Disqus
This Chinese-made smartphone we see here alleges to be the first native handset with a full qwerty-keyboard. Why hasn’t the qwerty-keyboard been done yet on a Chinese handset? Well, first of all, there is almost no way to implement a Chinese language (with its tens of thousands of characters) in a keyboard. Secondly, how useful could a English-language, qwerty keyboard be on a Chinese handset. The character-recognizing touchscreen makes native language input possible, but should the need for English character input arise, the keyboard has your back. This smartphone rocks a huge 3.4inch QVGA display (handwriting recognition is the name of the game here), 1.3MP cam, microSD slot, Bluetooth, stereo speakers, and of course that qwerty keyboard – all in a 152g, 130x66x15.5 mm package.
We like the emphasis on innovation, as opposed to the usual rip-and-run tactics we see from Chinese manufacturers. We can even look past the awkwardly small keyboard and Windows Mobile-ish operating system to give this large-screened, thin-waisted smartphone an overall thumbs-up!
Pics on the link (thanks to m8cool)…
via: justamp
About The Author
Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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