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Kris Kumar
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 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: HTC Vox (S710) Smartphone Specifications Revealed |
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http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2006...phone-revealed/
"The HTC Vox concept photo has been floating around the net for a little while so I thought it was my turn to step things up a bit. I present the first live picture of the HTC Vox (S710) smartphone with complete spec sheet. Quad-Band EDGE, Spring-assisted keyboard like the P4350, WiFi and more. Don't ask me how, don't ask me why. Just enjoy! Thanks HTC! P.S. Just noticed the screen on the device says UMTS operator, who knows if that will make it to production, lets hope."
The details on the HTC Vox is slowly trickling in. My first impression was that this Smartphone will be chunky but thanks to information made available by The Boy Genius Report, it seems like this Smartphone will have almost the same dimensions as the Cingular 2125.  According to the details the Vox will be 100 mm (L) x 50 mm (W) x 18 mm (T) and for the sake of comparison I have gathered the dimensions of some of the popular Smartphones currently available in the market: Cingular 2125 is 116 x 46 x 18, Cingular 3125 is 98.5 x 51.4 x 16.3 and Blackjack is 113 x 59 x 11.8. Let's hope that the UMTS/HSDPA capability is confirmed soon. It will make this unit the must have Windows Mobile Smartphone. Also hoping that the mystery behind the D-Pad is solved soon. This Smartphone is supposed to have a 5-way jog bar, but the location and method of operation is not known. 
Source: engadget mobile
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Jerry Raia
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Kris Kumar
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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There is a very good chance I will have one of these.  |
Me too, if this unit ships with HSDPA. I am guessing that by the time this unit is released, Cingular will have HSDPA in my area. I am hoping...praying...
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sojourner753
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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But with those dimensions how will that slide out keyboard be useful?
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Kris Kumar
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| But with those dimensions how will that slide out keyboard be useful? |
Since the keys are placed length wise (100 mm) instead of width wise approach as in the case of BlackJack/Dash/Q (~50 mm), the spacing between the keys would be comfortable. And also the holding the phone with both the hands and typing with the thumbs will be comfortable also.
The thing that bothers me is that location of the space bar key.
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sojourner753
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Kris Kumar wrote: |
| sojourner753 wrote: |
| But with those dimensions how will that slide out keyboard be useful? |
Since the keys are placed length wise (100 mm) instead of width wise approach as in the case of BlackJack/Dash/Q (~50 mm), the spacing between the keys would be comfortable. And also the holding the phone with both the hands and typing with the thumbs will be comfortable also.
The thing that bothers me is that location of the space bar key.
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I guess I'm skeptical. The keyboard on my TyTN is walking the line in size. Any smaller and I don't know if it would work for me. If his is about the size of the 2125 then its got to be much smaller.
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HalM
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Nice looking product, but I am waiting on the Cavalier. If I am going to be required to use two hands to type on the keyboard, I am going to go with a Pocket PC.
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Mike Temporale
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| Kris Kumar wrote: |
| The thing that bothers me is that location of the space bar key. |
Yup, I don't like that either. I'm not really hyped over this device. I like my BlackJack and my older i320 more. I like having the keyboard always out and ready. And I can't imagine that this will save much in the way of thickness. I'm not ready to go back to a SP5m size device.
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sub_tex
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I would totally trade in my Dash for this.
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Jerry Raia
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I like how it totally blurs the Pocket PC Phone/Smartphone lines.
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