http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
I hope, I hope, I hope it's one of those Tegra 2 Androids coming with Gingerbread..... if not, at least don't forget the front camera!]]>May 21st 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/- Android (check)
- Keyboard (check)
- Snapdragon (very likely considering recent trends)
- HDMI

This means a very nice convergence device - i'll keep it for years even knowing a better device would be out in a month (oh, htc...)]]>May 21st 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 22nd 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/ I like your thinking. ]]>May 21st 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
I have an Incredible and the horizontal width is slightly too small for convenient portrait typing and the vertical width is slightly too large for nice landscape typing. I suspect the Evo will be nice for portrait typing but too big for landscape typing.]]>May 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
Personally I will always take a keyboard over just the screen every time if it is nicely designed.]]>May 21st 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/a QWERTY keyboard is just about the only thing I desperately miss on my nexus... im just nowhere near as fast typing on a screen (this comment for instance... would be finished and posted by now)... not to mention the constant mistakes I make. I'd drop for one of these in a heartbeat. no, faster then that (if... that's humanly possible)]]>May 21st 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/touch pro 3 will probably be a windows device, brand identity and all that.

@HTC
UK RELEASE PLEASE!! ]]>May 21st 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/Yes! Me too, but I can't justify moving to any phone that's currently out there.]]>May 21st 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
Exactly my point. Though Cyanogen is doing his best to keep my G1 up-to-date I could seriously need a hardware boost. There's just no phone right now to pick...

-HW Qwerty (actually Qwertz for me)
- Android 2.2 / Froyo
- Snapdragon CPU
- nice form factor

COME ON...]]>May 22nd 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/The Droid keyboard is terrible.]]>May 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
It is considered highend, but it's keyboard is god awful.]]>May 21st 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/I haven't had the pleasure of using a Milestone yet so I can't comment. If HTC pull some decent hardware (judging by their recent releases it's almost inevitable) with a decent keyboard, I suppose it's for the greater good!]]>May 21st 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
I was commenting on the headline "HTC 'Vision' finally bringing high-end QWERTY to Android?" because I considered the Droid/Milestone to be a high-end Android phone with QWERTY.

It appears I was wrong.]]>May 21st 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
I mean I'm very hesitant to pick up an HTC Android phone because it feels like a week later a new one is out. What's more, because they have so many damn handsets, it takes forever for official updates to happen.]]>May 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
Why does it bother you that you don't have the best hardware, are you compensating for something? are you saying they should hold back innovation just so you can brag that you have the best phone?]]>May 21st 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
No no nothing like that. Hell my phone right now is 2 years old, so I certainly don't care if I have the latest and greatest. However, I'm HIGHLY interested in the HTC Evo and would be very upset if just a few months later they announced a similarly spec'd phone with a physical qwerty.

And again, given HTC's update track record you have to wonder when and if all these phones will continue to see support (outside of the Android community I mean).]]>May 21st 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
Seconded, to hell and back.

I guess T-Mobile is getting nervous, it must be high priority to get these things for sale before the end of the 2yr G1 contracts in November.]]>May 21st 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
AT&T needs to get it, and I believe that HTC won't succumb to AT&T's "creepy uncle" firmware attitude like Motorola has.]]>May 21st 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/rofl "Creepy Uncle"]]>May 21st 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
If a portrait phone uses a keyboard layout like the BlackBerry Pearl and uses a SureType keyboard, then HELL YES.

If not either the keys are going to be too small (like the Pre) or the phone itself too big (like the rest of the BB line). Heck no.]]>May 21st 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/I agree... but candybar form (no sliding) like a BlackBerry or the Palm Treo Pro.

Since HTC doesn't have a default layout like RIM or Palm... they can certainly produce a competitor in that portrait form factor with hardware keyboard that many business users prefer.

Touchscreen with non-sliding keyboard = gud (and please don't remove the optical trackpad).]]>May 21st 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
Dell already has the solution for you guys. Do a search since I can't really provide you the link since I'm on my phone ]]>May 21st 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/dell-lightning-the-ultimate-windows-phone-7-device-leaks-out/ In the Lightning's case, it comes with WP7, and not Android, so that's a no-go. =(

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/dell-smoke-slaps-android-in-the-wild-form-factor-you-secretly-wa/ In the Smoke's case, it has a QWERTY form factor, but in the form of the Palm Pixi and not the Pre.]]>May 21st 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/I am aware of the Dell models... but HTC is proven in the handset arena.

I actually like the Pixi form... just needs a bigger screen.]]>May 21st 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
If anything, they should just make 2 versions of the same phone - 1 with an slide-out keyboard, and 1 without the slideout keyboard but other wise the same.

I don't want a slideout keyboard. They're bulky, and I don't do that much text entry on my phone. I do want Android, as well as the large screen though.

What we need is more non-keyboard phones, or a way to add/remove the keyboard from a phone so you could go either way.]]>May 21st 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
The Motorola Droid has good hardware, but awful keyboard.

The Motorola Devour and LG Ally have crappy hardware, but nice keyboards.

Androids with no keyboards they have the Eris which has older specs and the brand new Incredible.]]>May 21st 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/nexus one
Evo
Incredible

High end qwerty
Droid
mytouch slide (lol)

Moar keyboard please :-) ]]>May 21st 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/
For a while, HTC did basically make the same phone with a keyboard and without a keyboard. They called them something different and they usually looked different, but the specs were exactly the same so if you were in the know, you could pretty easily figure out what phone was the same in a qwerty or non-qwerty version.

Lately they've just slowed way down on their qwerty releases - I think the last half-decent one was the TP2, but that's still running on a 528mhz Qualcomm processor and Windows Mobile 6.5.
]]>May 21st 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/htc-vision-finally-bringing-high-end-qwerty-to-android/May 21st 2010 2:12PM