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Nokia Unveils "World's Thinnest" QWERTY Smartphone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-lost-it-in-a-deck-of-cards dept.

Barence writes "Nokia has revamped its E-series of business-oriented smartphones with two new models, including the 'world's thinnest' QWERTY device. The GPS-enabled E71 is the slimmer successor to the Nokia E61, with a thickness of only 1cm. It's HSDPA-enabled, offers switchable home screens, and gives a claimed 'two full days of heavy, heavy use.' The E66, on the other hand, is a slide-phone with a conventional numerical keypad and a built-in accelerometer. At the same event, Nokia also gave a tantalizing hint about its plans for an iPhone rival, with its senior vice president saying, 'we will have touchscreen devices coming this year.'"

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  1. Re:Looks good by jacquesm · · Score: 3, Informative

    there was a *much* older nokia phone with a slide that exposed a good size keyboard, a friend of mine used it quite a bit to keep an eye on a large serverfarm.

    here is an image of what the phone looked like:

    http://www.mobileburn.com/media/nokia/9300/9300_open-IMG_9425.jpg

    also there is this old ./ thread:

    http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/08/0214240&tid=215

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  2. Really? World's Thinnest QWERTY? by CrankyFool · · Score: 3, Informative

    I was wondering about this -- my Blackberry Curve (8310) doesn't actually feel like it's thicker than 1cm. So I looked it up -- it's 0.91cm thick (0.36"). How is the F71, if it really is 1cm thick, the world's thinnest?

  3. Re:Great... by Espectr0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    AT&T will carry this phone, according to this

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  4. Re:Looks good by weston · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, the iPhone is a great --- kidding! :)

    The E70 looks pretty good. I had its predecessor (the 6822) for a while and quite liked even that.

    There's also a good review here. ;)

    I do happen to think the iPhone is great, but if you want a good keyboard, it's probably not what you want, and I found that the fold out keyboard seemed easier for me to use than most on mobiles.

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  5. Re:Why Why Why? by BacOs · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've got an LG Voyager and it's got the row for numbers.