| Touchscreen phones are great, but it could be | | | | you, there's the Samsung Tocco Ultra, that |
| argued they lose something in not having a | | | | combines the touchscreen goodness of the |
| keypad, as well. Well, how about a phone that | | | | Tocco, with the sleek looks of the Ultra Edition |
| combines a touchscreen AND a keypad? Let's | | | | series, to make a phone that's shockingly thin, |
| take a look at what's on the market now, and | | | | considering it includes both a huge touchscreen, |
| look forward to two upcoming phones... | | | | and a full alphanumeric keypad. The Samsung |
| Sony Ericsson X1 - showing the world how | | | | Tocco Ultra also inherits the TouchWiz interface |
| Windows should be done... | | | | from its predecessor, and that makes for an |
| Released at the tail end of 2008, the Sony | | | | incredible user experience. The features are |
| Ericsson X1 is the Swedish/Japanese | | | | better than the Arena, too, as it also has an 8 |
| manufacturer's first foray into the world of | | | | megapixel camera. |
| Windows Mobile phones, and quite frankly, it's one | | | | Nokia N97 - the ultimate handheld computer? |
| of the greatest Windows Mobile phones ever | | | | While the Sony Ericsson X1 delivers true |
| made. It's ludicrously powerful, and has a unique | | | | smartphone thrills in the shape of Windows Mobile, |
| 'arc slider' mechanism to reveal the keyboard, but | | | | and the Samsung Tocco Ultra makes for one of |
| more than that, the Sony Ericsson X1 has about | | | | the sexiest touchscreen phones ever, the frankly |
| every conceivable bell and whistle it's possible for | | | | awesome Nokia N97 is on course to become one |
| mobile phones to have. GPS, WiFi, and HSDPA, it | | | | of the best touchscreen phones of 2009. This |
| does them all with aplomb. | | | | uses the same Symbian S60 Touch interface and |
| And since the screen resolution is a whopping | | | | crams it within the shell of a proper, full-tilt |
| 800x480 pixels, it tops nearly every other mobile | | | | smartphone. Which means it's got a massive, 3.5 |
| phone in existence for sharpness of screen. The | | | | inch screen, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, and |
| only downside, technically speaking, of the Sony | | | | the camera's been upgraded to 5 megapixels. The |
| Ericsson X1 is its camera, coming in at just 3 | | | | Nokia N97 is, obviously, destined to be the new |
| megapixels. But (and its a big but), since Sony | | | | flagship Nseries mobile phone, and it's genuinely as |
| Ericsson put exceptional cameras on their mobile | | | | powerful as the rumours said, with HSDPA, |
| phones, a 3 megapixel Sony Ericsson camera is | | | | sat-nav, digital compass, and integrated Flash, |
| probably not that far off the quality of a 5 | | | | meaning you get an internet experience that tops |
| megapixel Nokia camera. All in all, it is TRULY | | | | any other mobile phones! Put it like this: the Nokia |
| incredible. | | | | N97 is unbelievable. It easily outdoes other most |
| Samsung Tocco Ultra - going for an old-school | | | | other mobile phones and I'm predicting that the |
| keypad | | | | Nokia N97 has the potential to totally DESTROY |
| But what happens if you want a phone that has | | | | the competition next year! |
| both a touchscreen AND a keypad? Then for | | | | |