11-21-2006, 06:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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O2 Xda Zinc: More QWERTY, Less Flame
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Here's another 3G Pocket PC Phone that O2 has up its sleeve. It's no Flame, of course. In fact, it's your standard kind of device: Intel XScale PXA270 520MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a 2.0-megapixel camera, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Okay, and now we shift all attention back to that power-packed Flame. 
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11-21-2006, 07:12 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Just curious...
Does anybody know what determines whether a manufacturer makes the keyboard slide out to the left side or right side? Are there cultural/geographic influences, ergonomic reasons, or is it simply the whim of some engineer sitting in a lab somewhere?
And, while we're asking totally pointless questions, when you use your device in landscape mode, do you prefer left-handed (D-pad to the right) or right-handed (D-pad to the left)?
I'm right-handed and seem to prefer left-handed portrait mode, but I suspect that's because it's more comfortable with the flip-cover leather cases I usually use.
Have I mentioned that I actually ENJOY ergonomic and time-motion research?
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11-21-2006, 09:07 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Hmmm. Wheres the alt key? They took away alt and added cap?
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11-22-2006, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by JKingGrim
Wheres the alt key?
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What are the ALT/CTL/CAP/etc. combinations that you use most often? Do you use any special applications to help map the functionality of any of those keys?
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11-22-2006, 06:46 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jun 2005
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can we find out what memory card it uses? hopefully it's SDHC [just saw a 8Gb SDHC card online and it's really tempting! :P]
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11-28-2006, 12:22 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2006
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just wondering, when this device will be out for sale to regular consumers?
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11-28-2006, 02:25 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2005
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great specs.. may be its just me but vertical keyboard makes much more sence to me now a days.. :?
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11-28-2006, 02:35 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by Brutalba
just wondering, when this device will be out for sale to regular consumers?
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Maybe next year 2Q??? Since they still have fresh products out ATM [Stealth etc]
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11-28-2006, 02:55 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by Brutalba
just wondering, when this device will be out for sale to regular consumers?
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Q1-Q2, 2007, through O2 Asia-Pacific.
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11-28-2006, 04:28 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Goodie! More choices for us here in the AP region 8) If my dream device doesn't come out this will be on my shortlist.
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