Any keyboarded Windows phones?

[authorandrew]

I'm looking for a Windows phone with a physical keyboard. The only one I know of is the Dell Venue Pro. I'd love something like the Nokia e9 with a full landscape keyboard, but I'd settle for anything -- I'm just really sick of soft keys on my 925. Does anything like this exist?

Many thanks!

 

[Indistinguishable]

I'm looking for a Windows phone with a physical keyboard. The only one I know of is the Dell Venue Pro. I'd love something like the Nokia e9 with a full landscape keyboard, but I'd settle for anything -- I'm just really sick of soft keys on my 925. Does anything like this exist?

Many thanks!

Great question. Unfortunately, there are no WP8's with a keyboard. And the Dell Venue Pro is stuck on WP7.8.

I too would really like to have the option of a physical keyboard, but I haven't heard about anything even being in the pipeline. We can always hope!

 

[DWTrump]

None that I'm aware of, and I think that would be a pretty big news item if there were one. I feel like this could be an interesting niche for a Windows Phone, with many people sticking to Blackberry due to their keyboard.

Imagine 2 different Surface Phones (since it seems they are targeting the Surface line toward businesses more these days), one with a keyboard and one that is touch only. Yeah, it will never happen, but it would certainly be intriguing.

 

[jedpatrickdatu]

Only Blackberry makes keyboard phones now. Nothing here on Windows Phone.

 

[authorandrew]

That's disappointing. I guess we can hope.

 

[xandros9]

Other than the Dell Venue Pro smartphone, there are some other WP7 devices with keyboards, like one by LG, whose name escapes me, and the HTC Arrive / Pro 7

But nothing current sadly.