We used to see QWERTY keyboards all over the place; from Blackberries to the Sony Ericson P-series, from Nokia communicators to Palm Treo’s. But they’re slowing dying out now…
Ever since Sony Ericsson dropped the P-series in favour of the XPERIA range, the QWERTY keyboard has been fast disappearing from our phone shops. And Nokia now seems to be retiring their Communicator range.
Nokia’s new smart-phones that they have just released are the E55 and the E75, both of which have QWERTY keyboards however the E55 is supporting a dual QWERTY keyboard. No idea what this will look like, it might be like the Sony Ericsson P1 and M600 or it might be like the Blackberry Pearl phones, I’m not sure yet – but I am hoping it will be more like the former (Sony Ericson) but by the look of the device I am expecting it to be in the Pearl format. Boo!
The E75 is going with the slide out QWERTY keyboard, but it will be in keeping with the standard phone keypad, much like the HTC S710.
But what is replacing the QWERTY?
Their replacement is the slide out keyboard and the touch screen (but not the ill-fated 7280 which didn’t have a keyboard as such). So it now appears that style is overtaking ease of use. Don’t get me wrong, having a keyboard on the front of the phone can make it look fairly ugly, but at least when you are typing emails or a text, having a keyboard makes things a lot faster.
I’d rather use the Nokia E71 than the Apple iPhone.
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