Keepin’ it real fake, part CLXXXIX: meet the HTC A296 — and its gaping maw

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, GSM

We can totally picture this scenario at a bar, party, or Engadget reader meetup: “Hey, check out my Touch Diamond… oh, oh, wait, what’s this? Wha-BAM!” Out comes the numeric keypad, right out of nowhere, accompanied by a sickeningly bad S60 knockoff interface. Observers are stunned, dumbfounded; some even pass out […]

HTC not done with non-touchscreens yet, brings S743 to US market

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We’d never pegged the S740 as the kind of phone HTC would be looking to bring to the New World; it’s an oddball by modern Windows Mobile standards, shucking the touchy, feely trend for a traditional numeric keypad that reminds us of a simpler, more innocent […]

Nokia’s 6208 classic: touchscreen, yes; S60, not so much

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, EDGE

Quick: name a Nokia phone with a touchscreen. Added complication: it can’t be running Symbian. Struggling a bit? Well, we’ve got at least one answer in this place in the form of the just-leaked 6208 classic, a candybar approved by China’s spectrum peeps that does a 2.85-inch touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel cam, […]