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Rumor: HTC Vox smartphone with slide-out keyboard coming !
December 05, 2006 [MS Smartphone] | By Edward J. R.

Updated: info about i-mate JAQ4 and other upcoming i-mate devices added. See end of this news item!

It would be the first MS Smartphone with QWERTY keyboard that is sliding out!

Here is photo and specifications:

... or in other words:
  • powered by Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition, probably Crossbow because with Office Mobile on board!
  • side sliding QWERTY keyboard
  • micro-SD card slot
  • memory: 128 MB ROM and 96 MB RAM
  • display: 240x320 with auto-rotation
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • 5-way Jog Bar
  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  • quad-band GSM with EDGE (i.e. no 3G)
Here is place of this phone on the roadmap:



Commentary: it is good to see that HTC is working on new models, but it is dissapointing that HTC still is not planning a Pocket PC phone with QWERTY keyboard for single handed usage! While HTC Herald and HTC Hermes are fine devices, they have keyboards usable only with 2 hands and success of BlackBerrry devices has proven that single-handed QWERTY keyboard is a must! While HTC Excalibur features QWERTY keyboard for single handed usage, it is powered by MS Smartphone ( Windows Mobile smartphone edition) what means that it has no touch screen and thus can't compete with Palm Treo and other smartphones. Probably there is a secret deal in place between HTC and HP and HTC and Palm, that as long as HTC is getting manufacturing orders from these 2 companies, HTC itself will not be offering such a phone!

Credit: alkandery75, ce4arab.com. Images above published with explicit permission from the original source (i.e. ce4arab.com).

Update: see also here for information about upcoming i-mate devices, including details about i-mate JAQ4 - a Pocket PC phone with QWERTY keyboard for single-handed usage and built-in GPS!


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