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Those qwerty form factors keep on comin'

1 replies · 2,176 views · Started 24 January 2007

Ways of getting a qwerty keyboard into a mobile device just keep getting stranger and stranger and more fragile - this (non Symbian) attempt is the HTC Athena. Here's hoping for a more elegant design from upcoming Symbian-powered devices at 3GSM in 3 weeks.

Read on in the full article.

Just saw that this device is expected to go on sale at around US$1500. Ouch! At this price and given its size (there's no way you'll be able to use this thing as a phone and carry it in your pocket), you might as well buy one of these UMPC. At least, you'll get a full version of Windows that can run proper desktop software instead of the cut down Windows Mobile that's good enough for a phone but not quite up to the task for any serious work.

EDIT: http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5989.html