Well...something's better than nothing. And maybe there are fixes and optimizations in Windows 8.1.
There is always going to be that segment of the market that wants the physical keyboard on their phone, but I think it's getting smaller and smaller. I think many of the previous QWERTY keyboard lovers have accepted the reality of all touch as devices with keyboards are getting harder and harder to find.
+1 to the Nokia E7 design. All we need is support for landscape on the Start Screen and preinstalled apps, and were all set!
There is always going to be that segment of the market that wants the physical keyboard on their phone, but I think it's getting smaller and smaller. I think many of the previous QWERTY keyboard lovers have accepted the reality of all touch as devices with keyboards are getting harder and harder to find.
Any reference link? I want to see them
How I wish that there is another like N97 or the n900...Consumers are fickle. Keyboards are not in style now, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them make a comeback. Nokia needs to create the trends, not follow them, if they ever want to be top dog. Samsung brought back the stylus and made it "cool" with the Note, after many had claimed the stylus was dead. The thing about trends is that at some point people realize that the trend was stupid and then settle on something more practical.
Nokia keeps cranking out new devices every other month it seems. It is only a matter of time before one of them has a keyboard, assuming the OS even supports them.How I wish that there is another like N97 or the n900...
The cravings get stronger day by day.
Nokia keeps cranking out new devices every other month it seems. It is only a matter of time before one of them has a keyboard, assuming the OS even supports them.
I think a phone with a physical keyboard will be to expensive. With a software keyboard you can just change language (or add another) - so you can make one phone for a lot of different languages. That's not posible with a physical keyboard. I don't think we'll see a new Windows Phone with a physical keyboard - just too expensive.
...and I'm happy with a touch keyboard. Just my $0.10 ;-)
I was a real holdout when touchscreen phones came out. I didn't think I would be able to get used to a phone without a real keyboard. When I bought my Focus, I almost bought a Quantum with the slideout keyboard. I am really glad that I didn't. All touchscreen phones are clearly the future, and they will only get better as time goes on, with predictive text and possibly features like swype.
Not quite a nokia, but before I upgraded to the 8XT, I had the HTC Arrive. It was WP7.5 with a slideout keyboard. SO... WP7/8 is capable of it, but the manufacturers just don't see a huge market for it, and the costs to design/develop/manufacture don't seem to be worth it to them
I would have LOVED to get an "updated" Arrive, instead of the 8XT, but I certainly don't mind it.
such a wonderful signature LOL i love it!!I would personally be fine with no physical Qwerty board IF there were at least ARROW KEYS either physically on the phone or on the virtual keyboard. That is what I loved most about physical slide out Qwertys; the fact that I could just arrow back or up or down to move around my text. I realize I can tap and hold and then move the cursor around. But sometimes that causes you to move around the page too fast and you can't get it right where you want.
But by far, a Lumia 1020 with a physical slide-out qwerty would be just about as perfect as the future could get (I realize there's no way that could really be physically possible and keep a decent shape to the phone, but i can dream).
qwerty is such a niche market these days, Nokia needs to develop a case with a slide out bt keyboard that does the same thing. kind of like what they did with the camera grip for the few people who want to hold it like a camera.