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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:02 am Post subject: CES 2007: Samsung launches Samsung SCH-i760 - new Pocket PC phone for CDMA-EVDO networks |
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At first glance Samsung SCH-i760 looks like a regular mobile phone with strange cursor pad:
... but wait, that is not all! It also has slide-out QWERTY keyboard:
Read more at http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/5929.html |
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kupe
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:26 am Post subject: |
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It's kind of a let down - Samsung settling for the horizontal sliding keyboard means the one-handed ease-of-use associated with their vertical-sliding i730 will be a thing of the past. Also, what's with those "SEND" and "CANCEL" buttons being on the side? I'll bet there's a lot of inadvertent hang-ups when folks start using it.
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| kupe wrote: | | . Also, what's with those "SEND" and "CANCEL" buttons being on the side? I'll bet there's a lot of inadvertent hang-ups when folks start using it. |
well, people can get used to everything and after some time it is no longer a problem.
Personally I like this phone - pity it's not for GSM/UMTS/HSDPA... |
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indiekiduk
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:36 am Post subject: |
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Why the slanty keys?
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| indiekiduk wrote: | | Why the slanty keys? |
to pretend that this phone has stylish design  |
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kupe
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| indiekiduk wrote: | | Why the slanty keys? |
So that you can read them vertically and horizontally since you will be continually forced to rotate your phone back and forth due to the poorly-implemented, sideways keyboard.
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cushcalc
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: Samsung SCH-i760 design |
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I like it!
This is EXACTLY what I envisioned when I thought about how HTC phones with slide-out keyboard (like my Cingular 8125) could be improved - a phone pad on the front, canted at an angle so you could also use it when the keyboard is open, rather than having to use a function key sequence to hit numbers. Numbers are used too often with a PDA phone to be saddled with function key access!
I say Bravo!
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