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This is Sony. Their Middle Name is "internal security issues".]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
OMG, this is not a phone, this is a mini laptop, look at the screen is 5 inches and the whole equipment is very big.

This will not fit in my pocket.

And no 2.2?? OMG everybody is lovin it now]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/That's what she...

come on, too easy!]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Apple was never the only one, nearly every smartphone out right now was revealed by spyshots or planning documents before its announcement.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/And put a map on it, then we have the perfect drive companion.

And if you happen to stop, then you can access your ebooks while waiting for her.]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Why can't they do away with the side bezels. A 16:9 rectangular piece is the same size as an entire iPhone. So, if you do away with the side bezels, the phone size will be the same as the size of BB 8520 or an iPhone. And just keep a little bezel at the top and the bottom (for sideways holding purpose and for speaker, microphone, front-facing camera, proximity sensor, etc etc). There you go! Your phone won't be over-sized and will still have a 5" screen. Size can NEVER be overrated - always useful. Are you listening HTC?]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
That's a caplet you. A tablet it a small table. LOL!!!!]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
LOL]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
sorry if I hurt your feelings, but sick of people going "oh, why don't they...? It's so simple"]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Exactly. Bezels aren't just empty and hollow space behind them. There are actual components there. But the idea could work if you take a small device, say, a Nexus One, and put a bigger 4.3" screen that goes edge to edge. That way you actually add space width-wise and potentially thin out the phone.]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Oh wait that's the HD2]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Re: “Don’t you think they would have done it if they could” Not if the cost of production is too high it won’t increase sales enough to make it worth it.
Re: “ Ever heard of engineering and physics? “ Umm.. have you ever heard of creativity and ingenuity? I say make the screen of Gorilla Glass and put a 3-4mm rim around it. Even better make the whole front of the phone out of Gorilla Glass (the edges and corners would be thermoformed). In this type of situation the Iphone 4g could have a 5inch screen and the Galaxy S could nearly fit a 5.5 inch screen.
Re: “screen can't just float in the front” 4mm rim around screen is enough to fit screws. Or even better the thermoformed Gorilla Glass can be cut at a 90 degree angle on the thermoformed edges, do the same with the back plate but cut the angle in a lower position so that the front & back plate lock into each other then you can put screws into the top and bottom and even sides of the phone rather than from the back to the front and you eliminate needing any rim or bezel around the phone at all.
Re: “Maybe the side bezel is so the device can be thin?” No need for a question mark… that’s exactly what it is, but considering the battery takes the most space and battery improvements continue to happen, the speed increases of processors continue (allowing us to under clock and save battery) and OS’s are optimized for battery consumption (well not Android apparently) are all things happening now and in the future so devices can and will be smaller and expecting large screen sizes isn’t wrong.
My question to you: Ever heard of supply and demand!?? Just because you are accepting of the current screen size to phone size ratios doesn't mean we shouldn't push manufacturers to produce better products in the same dimension or smaller packages… thinking that way is ignorant. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
Too bad for you people huh? Canada has it.

But guess what. You "bastards" get the EVO, Incredible, and a shitload of other Android phones, while the X10 is THE ONLY good Android phone in Canada, with the exception of the Milestone (Droid), and X10 isn't even rootable yet. And it runs 1.6. Seriously, as a Canadianm I would like to express the opinions of all Canadian Gadget Nerds...FML!]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
A true gadget nerd would acquire devices through other means/countries. Not whine about current locale's lack of choice. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
There are no other means. All of Canada's major carriers use AT&T frequencies. Most of the world does not.]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
Hmm, in that case, it does make it more tricky. Fair play.]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/You can toss most (not all) of latin America and the Caribbian into that fold.]]>Jun 4th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/What are you talking about?

-Sent from my Dell Streak XL.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
~ Sent from my 17inch tablet]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/do you use the fingerlonger to hold your dell streak]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Shut up with the Futurama references, or I'll set my Hitler shark on you.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
*fing-longer]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
"Quick, Robin, get out the shark repellent bat spray!"]]>Jun 28th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/Jun 4th 2010 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
Yeah, Android users have this thing for having a bigger settings menu and a longer spec sheet, you know, rather it actually being usable.

Iphone users use their devices, Android users like to look at theirs and play about with their settings menu as if they're some sort of tech guru]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
If on top of all that I get a spec advantage that'll further enhance the usability of the device, I'll definitely take it. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
"Iphone users use their devices, Android users like to look at theirs and play about with their settings menu as if they're some sort of tech guru"

then read your dribble again]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
That's usability. If stripping away features and the resulting simplicity it offers is what you're looking for maybe you should take a look at the JitterBug.]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
Very thin though; I'll give it that. But 5" = Not a Phone. I hope the Samsung Galaxy S Pro has a tilting keyboard....]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-ericsson-prepping-a-5-inch-android-phone-with-qwerty-keyboa/
If I was able to make calls with my TV it would also be a phone?

Be serious pls, anything over 4''-4,3'' cannot be called phone, minimun tablet or even netbook with phone capabilities...]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:15AM