Sentences with phrase «of a physical keyboard for»

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If we were to stop there, the Priv would be a decent option for buyers who are looking for something that is at the same time familiar, but also different — so long as they like and can use a physical keyboard, of course.

BlackBerry launched the Classic less than two years ago, hoping it would resonate with customers yearning for a physical keyboard in a world of touchscreens.

Tablet purchasers, on the other hand, claim that despite the limited functionality of a tablet, its portability and touchscreen interface make it a compelling tool, especially for very young children — and it's not hard to add a physical keyboard.

For those who read enough to desire a dedicated e-reader device, the leaders in the category — Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo — are coalescing around a standard set of features: a monochrome E Ink display, a keyboard (physical or virtual), an MP3 player, Web access, note - taking / highlighting / bookmarking functionality, simple games, and support for common document formats (notably, PDF and WorFor those who read enough to desire a dedicated e-reader device, the leaders in the category — Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo — are coalescing around a standard set of features: a monochrome E Ink display, a keyboard (physical or virtual), an MP3 player, Web access, note - taking / highlighting / bookmarking functionality, simple games, and support for common document formats (notably, PDF and Worfor common document formats (notably, PDF and Word).

While hardcore BlackBerry users will still want to stick to devices with a physical keyboard, those fans of touchscreen's or those new to BlackBerry may want to take out the 9850 for a spin.

While most of me wonders why people cling so desperately to the idea of having a physical keyboard for their touch - screen devices, another part has to admit there are occasions when having one would be awfully convenient (especially when it works equally well with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone powered devices — complete with the special, platform - specific keys present and accounted).

In the year 2011 when there are a sea of big touchscreen phones on the market, you're going for a physical keyboard because you value communication above all else on your mobile device.

With Polaris Office, business executives can easily view and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents with an excellent option to view PDF files too but the lack of a physical keyboard might make things a bit tricky at first for those who are used to fast typing speeds on their BlackBerry QWERTY keyboards.

Geared at developing for the forthcoming BlackBerry Q10, the Dev Alpha C is of course the first Dev Alpha with the full, physical keyboard.

The Optimus Pro is the first handset of theirs in a portrait bar format, which is geared up for simple social networking with both a physical Qwerty keyboard and a 2.8 - inch touch screen — offering the best of both worlds.

The Q10 will be available at Bell, Rogers, Telus, Wind, and a number of other carriers, so make sure you get there on release day if you have a hankering for a physical keyboard.

A phone with three displays, a physical QWERTY keyboard and two 180 ° hinges would not only have trouble keeping a charge for more than a couple hours, but it would probably also have trouble standing the test of time.

Because they are flat, the keys don't allow for a good «feel» of where your fingers are, and that's too bad because using one additional sense is why physical keyboard are so efficient.

Equipped with the full physical keyboard that BlackBerry essentially became known for, the Q10 is the best of both worlds.

First SIM Free MS handset to arrive On - line mobile phone retailer Clove has opened up ordering of the Dell physical keyboard based WP7 Venue Pro handset, for delivery on March 26th and at a price of # 420.

This doesn't sit well with a lot of people that love their BlackBerry for the QWERTY keyboard, as many are hesitant to switch to a device without physical keys.

Kindle Touch or K3 wireless — I don't object to them being ad - supported, but I do object to the lack of a physical keyboard, so no Kindle Touch for me, and also very much object to the lack of 3G support... Plus, I just don't like the idea of a touch screen device at all.

It's a comfortable BlackBerry to use, with the width providing a good size for holding and also typing upon with a very similar feel to the Storm 2 only with the physical keyboard of the 9700.

The physical keyboard means that the whole screen is available for their writing, it's not squeezed into a little area because of the on - screen keyboard.

When we used Word and Excel in landscape mode without a physical keyboard, the virtual keyboard ate up more than half of the screen real estate with the tool bars and window widgets, leaving room for only about a paragraph of text or 9 rows of cells on screen at once.

The BlackBerry Priv with dual edge curved display and physical slide - out QWERTY keyboard was one of the in - house Android smartphones but failed to drive any traction for BlackBerry due to its high price.

For me though, the larger sized screen and oh - so thin design of the Torch 9850/9860 are well worth the loss of a physical keyboard.

The trade - off for having a large screen and thin body is the lack of a physical keyboard.

Offering both virtual and five - row PC - like physical QWERTY keyboards, the Photon Q provides the best of both worlds for fast typing.

In place of the Kindle's physical keyboard, the Sony Reader offers a touch - screen - based keyboard for text searches, either within a book or within your entire library.

Consumers can choose between using a virtual keyboard or a physical one for typing on the phone, and can view content on a 5.4 - inch immersive dual - curve OLED display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440, and a pixel density of 540 PPI; 4x the amount of pixels when compared with a standard HDTV.

That's good news for die - hard BlackBerry keyboard fans, but Heins also made note of another thing: RIM is going to try to find a way to bring the word prediction technology built into BB10's software keyboard to physical keyboard devices.

Take the ill - fated BlackBerry Storm, for instance, it didn't feature a physical keyboard and ended up being about as usual as a decaffeinated shot of espresso.

As you once could on your beloved BlackBerry Bold and as you can on the recently launched BlackBerry Classic, you can now make use of nearly every letter in the physical keyboard and give it an action like Speed Dial for a contact, or use them to launch your most - used apps.

And for many people, that will prove to be a good thing: you're getting a great physical keyboard, the BlackBerry experience you love, and a taste of Android, for good measure.

I had A LOT of preconceptions about the way it looked, switching back to a physical keyboard, and having to use BB10 for a week or more for the purpose of this review.

But while touchscreen typing isn't as quick as a physical keyboard I think it will be good enough for a lot of people to provide the other benefits that a tablet computer gives you over a laptop.

Authors should take into account the wide variety of possible Reading System implementations when adding scripting functionality to their Publications (e.g., not all devices have physical keyboard, and in many cases a soft keyboard is only activated only for text input elements).

The lack of a physical keyboard mainly only comes into play for those who like to take lots of notes or surf the web a lot; for the few times you might need the keyboard during normal use (to create and name a new «collection,» for example), I'd imagine the 5 - way controller and on - screen keyboard will be fine.

Authors need to take into account the wide variety of possible Reading System implementations when adding scripting functionality to their EPUB Publications (e.g., not all devices have physical keyboards, and in many cases a soft keyboard is activated only for text input elements).

Though the handset does lack 4G LTE support, it is chock full of next - gen features that will please Android fans looking for a physical keyboard.

I admit it's been a couple of years since I used a mobile device with a physical QWERTY keyboard, but after using the Q10 for a while, I became very comfortable with it and could see myself typing away on it for hours.

His answers were just what RIM's marketing department would hope for: the BlackBerry sips data compared to its competitors, it's secure and reliable, it conveys a professional image (all of those belt holsters), and it has a physical keyboard.

While the Droid can be purchased for $ 99 at Best Buy — half the price of the Incredible — the question you should ask is, How badly do I want a physical keyboard?

For folks still rocking this 2010 classic, which comes with a best - of - both - worlds approach featuring both a physical keyboard and touchscreen, knowing how to access its various nooks and crannies will go a long way in squeezing the most out of the device.

One of the common criticisms of tablets is that productivity is hampered by on - screen keyboards; for anything but light typing, a physical keyboard is much preferable.

As for what the device has to offer, the BlackBerry Motion is the first handset bearing the company logo to offer an IP67 dust and water resistance rating, and the fourth BlackBerry smartphone to adopt a full touchscreen form factor while abandoning the concept of a physical keyboard, following the DTEK50, DTEK60, and Aurora.

Steve Cistulli, President and General Manager for TCL Communication, North America shared some teasers of the upcoming BlackBerry smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard.

Its is a solid phone with a QWERTY slider keyboard and it also features an on - screen keyboard for those who are against of physical keyboards.

As a low - cost mobile for one part of Everything Everywhere Mobile phone manufacturer Alcatel has announced their physical keyboard based One Touch 355 phone has arrived with T - Mobile, in carbon and for just # 19.99.

One of the great things about having a physical keyboard on your BlackBerry is the ability to use keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation.

BlackBerry is already known for having the best physical keyboards on the market (the Bold 9900 has the best phone keyboard of all time), and with BlackBerry 10 they also want to be known for having the best touchscreen keyboard on the market.

And when the first capacitive touch screen smartphones arrived, it took some convincing for a lot of people to switch away from the physical keyboard to one that works with the touch of your fingers.

As for the L Series from BlackBerry, all we now know about this line - up is that it will consist of both full touch and QWERTY keyboard (physical) laden handsets.

As with the French model, the device that Amazon is selling in Spain and Italy is the six - inch, keyboard - free, WiFi version, meaning that Amazon does not have to go through the costly process of customizing physical keyboards for local markets.