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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

In the “form factors Nokia hasn’t fully explored, but probably should” bucket, side-sliding QWERTY candybars ranks pretty dang high on the list, so we’re delighted to see that — as far as we can tell, anyway — Espoo’s still hard at work banging out the details of its E75. We’re told to expect WiFi (naturally), a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a 2.4-inch display, but more importantly, you’ve got a generous keyboard that should give the S740 a serious run for its money. We’re a bit concerned about usability on a totally flush keyboard like this (E90 anyone?), but hey, maybe that’s the reason it hasn’t been declare yet, right?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

Nokia’s QWERTY slider E75 spotted in the wild again originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Software, Motorola, Windows Mobile

We’ve all been waiting patiently for Windows Mobile 7 to drop since the crust of the Earth was still cooling, and at this point, Windows 7 proper could theoretically beat it out of the gate. What’s a perpetually delayed platform to do, then? Come up with another stop-gap measure, of course. Windows Mobile 6.1 was designed to plug some short-term holes in 6, and it’s looking at this time like there could be a 6.5 waiting in the wings to plug a few more. Nothing has really been revealed about the mysterious, heretofore-unknown version, but Motorola CEO mentioned it in passing during the company’s earnings call today while discussing the fact that 6.1 really hasn’t been able to keep pace with Apple in the “user experience” department. Would it be totally naive of us to hope for a little Xbox Live Anywhere in there?

[Via CoolSmartPhone]

Moto CEO casually name drops Windows Mobile 6.5 in conference call originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, O2, Vodafone

Sony Ericsson finally came clean with that September 30 launch date for the XPERIA X1 this morning, and at this time the carrier situation is starting to resolve itself — as previously hinted, Vodafone will launch the sleek WinMo slider in the UK, and Bot. Voda and O2 will have it in Germany. O2 UK hasn’t confirmed anything yet, and we still haven’t heard from any carriers in the third launch country of Sweden, but we’ll keep you posted over on Engadget Mobile as soon as we hear anything.

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