Hardware keyboards are preferred by many instead of virtual ones, but a combo between the two is always a decent option. However, some don’t dig Moto Droid’s sliding QWERTY, because of its decreased user-friendliness. Apparently, this will change on Droid 2. During CES 2010, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jah claimed that there’s a new version...
Incredible as it may seem, LG Lotus will have a successor, predictably enough dubbed LG Lotus 2 and coming to Sprint in January 2010. What’s really interesting about the new device is that it’ll sport a touchscreen front display and keep the square shape of the first generation handset. LG Lotus 2 comes with a square form factor and the...
Phone Arena has recently had the chance to play with an XPERIA X2 unit and found out what the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone is all about. The result of their experience with the phone was a preview, that we’ll dissect in the following lines. First, we learn that the X2′s QWERTY keyboard uses the same arch mechanism of the X1, while the...
Samsung has just patented a new rear keyboard system, that uses two folding half QWERTY keyboards hidden in the body of the phone. Thanks to this new design, the screen will be larger and provide more viewing space. Will this affect text entry? Sure it will and the picture above makes it look quite uncomfortable. One would need pretty big keys and...
The official launch date of BlackBerry Tour via Verizon will be July 12th and this is official info we’re talking about. The handset will be available for $199 both online and in stores with a 2 year contract. Pre-orders for the phone have already started and we remind you that Tour comes with 3G support, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 256MB of internal...
In case you’re not completely fascinated by Sprint’s HTC Snap, you might have a look at Verizon’s upcoming handset, HTC Ozone. The phone uses Windows Mobile Standard and features a great QWERTY keyboard, with a great feeling. There’s also global roaming support on board, WiFi, VZ Navigator, visual voicemail and a pretty big...
We’ve just found out that Nokia has shipped a fresh set of N97 and N86 units to Romania (East Europe)! We’re talking about the company’s first touchscreen and QWERTY smartphone, the N97 and the Finns’ 8MP cameraphone, the N86. Nokia N97 retails for about $870, while the N86 cameraphone will be yours for $550. We remind you that...
Just a couple of days ago we saw a thumbnail image of the XPERIA X1 follow-up, the X2, also known under the codename “Vulcan”. Now, there’s a new leak available, showing a more detailed view of the new XPERIA handset, that packs an 8.1 megapixel camera with flash and a pretty nifty QWERTY keyboard. No info on the price or launch date...
We’ve been seeing pictures of BlackBerry Tour 9630, also known as Niagara since March, but we’ve had no info on its specs till now. However, the folks of MobileSyrup have managed to get hold of the full spec sheet of the device. BlackBerry Tour 9630 measures 112 x 62 x 14.2mm, weighs 130 grams and comes 250MB of internal Flash memory, a...
A new Samsung Armani phone is coming! We knew that since February, but now it turns out that the new device will be made available in Italy, on June 11, or so claims Samsung.HDblog.it. All we know about the new Samsung Armani handset is that it runs Windows Mobile 6.5… We’ve got no info on the phone’s official name, but it might as...
