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Excalibur - Exclusive First Picture of HTC's New QWERTY Smartphone
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Mike Temporale
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:30 am    Post subject: Excalibur - Exclusive First Picture of HTC's New QWERTY Smar Reply with quote

Last week we told you about a rumored new HTC Smartphone that has a QWERTY keyboard like the Motorola Q or the Samsung i320. This morning, I was very surprised to find a pre-production picture of this device sitting in my inbox. This new device is being developed under the codename of Excalibur. While the picture appears to make this device look big, I'm told it's only a couple millimeters thicker than Samsung's i320 and 2 millimeters shorter. Interested yet? Well, what if I told you that Excalibur will not only be a Quad-band device, but it will also be Wifi enabled - Have I peaked your interest yet? No? Then you'll be happy to know that there's more. It also has an innovative touch jog strip. You can clearly see this strip on the right side of the screen. Sliding your finger down on this, and it scrolls down, slide up and it scrolls up. Touch the top to activate the Start menu, or the bottom to go back.



HTC appears to have done a great job with this device. I'm really interested in seeing what HTC can do with this device. Clearly, Motorola and Samsung have some serious competition coming their way. Mr. Green
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice..

a touch screen yeah? wifi - yeah? Hopefully BT as well.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice to see wifi on there but my god that's another very ugly HTC phone! Was this designed by the same guy who did the Meteor?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where the screen starts - it needs to go straight down and not wider at the bottom. It makes it look like it has "big hips". Otherwise - bring it on!
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Mike Temporale
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kiwi wrote:
a touch screen yeah?


No, no... A touch "jog wheel" but without the wheel. Look at the silver strip down the right side of the screen. Wink
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ricoks
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crispeto wrote:
Where the screen starts - it needs to go straight down and not wider at the bottom. It makes it look like it has "big hips". Otherwise - bring it on!


WOW, the first thing I thought when i saw this was - "Oh look, a PlaySkool made smartphone................" Rolling Eyes

Even tho the actual device doesn't curve out, it sure 'looks' like it does. reminds me of the Nokia 3660 !!! Shocked

What I REALLY like about the i320 is it's seemingly small, compact size when compared to the Q - I love that there seems to be NO unused space on the front. the screen goes to the edge, and the keypad goes to the edge and bottom - small and user-friendly. Good looking too! (if it only had wi-fi......) I would guess they used the silver frame to accent the touch strip (kool idea, tho hopefully not as 'kool' as the touchpad on the hx4700) while making the device seem slimmer at the top. *shrugs*

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is there no end to how many Smartphones I have to buy? Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i like this smartphone, it looks a lot better than the samsung i320. in fact it looks very blackberryish which will be great in stealing users away from the blackberry, which is why i am sure it was created.

only downside? that little jog strip makes this a right handed device! HTC, you're leaving us lefties out in the cold! Sad
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, VERY nice.. but i wonder how big is the screen & what r the specs!!

one more thing, with all these new wide screen smartphones r all the softwares compatible? if not then how will it work when u install one Question
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

*groan* You had me right up to.."It runs Windows Mobile Smartphone".
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