http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/ 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/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Why does the keyboard landscape seem to be very small?]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
Need something better than snapdragon though. Like the chips Motorola and apple uses, they're better for games and stuff. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
They keep releasing phones with new names all the time. They seem kind of "wannabe" like.
They need to keep a series so people actually recognize the phones in public.
HTC Vision, Aria, Evo, Dream, Magic, etc... Can get kind of annoying.]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/:O]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/AT&T does need more good Android phones, but apparently they don't want any good ones. Why do they keep crippling them?]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Christopher Reeves is quality controlling their android phones.
Too soon?]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/go by a PSP/DS if you want a handheld gaming system. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Hear, hear!]]>Jul 4th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/

...what?

iPhone 4 uses a modified Samsung S5PC110
Motorola Droid X uses a Texas Instruments OMAP3630-1000
iPhone 3GS uses a Samsung S5L8920
Motorola Droid uses a TI OMAP 3430

I think what you meant to say was the chips that Apple and Samsung use... Which are all Samsung processors.

or maybe you meant PowerVR graphics?
or something?]]>Jul 5th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 5th 2010 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
There's a reason why their slogan is "Quietly Brilliant"
]]>Jul 5th 2010 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
If the carrier is putting up money for advertising and it's a "big deal" phone, they're going to name it and there's not much the manufacturer can do.]]>Jul 5th 2010 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/When xda or ppcgeeks fixes the last few issues with Android and the tough pro 2 it will be the best qwerty Android phone ever made. HTC upgrade the processor and put Android on touchpro 2 hardware and release them on all carriers and they will sell like crack at a crackhouse]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
I can't help but feel tremendously LET DOWN. I hope this isn't the Vision... The Epic 4G dances circles around this phone...

- It was rumored to have a 4.3" screen with a never before seen technology on a phone (like Pixel Qi).... this is a 3.7" screen with usual technology.

- It was rumored to run Gingerbread, this is a customized Android version.

- It was rumored to have a front cam, this does not have one.

- It was rumored to have a dual-core processor, this has same ol' Snapdragon, which Hummingbird pwns.

- It's not what I would call a good looking phone.

Moreover, the keyboard is clearly inferior to the EPIC 4G's in many ways, it deserves a whole post on its own.

Disappointed :(]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Couldn't agree with you more. The samsung is better tech and better looking design and keyboard. It will probably be my next phone..]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
So basically what you're saying is that you're disappointed that this phone is not using as of yet un-invented components that the chip makers are saying is months away and it's not running code Google hasn't written yet?]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
i agree, i really am surprised there is now awesome slider yet. I think to really fully have the smartphone experience you need to have a slide out keyboard, that way you can feel like your on a laptop.

im still waiting for something like this and preferably with some up and down keys n things, i hate how all the new phones have no arrow keys on the front.]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
I'm only disappointed if this is Project Emerand (a.k.a HTC Vision), if it's just the Nexus One Enterprise, and it most likely is, then I'm just "meh".]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 5th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Really? This keyboard looks most similar to the Touch Pro 2, which is still heralded as the best QWERTY of any mobile phone. It's at least a step in the right direction. ]]>Jul 5th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 28th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
It looks like they put together leftovers of the Desire and TP2... I hope the screen at least tilts...

Even if it does, the EPIC easily pwns it in so many ways :(]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
The keyboard on the TP2 is BLISS.]]>Jul 4th 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
I'll settle for a capacitive Touch Pro 2 with Android, a headphone jack, and Snapdragon OR a Desire with a Touch Pro 2 keyboard tacked on underneath it.

Release that to all 4 major US carriers and you'll sell a respectable number. Just do it HTC.]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/You can settle, I'll wait for the high-end phone with a 5 row properly-aligned QWERTY, 3.5mm headphone jack, front-facing camera, high resolution display, good quality screen and GSM bands for T-Mobile USA. ;)]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Come join the Jedi on Sprint and win the Epic battle. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
The Epic is such an Epic phone.

It's like an Evo, but with a faster processor, a nicer display and a better camera. And then BAM! FIVE ROW QWERTY M*****FUCKER!!!]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/I'd switch back to Sprint if they played nice in my area. Oh, and if they didn't tack on $10 in fees/taxes/surcharges. ]]>Jul 5th 2010 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
I've taken to running Android on my Touch Pro2 (WinMo isn't my thing) just because the keyboard makes all the trouble easily worth it.

I've still longed for a decent phone with a good screen and a physical keyboard much like the TP2's. I thought the MyTouch 3G Slide was it, but it wasn't.

It might be only 4 rows, but if it feels anything like the TP2's keyboard, it won't matter.]]>Jul 5th 2010 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
In fact I opined after using that TP2 keyboard that HTC makes the best smartphone keyboards on the planet.

I will be buying the Samsung Galaxy S when it debuts, but in the interim I bought my GF a myTouch Slide to replace our G1. Buying it sight unseen, but trusting the rave reviews of the Slide, I also trusted that the keyboard would be excellent since it's an HTC product.

I was right. Although four rows (which is fine to me) the keyboard on the Slide is just as perfect as the one on my old Touch Pro2.

For those who don't know what we are talking about, HTC keyboards have a sharp, crisp, quality feel to them. When pressing the keys they react quickly and when running one's fingers over the keys they feel like the well engineered keys that they are.]]>Jul 5th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
But the icons and notification bar are themed...

They probably haven't decided how to implement Sense 2.1 in landscape yet, I'm guessing. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/Jul 4th 2010 6:32PM