For one-handed use, a helpful Phone Pad option brings up a numeric keypad which acts like a regular mobile phone's typing method complete with T9 text input. Connectivity options are aplenty on this tiny handheld.

The phone is slim at 12mm and incorporates a Qualcomm MSM 7201 processor clocked at 528MHz with a 512MB ROM and a 288MB RAM. The Touch HD sports Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and has a HTC TouchFLO 3D user interface, which at times

HTC S740 HTC today announced the S743, a version of the S740 with support for US 3G networks. The phone is a non-touch Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard device with a bar form factor and numeric keypad, plus a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

This is not to say it’s a bad phone — quite the contrary, it’s a solid all-touchscreen WinMo device. However, when compared to the HTC Touch Diamond it has a lower res screen — WQVGA instead of Diamond’s VGA.

HTC S743 Will Be Released In Q1 2009. Posted in Mobile Phone Reviews; 07/01/2009. The HTC S743 aims to bring both style and potential, but i don’t know why the company makes an alphanumeric keypad on the front when you’ve already got a

We’d never pegged the S740 as the kind of phone HTC would be looking to bring to the New World; it’s an oddball by modern Windows Mobile standards, shucking the touchy, feely trend for a traditional numeric keypad that reminds us of a

I think I'm going to be happy with the HTC Touch Pro. I'm interested in the keyboard also because I want to use the device as a PDA, if I didn't I'd just get a regular inexpensive phone. I hope Microsoft succeeds in making the WM

The iPhone, HTC Touch and Asus P565 are touchscreen phones, but the Nokia e-series and Blackberry Bold are not. Motorola’s MotoMing also has touchscreen. Most Nokia e-series phones and Blackberrys have QWERTY keypads instead.

If you’re goo-goo eyes for phones with large buttons, non-touchscreen, slide out keypad, easy to use and simple to configure, then you’re destined to hold the HTC S743 in your hands. The S743 will be a complete duplicate of the European

Plus the G1 has a swingout keyboard. He said in the past keyboards that articulate have been a failure point on many mobile phones and PDAs. This combination may not be a winning hardware design for the HTC G1 Android.

While most phone manufacturers race to deliver hi-tech PDA phone, HTC decides to go the old-fashioned way with a non-touchscreen 2.4-inch (QVGA) display and a Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS. Fortunately, HTC S740 still has a nice integrated GPS module, 3G support, WiFI, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and a 3.2 megapixel camera module. The combination between QWERTY keyboard and keypad is awesome too, making it simple to those who just want to make a quick phone call. If only S740 comes with touchscreen display and WM6.1 Pro.

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