Tag Archive for 'qwerty-keyboard'
Microsoft is set to launch another in its Sidewinder range of gaming-oriented peripherals, according to the latest rumors. The keyboard, believed to be called the Sidewinder X6, consists of a full-sized QWERTY body with a removable numeric keypad that can be attached at either end.
Bargains to be had, as Nokia’s N810 Internet Tablet takes a price tumble at several big-name retailers. Both TigerDirect and CompUSA have the N810 - which offers VoIP, internet browsing, email, messaging and more over a WiFi connection - for $299.99, down from the original price of $479.99. Nokia’s own online store is selling the N810 for $439.
Landline phones have taken a pounding from cellphones these past few years; people expect their handsets to come packed with features, and beyond DECT digital cordless and a built-in answerphone the humble landline couldn’t really compete. Now it’s either aim budget or add tech to justify your price-tag: VTech want $99.95 for their IS6110 cordless [...]
Over at PHONE Mag they’ve been playing with HP’s latest foray into the smartphone business, the iPAQ 910 Business Messenger. Running Windows Mobile and packing 3G, WiFi b/g, integrated GPS and a full QWERTY keyboard, the 910 has obviously taken the “sober” route rather than ape the latest BlackBerry Bold.
I had an opportunity to check out the HTC Touch Pro aka Raphael smartphone at an informal meet up with HTC earlier today. According to HTC, the Touch Pro is the company’s Touch Diamond (but more) and by more it is beefier in thickness due to a slide up 5-row QWERTY keyboard.
Gigabyte have revealed pricing for their M528 MID, which we last saw back at CeBIT 2008. The compact device has a 4.8-inch touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 3G HSDPA and dual cameras (VGA up front, 3-megapixel with autofocus round the back). Storage is courtesy of a 4GB SSD, while the processor is an 800Mhz Silverthorne/Poulsbo [...]
While most budget ultraportable manufacturers have been jumping up and down, screaming across Computex that we look at their notebooks, Dell has remained all but silent on the subject of its upcoming rival. What we do know, courtesy of an international briefing held in Dell’s Texas headquarters, is that the company has decided on a [...]
Remember the Gigabyte M704? Billed as the smallest 7-inch 1024 × 600 UMPC on the market, we briefly spent some time with the 780g device at CEBIT 2008 and came away, if not madly impressed, then at least still curious. Now Mobile01 have unboxed and reviewed the M704 - complete with its modular GPS and DVB-T accessories, [...]
After teasing with a foam mockup, Art Lebedev Studios have released the first 3D prototype shot of the in-development Optimus Popularis keyboard. The keyboard is shorter than the original Optimus Maximus, with the extra row of shortcut keys moved from the left of the main keys to above the function keys. However it seems to [...]
Art Lebedev Studios, the team behind the Optimus Maximus keyboard, have released some fresh (if scant) detail on their next project. Named Optimus Popularis, as the name suggests it’s another keyboard but one aimed more at general consumers. Estimating a sub-$1,000 final pricetag, it apparently won’t use OLEDs for the keys but ”will be based on [...]
