Hardware keyboards are a must, whether an on-screen keyboard has vibrating input notification is irrelevant, It'll never be the same as a physical button.
From an outsiders point of view I'd recommend the Xperia due to HTC's recent lack of support for device issues, e.g. lack of drivers for the Kaiser's graphics chip.
But from my point of view, I get an updated device every 12-18 months, and with WM7 releasing in Q4 2008, I see no reason to purchase either of these devices.
I thought that hardware keyboard was a must before one device without it proved me wrong. It only depends on how the sw keyboard is implemented. I admit that there are some inconveniences with having only sw keyboard, but so there is for hw keyboard.
I don't want to turn this into a yes-no-yes-no fight so I'll just say that I'd rather have good on-screen keyboard and reduce the size of device by the size of physical qwerty.
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Ricky @ May 19th 2008 5:22AM
Hardware keyboards are a must, whether an on-screen keyboard has vibrating input notification is irrelevant, It'll never be the same as a physical button.
From an outsiders point of view I'd recommend the Xperia due to HTC's recent lack of support for device issues, e.g. lack of drivers for the Kaiser's graphics chip.
But from my point of view, I get an updated device every 12-18 months, and with WM7 releasing in Q4 2008, I see no reason to purchase either of these devices.
Tombio @ May 19th 2008 5:41AM
I thought that hardware keyboard was a must before one device without it proved me wrong. It only depends on how the sw keyboard is implemented. I admit that there are some inconveniences with having only sw keyboard, but so there is for hw keyboard.
I don't want to turn this into a yes-no-yes-no fight so I'll just say that I'd rather have good on-screen keyboard and reduce the size of device by the size of physical qwerty.