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Nuu Mini-key transforms iPhone 4 into QWERTY slider
Sep 6th
Young accessory maker Nuu at IFA showed a new iPhone 4 add-on that promises a fully integrated keyboard. The Mini-key melds a protective case for the Apple phone itself with a slide-out, tilting QWERTY keyboard to reassure those jumping from phones with physical keyboards. The design takes advantage of iOS 4′s built-in support for keyboards, although whether it uses Bluetooth or the Dock Connector isn’t known.
The peripheral has its own separate battery to power a backlight without draining the iPhone’s main power.
Nuu hopes to have the Mini-key in stores by the holidays. The Hong Kong-based company does plan a More >
HTC’s mystery CDMA/GSM, QWERTY Android slider hits FCC
Sep 6th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
A rumored HTCQWERTY slider Verizon flagship has been spotted in an FCC filing this weekend. While only labeled as the PD42100, the device is clearly labeled for Verizon and matches up with the description of a hybrid CDMA/EVDO and GSM phone mentioned earlier. Its four-inch touchscreen has been confirmed in the few available shots.
Also on show are 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
None of the performance claims can be validated by the FCC, but the same tip that had first shown the phone itself also mentioned a 1.2GHz processor and could make it the fastest Android phone known so far. However, More >