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HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) keyboard reviewed

Categories: HTC, Windows Phone
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, June 27th, 2008 at 4:53 PM

HTC Touch Pro keyboard review

The hype building around the QWERTY keyboard-toting Windows Mobile 6.1 superphones from HTC and Sony Ericsson has finally come to this – a keyboard review. Sure, it might seem that a review of just the keyboard falls seriously short of giving potential customers an idea for just how great the HTC Touch Pro (codename: Raphael) really is, but when push comes to shove, the HTC Touch Pro and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 are touting their keyboard as a major feature.

HTC Touch Pro keyboard reviewMobileBurn has been lucky enough to get their hands on an early version of the HTC Touch Pro and they’ve proclaimed the keyboard on the HTC Touch Pro as superior to the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1′s QWERTY bits. With smaller buttons than HTC’s previous keyboard keys, the HTC Touch Pro’s keyboard is at once extremely usable and quite innocuous. With the keyboard tucked away under the full-body touchscreen, MobileBurn says that it’s virtually impossible (aside from the added heft) to tell that the handset sports a full QWERTY keyboard.

Unfortunately, HTC didn’t want their TouchFLO 3D interface getting toyed with just yet. Apparently, there are some new features that HTC wants to keep under wraps for now. That means MobileBurn‘s review is limited to just keyboard and design analysis. But, for anyone looking to plunk down some serious coin for either the HTC Touch Pro or the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, any sort of review is gold.

[Via: MobileBurn]

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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...

  • Raidium

    Omfg… I think I just got a chubby… lol. This phone is all I have been waiting for and that keyboard looks to be the most functional one I’ve seen to boot. I can’t wait for the OS review! Anyone know when this phone will be in the states for Sprint?!

  • world enemy

    sprint release date is set for oct 19