Topic: Review: HTC Desire Z

[Simon]

The Desire Z seems a bit of an oddball. It's a big touchscreen phone, along the same lines as the Desire, but it also includes a keyboard that emerges from underneath and an optical touchpad for general navigation.

That hybridisation means it's a bulky device: it's thick, measuring 14.2mm and, at 180g, pretty heavy too. Neither are we completely convinced about the mechanism through which the keyboard appears. Instead of sliding smoothly, it pivots on a double hinge out and over. It feels a touch on the flimsy side.

The keyboard itself, however, is beyond reproach: if you don't get on with touchscreen text entry, this is the phone for you. The keys of its physical, Qwerty keyboard are large, well-spaced and responsive.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/smartphones/363946/htc-desire-z

[sam]

I think I'd prefer a keyboard, my fingers don't get on well with the touch screens.

[Rik]

You and me both, Sam. I tend to stutter due to my tremor. I even have trouble with the satnav. 

[sam]

voice activation.. or a slave is the way to go for you.

[Rik]

Leave Sue out of this. 

[Simon]

Umm... The Desire Z has a keyboard. 

[Rik]

We know, we'd moved on to touch screens. Keep up, Simon.

[Simon]

[sam]