"I have now received information on a new Windows Mobile Smartphone device from Pantech which will be launching before the end of the year. It is said to be the size of a business card, and have three-way slide out functionality. Normal slide up for keypad, and also horizontal slides for different control features, most likely MP3 player controls etc."
Sounds to me a bit freakish in design but we shall see. Has anyone else heard of this or seen any pictures of such a device?
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I don't know about freakish, I think it sounds kind of cool. I want more original hardware.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject:
Jerry Raia wrote:
Well all the sliding things bother me. Do we really need a slide out mp3 player control?
Not sure that it will be MP3 control yet but I am with Mike, the idea sounds cool to me. I am a bit worried about the robustness of such a device. Right now, I can imagine dropping my SDA with a reasonable chance of survival. With all those sliding (moving) parts, it makes me wonder how many pieces would result with just a short drop.
An update:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2006...rtphone-part-2/
It sounds like it's going to have to be pretty thick. And yeah, the build quality of a device like this is questionable. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm eager for pictures (and dimensions).
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