The QWERTY slider is a pretty under represented physiology in Nokia’s gene pool, so these leaked pics from Daily Mobile of the forthcoming E75 have us drooling like the gadget equivalent of Charles Darwin.
The device sports a decent 2.4″ screen and a roomy looking alphanumeric keypad. The QWERTY slides out from the side which suggests to us that the E75 may have some automatic screen orientation gubbins locked away inside, by way of an accelerometer. Or at least, that’s what we are hoping.
Besides the attractive silver bezel that frames the front of the device and the mention of a 1.3 megapixel camera on the back, there’s little else we can guess at specs-wise from these shots. More info will follow soon, hit the jump for more pics.
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Various sources today are reporting that Apple is currently circulating near finished prototypes of QWERTY keyboard equipped iPhones (as in actual functioning units, not just mock-ups) among high ranking mobile carrier executives in order to gauge demand for such an addition.
The design is said to be a slider with the keyboard hidden underneath the screen. This would presumably mean that all of Apple’s patented touchscreen goodness would remain intact on such a handset, with the QWERTY merely there as an alternative to using the iPhone’s oft-criticized touchscreen keyboard.
Though it does seem unlikely, given Steve Jobs’ very open and frank comments about why he dislikes physical keys, there is no getting away from the fact that companies like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and RIM have made some serious bucks peddling handsets with physical keys and QWERTY keyboards. Indeed, the corporate crowd, which has a habit for buying handsets en mass, is particularly fond of physical keys, so it is hardly surprising that Apple is weighing its options in this area.
As far as we see it, it would seem that an iPhone with physical keys would dilute Apple’s strong mobile ethos somewhat with its focus on clean and precise input. But then, there are no guarantees that just because a device has got to the prototyping stage that it will actually make it to market, especially where Apple is concerned. Looks like, this one is a ‘wait and see’.
We found this interesting phone/communicator from LG hiding out on the Nokia booth. The reason is it’s one of LG’s Series 60/Symbian phones.
It looks quite traditional - even slightly chunky from the outside. There’s a 2MP camera on the back and just check out the fake leather effect (with slightly rubberised finish). Very retro. Not very business.
But rotate and flip it open and you have yourself something very different thanks to a neat little QWERTY keyboard and stereo speakers.
We were quite impressed actually. Despite the small form factor, it felt very solid and if the build quality wasn’t up there with LG’s more stylish metal-cased models, it certainly remained better than industry standard. So not too bad for a HSDPA phone with a QVGA res screen.
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