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Android-Powered Samsung InstinctQ Spotted with Full QWERTY Keyboard

Categories: Android, Devices, Rumors, Samsung
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 at 9:17 AM

A fresh addition to the Android family is on the way: the Samsung InstinctQ (which stands for “quixotic”. Those Android people with their foolishly idealistic open source philosophies… Or maybe “QWERTY”. That works too). The name crossed our paths in some Wi-Fi certification documents early last month, leaving little more than the expectation of an arrival on Sprint considering the Instinct brand’s history on the network. Enjoy the eye candy, because we aren’t getting any more information on specs for the time being. There’s the potential for an October 11th. release date alongside the HTC Hero, so it might be safe to expect the InstinctQ will throw its punches at a slightly lower weight category to avoid cannibalizing Android interest on Sprint.

[via PhanDroid]

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  • zach

    that is NOT a full qwerty keyboard, a FULL qwerty keyboard has its own rows for numbers, which is very essential for people who type alot. screw these wana be qwerty keyboard phones. the number row is really important for users that send emails and type alot. 1=! 2=@ 3=# 4=$ etc…. no one likes to goto a menue to get the characters when all you should have to do is hit the shift key.

  • zach

    whoops just looked alot closer there is a row for numbers as the letters are mergered with the space bar on the 4th row. kool. well the comment stands for all the other full qwerty claiming phones out theree.