ [...]

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Nokia e75 – a business phone with style

Mike — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:44:16 +0000

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 keyboard slides beneath the upper part of the phone, as you can see in the pictures below. We’re [...]

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