HTC’s Upcoming Vox: Keypad Is The Key
Users of the T-Mobile MDA and its near-twin Cingular 8125 have had one complaint. As large as the device is, somehow the manufacturer (HTC) couldn’t find room to fit an ordinary number keypad on the outside of the phone. You have to use the touchscreen to enter phone numbers you want to call. Not very handy.
The problem looks to be solved with HTC’s newest smartphone, nicknamed Vox. They’ve shrunk the overall size of the device and its screen, put a decent keypad on the front, and kept the slideout QWERTY keyboard underneath.
It could also be one of the first Windows Mobile devices to use Microsoft’s latest version of the software, nicknamed “Crossbow”. (No more nicknames in this post, I promise.)
Otherwise the new Vox tracks the feature set of its aforementioned predecessors: GSM quadband, EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi, microSD card slot. Nothing about 3G data support - and no word which U.S. GSM carriers, if any, will pick this one up. We understand HTC plans to roll it out in Q1 2007.
HTC, Vox, MDA, T-Mobile, Cingular 8125
[via SlashPhone]
December 8th, 2006 at 10:48 am
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