Which Android mobiles have slide out keyboard ?

Droid is your only real bet unless you wait for the Droid2/HTC Vision/GalaxyS.

Decided against the N900 then? :p
 
Robboftw said:
Droid is your only real bet unless you wait for the Droid2/HTC Vision/GalaxyS.
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I don't really like Motorola phones (They use to be always cheap and rubbish years ago)
Robboftw said:
Decided against the N900 then? :p
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No not yet.....Just checking out what all my other options are :p

I really can't make my mind up on which phone to buy :(
 
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chaparral said:
I don't really like Motorola phones (They use to be always cheap and rubbish years ago)No not yet.....Just checking out what all my other options are :p

I really can't make my mind up on which phone to buy :(
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Get a Desire.

You honestly won't regret it, I've tried all the decent phones out at the moment (bar the N1, which is a Desire anyway) and it's a clear cut above the rest.

If you want a hardware keyboard, get a Droid and port 2.1 onto it or something. Or maybe try out a Blackberry, but I dont think thats what you really want.

You can explain your key points about what your phone needs, and we can advise you better then maybe! ;)
 
I dont think the Nexus Two will be out here that soon either.

Considering the HTC EVO isn't coming out here (for ages if at all) the current phones including the Galaxy S (if you can wait a while longer) are really all you have to look at.
 
I tried texting on a friends desire a few days ago. I still hate it. I really do hope I never have to have a purely touch screen phone.
 
Typing using a touch screen phone is always weird and difficult at first, the learning curve may seem steep, but the more you learn to trust the phone the faster and easier it becomes.


Typing using a touch screen will always be faster than a physical (mobile) keyboard because of the auto-correction and the keys are faster to press because there is no physical action.


I was pessimistic at first but now I love typing using a touchscreen.
 
Indeed, it takes quite a bit of getting used to. Especially as the new ones can compensate for your finger size and accuracy, so it will only get better.
 
Microwave said:
Typing using a touch screen will always be faster than a physical (mobile) keyboard because of the auto-correction and the keys are faster to press because there is no physical action.
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I'm very, very doubtful of this. I can type really quite quickly (enough for basic note taking during lessons) on my milestones keyboard, I don't think with practice I could ever manage that on a touch screen phone...
 
I honestly believe it.

I've used as standard T9 equiped Nokia, iPod touch, Blackberry Curve and my current Android phone.

I actually typed slower with the Blackberry physical qwerty keyboard than even using predictive text on my old Nokia!

The Android touch screen keyboard was fastest, blowing the iPod out of the water too.
 
Hxc said:
I'm very, very doubtful of this. I can type really quite quickly (enough for basic note taking during lessons) on my milestones keyboard, I don't think with practice I could ever manage that on a touch screen phone...
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You could. Trust me.
 
Motorola Dext if you want a cheaper option than the Droid (~£150 phone only).
Only Android 1.5, but it has Motoblur which improves texting and social network integration. Moto have said they are updating it to 2.1 this summer too. I'm quite happy with mine.
 
I've never understood the outcry for a hardware keyboard, my history of smart phones read like this SE w960i (poor) iPhone (elated at first, till I realised I had to jailbreak, and then even then I couldn't get what I expected out of it.) HTC Hero (blown the **** away, this is when I realised that android was the future, hardware permitted) HTC Desire (There is only two things they can do to improve this phone, A BETTER SENSOR for the camera, perhaps enabling 720p video recording, and hdmi out.

But to be fair, who knows where we are going to be in a years time with our phones? To me, it seems the nost (quickest) expanding technology at the moment.
 
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