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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Lastly, we have the HTC Tachi - a phone that, based on looking at that big d-pad, looked like it was probably going to be a Windows Mobile Standard phone, but after a bit of research I've read that it's going to be a Windows Mobile Professional device - which is a bit curious given that most touch-screen phones don't have quite that much space used at the bottom for controls. The rumours are it will have a 2.8 inch VGA screen, 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM, and the ubiquitous 528 Mhz Qualcomm processor. As y ou can see by the render, it will be released by Dopod, so those of us in North America will probably never see it. |
You must have a short memory... it looks a lot like a stripped down version of the HTC Raphael platform... aka the Touch Pro or Fuze, using many of the same components. But you are correct that the current generation of touch screen phones tend to look a lot more like the iPhone.
I actually like a few buttons on my phones since a purely touch screen interface is hard less convenient for commonly used features that could be mapped to hardware buttons... but non-expert users (the general public) tends to like huge screens with one button on the front. Also they tend to like flush power buttons that look good, but are easily pressed accidentally (as opposed to recessed power buttons that are hard to accidentally press, but also hard for people with long nails to press.)
