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February 18th, 2008

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 - specs

A hungarian blog recently leaked a few images showing Sony Ericsson’s new Windows Mobile Smartphone - displaying loads of system specs. We now know the following:

  • Windows Mobile 6.1
  • Qualcomm 7200@528MhZ
  • 128MB RAM, 256MB Flash
  • 122.66MB usable storage space

  • 800×480 screen(ipaq 310, anyone?)
  • 1500mAH battery

In case you wish to see the pictures yourself, why not visit them here.

February 18th, 2008

BrightHand completes hp ipaq 210 review

BrightHand’s Adama Brown has just completed his review of HP’s latest VGA-screen PDA(available here).

The review generally is very positive about the device and rates it better than both Palm TX and Dell Axim x51v - the main complaints are related to minor things like the speaker and slightly slow startup times.

Adama especially praised the bright, large screen and the truly insane battery life…stay tuned - our unit should hit our offices soon!

February 18th, 2008

A first look at the new keyboard of the Advantage X7510

The images below show the “revamped” keyboard as found on the X7510:

It looks like we are looking at a “touchscreen” keyboard of some sort, where the classic mechanical keys are replaced by a touchscreen membrane. While this definitely offers advantages in terms of weight, thickness and possibly durability, I consider this a very bad idea nevertheless.

Mechanical keyboards offer (at least basic) tactile feedback while typing - something a touchscreen keyboard never can replicate. When typing on a touchscreen keyboard, nothing tells you if you have hit the right key or not - when touching “discrete” keys, you can immediately feel if you are on the key or not.

What do you think?

Image via Engadget.

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