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Technical Help & Discussion => Mobile Phones & Other Handheld Devices => Topic started by: Simon on January 07, 2011, 00:08
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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
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I think I'd prefer a keyboard, my fingers don't get on well with the touch screens.
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You and me both, Sam. I tend to stutter due to my tremor. I even have trouble with the satnav. :(
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voice activation.. or a slave is the way to go for you.
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Leave Sue out of this. :devil:
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Umm... The Desire Z has a keyboard. :)
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We know, we'd moved on to touch screens. Keep up, Simon. ;D
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:bawl:
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:laugh: