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Welcome to Qwerty Keyboard Phones. Ever since mobile-phone texting was introduced in 2000, multi-tap keyboards have been all pervasive on mobiles. But common sense would dictate that multi-tap is highly inefficient, requiring potentially many keystrokes to enter a single letter. Even worse, to enter the same letter two times running, you have to pause a second or two between letters.
The introduction of predictive text was designed to address the perversity of the multi-tap keyboard, but this has its own shortcomings. The system is based on the hope that the desired word is in the dictionary. Misspellings and slang words will result in long pauses as you type.
Qwerty keyboard phones have arrived to rescue us from predictive text. If you are familiar with your computer's QWERTY keyboard, you'll find that texting on a qwerty keyboard phone is a breeze. Though compact, the keys are adequately spaced for quick and accurate typing. But which phone? To make things easy, qwerty keyboard phones present the very best of today's slide keyboard phones.
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LG KS360
The LG KS360 comes complete with a slide-out full qwerty keyboard phone, a 2 megapixel camera and an MP3 player. The phone is available in a choice of colours, blue or pink (black also available with Orange). Additional features include an FM radio and the abilitiy to shoot short videos. (Introduced Winter 2008)
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Lowest priced full qwerty keyboard phone
MP3 player, 2MP camera, FM radio
Bluetooth
Messages can be shown in 'chat' mode.
From £58.37, a great value price (Tesco)
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LG GW520
The LG GW520 comes in blue or black/silver with a slide out qwerty keyboard. The phone features a 3.2MP integrated camera allowing you to take photos and record video. It also includes MP3 player, bluetooth, FM radio and includes an expandable memory slot. The phone has internet accessibility and voice dialling. (Introduced Summer 2009)
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3.2MP camera, FM radio, MP3 player
Bluetooth
Voice dialling
Expandable memory
From £94.37 (Tesco)
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Samsung B5310 Genio Slide
A superbly designed phone which incorporates a full, slide out QWERTY keyboard. With support for multiple email accounts and instant messaging, keeping in touch has never been easier. Data connections to the internet are transferred via high speed Mobile Broadband, plus the B5310 Genio Pro also supports WLAN. (Introduced Summer 2009)
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3.15MP camera, FM radio, MP3 player
Bluetooth
WiFi
3G internet
Be a text whizz for just £119.99 (playdotcom - PAYG on vodafone network)
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LG InTouch Max GW620
With access to over 20,000 applications to download from the Android Market, most of which are free, it means that you can personalise your phone to suit you. From social networking apps to keep in touch, news and review apps to keep you in the know or fun apps to keep you entertained, you will never be bored again! (Introduced Winter 2009)
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Android phone
Social Networking Manager (Linkbook)
Auto Face-Tagging and Face-To-Action
Fast Internet
Be part of the Android wave for £269.99 (playdotcom)
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Nokia N97 Mini
The Nokia N97 Mini is tiny, but it's no small fry. Just touch and tap to put favourite websites, email and more on your homescreen. Go online at breakneck speeds. And marvel at the big, razor sharp display - perfect for showing off shots from the stunning camera.
Typing emails and texts is a dream with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The screen even tilts up - just like a miniature laptop. (Introduced Autumn 2009)
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5MP camera with flash, MP3 player, FM radio, memory to 16Gb
Fast web browsing, WiFi enabled
Built in GPS navigation
Tilt screen
Free on Pay monthly plans from £35 (vodafone)
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Nokia N900
The Nokia N900 is fast - very fast. It races through websites, apps and emails. It's easy to customise - just tap the huge, bright touchscreen. And it's big on movies, photos and music, with a whopping 32GB on board.
Open lots of websites - just tap to flip between them. Download an app, listen to music and check out a document, all at once. And get your email sent straight to your phone, then quickly reply on the slide out, full QWERTY keyboard. (Introduced Winter 2009)
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Mp3 player, FM radio, 5MP camera with flash, memory to 64Gb
Use with Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail Email accounts.
Fast internet full featured browser
WiFi: connects automatically to your network when in range
Free on pay monthly plans from £40 (vodafone)
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