keypad

Nuance & Mobience: Death of the mobile keypad?

Crave It's essentially the same three-letters-per-key system as the standard mobile keypad layout, but the letters have been rearranged in a Qwertyesque way to increase efficiency. According to the Mobience site, the MobileQwerty interface requires many...

Tags: speech, layout, mobile phone, phrase

14 November 2006, 11:50

Sony Ericsson W890i: Hands-on with the lean Walkman phone

Crave When we first got our hands on the Sony Ericsson W880i, we thought, "Great phone, shame about the keypad" -- which is why we're delighted to see its successor, the Sony Ericsson W890i Walkman phone. Similarly thin, the W890i is still a pocket...

Tags: sony ericsson, sony, pair, ericsson

13 March 2008, 11:27

LG KF700: The phone that offers a three-way

Crave It has a 76mm (3-inch) touch-sensitive screen, an alpha-numeric keypad and a shortcut dial. It's also a delightfully capable handset, and visually akin to the Prada when the keypad is stowed behind the screen -- "No bad thing," you might say.

11 February 2008, 13:27

HTC Touch Pro: The TyTN III/ Raphael gets its proper name

Crave Today HTC swept away the rumours that its new smart phone was going to be called the HTC Raphael or HTC TyTN III by giving its latest Qwerty keypad mobile the moniker of HTC Touch Pro. HSDPA (7.2Mbps), Wi-Fi and GPS keep you connected on the road...

Tags: htc, name, keypad, htc touch diamond

4 June 2008, 6:58

LG KT610: Hands-on with LG's Symbian sat-nav phone

Crave In an attempt to beat the masses of handset announcements that came out today, LG announced a new candybar smart phone yesterday that not only comes with GPS but also packs full Qwerty keypad and a standard one to boot too -- it's called the LG...

11 February 2008, 13:12

Okwap S868: Mock-up iPhone interface becomes reality

Crave If you look at all the iPhone mock-ups that popped up on the Web pre-Jobs' announcement, it's easy to see why many people thought the iPhone would feature a traditional keypad with some kind of click wheel stuck next to it.

Tags: windows mobile, iphone, wheel, keypad

1 February 2007, 10:34

Photos: HTC reveals the Advantage, S710 and P3350

Crave The difference, however, is that it runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard (Smartphone edition) and has a full slide-out Qwerty keypad. Windows Mobile 6.0 gives you access to Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail on the go, and the slide-out Qwerty...

13 February 2007, 16:35

Nokia E90: Rock-hard smart phone

Crave The E90's robust casing houses a standard mobile phone keypad and screen on the front, a larger screen and full Qwerty keypad inside, a 3.2-megapixel camera on the back and on top of all of that, infrared, Bluetooth, GPS and HSDPA for super-fast...

Tags: nokia, keypad, mobile phone, surfing

2 August 2007, 12:07

Photos: Doro's simple, easy-to-use mobile phones

Crave All you get is a massive keypad, a monochrome backlit display, memory for up to 50 numbers, speakerphone mode, vibrating alert and four speed-dial keys right underneath the screen. Even simpler than the HandlesEasy 326gsm, the HandlePlus 324gsm...

22 November 2007, 9:00

Samsung F700 vs Apple iPhone vs LG Viewty vs HTC Cruise

Crave But that's not all, underneath the F700's large colour touchscreen hides a full slide-out Qwerty keypad that let's you tap out long emails or text messages. While the interface is easy to use, texting does take some getting used to and unlike the...

26 November 2007, 13:35

Nokia 7900 Prism: If triangles ruled the world

Crave We have to admit that our first impressions of the keypad aren't very good. Look past the keypad and you find a solid phone in terms of design and features -- it has 3G, a 2-megapixel camera and an OLED display.

Tags: nokia

15 January 2008, 10:57

Nokia 6234: Simple and smart

Crave The handset looks smooth with rounded edges and a traditional Nokia keypad layout. We're not sure the small soft keys and rounded-off keypad will be comfortable to use, but we'll reserve judgement until we get one in.

Tags: nokia, keypad, vodafone, rounded

7 June 2006, 12:03

Motorola Rokr E8 vs Sony Ericsson W890i: Music, mano a mano

Crave As you can see, there's a relatively large screen, but it's the navigation keys and keypad that are really interesting. Underneath that is a dynamic touch-sensitive keypad that changes its face depending on the feature you're using.

26 March 2008, 15:59

Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson W350i flip Walkman

Crave It's got a fold-out flap, like the old-school Ericsson T28 of the early 2000s, which covers the main keypad when not in use. The keypad is glossy, with large, easy to depress buttons, and the attractive Sony Ericsson GUI makes navigating through...

Tags: sony ericsson, buttons, sony, dedicated

17 June 2008, 11:22

Motorola unveils the Q q9 and Q gsm

Crave The Motorola Q q9 (pictured left) runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard and features a full Qwerty keypad, a large colour display that adjusts its brightness depending on ambient light, a 2-megapixel camera and 256MB of onboard memory, with the...

Tags: motorola, emails, connectivity, devices

21 February 2007, 11:24