I presume it is this one? Called Touch Dual by HTC? http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_htctouch_dual.htm I'm also waiting more info on the likelihood of the release (at least through Sprint or Verizon) of the CDMA version of the Touch (no mention I can find of a CDMA Touch-Dual unfortunately).
"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into." — most commonly attributed to Jonathan Swift, author/theologian
The HTC Touch Slide has a keyboard similar to the Blackberry Pearl, Ie keys are grouped in twos (QW, ER, TY, UI, OP kind of thing)
The HTC Touch Dual has normal numeric keys.
So the HTC Touch Slide is a more efficient way of text entry.
Hmm CDMA Touch? Just the Touch or will it be the Slide/Dual?
I wouldn't get the Touch without the Keyboard myself. The only way to input text would be to use a stylus, which would be even 10x slower than using the iPhone I think, plus the screen is only QVGA I beleive.
I hadn't noticed earlier but I see the CDMA Touch doesn't have wi-fi either (at least in its Telus incarnation). If anyone is interested it is now on the Telus website.
There is a link to the user guide at the bottom of the page for more detail for those interested. I didn't link straight to it as the pdf file is almost 5MB!
The above manual indicates that the CDMA Touch has options of an on-screen keypad (normal phone keypad) or on-screen keyboard (20-key qwerty equivalent) for entry (as well as usual transcriber etc). Haven't tried an i-Phone or similar so don't know how practical those are for character entry? Do note the 400MHz processor versus the 201MHz for the GSM version.
P.S. Thanks for the heads up Brad - just need to see how far away the horizon is today (pretty close here in Wgtn given the weather right now!).
P.P.S. (edit) - it is indeed QVGA macuser.
"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into." — most commonly attributed to Jonathan Swift, author/theologian
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