12-06-2006, 04:00 PM
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HTC QWERTY Candybar Smartphone to Ship as Vox?
"HTC looks set to market its upcoming candybar smart phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard as the Vox, leaked roadmap slides reveal. The Taiwanese handset maker showed off the device in September as carrier UTStarcom's Libra. According to slides published in a report on Arabic-language webside CE4Arab.com, Vox is due to ship toward the end of Q2 2007, pitched as messaging-friendly phone rather than a PDA-phone replacement."  Is it a Smartphone or is it a Pocket PC Phone? You decide. I'm going with Smartphone. No sign of a stylus so presumably no touch screen. I think this device is great if it is the real thing. I have no reason to think HTC wouldn't make such a device. It takes care of the QWERTY vs keypad debate. It gives you the best of both worlds I think. If it comes to this side of the world I will have one in my hands a split second later. 
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12-06-2006, 04:01 PM
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The screen shot is clearly a PPC Phone (pic on the left has the start menu coming down). Like you, this is my #1 phone if it actually comes out on Verizon like it's supposed to.
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12-06-2006, 04:06 PM
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Yeah good point about the menu. I'm hoping its just a cut and paste job for the visuals.
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12-06-2006, 04:09 PM
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Size, size, size...
Now that I've had the Cingular Blackjack in my pocket for three weeks, I can't see going with a much thicker phone. By the looks of those pictures, it's as thick as the 8125. Just can't do that anymore; too spoiled.
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12-06-2006, 04:57 PM
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The screenshots are PPC Phone Edition, but it could be that it's actually a smartphone.
On the other hand Palm is calling it's Treos, smartphones...
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12-06-2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerry Raia
Yeah good point about the menu. I'm hoping its just a cut and paste job for the visuals.
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It's possible, because there's a Home button instead of a Windows button (which is the Pocket PC Phone equivalent). Hmmm.
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12-06-2006, 05:32 PM
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I don't see any directional keys or joystick. That makes me think it is a PPC Phone Edition.
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12-06-2006, 05:55 PM
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im getting really annoyed with smartphone promotional material having screenshots of pocket pc's 
take a look at the new cingular blackjack commercial (the guy shuffling the phone like a deck of cards) if you want to know what i mean. at the end when they are just showing the blackjack by itself, there is a pocket pc layout on the screen. don't carriers they have a QA team to check these things before they are sent out into the world? :evil: |
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12-06-2006, 06:22 PM
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I don't see any directional keys or joystick. That makes me think it is a PPC Phone Edition.
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Now that is a big deal. Could very well be the Telltale Heart so to speak. Still it could just be a new design. Am I working this or what? :lol:
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12-06-2006, 06:43 PM
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If this is a smartphone and has all the high speed it should have, Jerry and I may be fighting for the same phone the split second it comes out :lol:
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