The touch screen is much more robust than others we have seen, and a device in the phone provides tactile feedback when you push a virtual key.
"We will have a sneak peek of this device at our (Thursday) press conference, " wrote a spokesman for the carrier in an e-mail.
Sun rays are, as expected, absolutely no problem and we have to admit that on first sight we thought the device had a sticker affixed to its front -- its that good at reproducing printed materials.
First, we know the device will indeed have a qHD display, although unlike Moto's other 960 x 540 screens, this one discards the PenTile matrix and features properly proportioned sub-pixels, which delivers crisper text in the process.
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We have a full gallery of images of the new device below.
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We don't love the one-size-fits-all approach but we can't have an individual approach for each device, so we're going to find a middle ground.
Thanks to some leaked training materials over on Howard Forums, we have a pretty clear idea of the next Galaxy S device to bow on that budget carrier's lineup -- the Lightray 4G.
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We'd have to spend a little more time with the device to get used to just tapping them but even then, we're not sure if the slight delay in response will go away.
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But, we wouldn't have done it if it was just a gaming device.
But once a drug or device enters the medical ecosystem, we have no idea how well it performs.
We have tried to put in the features that make sense for playing on a mobile device while still keeping the core of the Minecraft experience.
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We imagined a device that would do for games what the iPod and Kindle have done for music and books, letting us play in a cool new way.
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What with being the first to market with an innovative product, and having that device become a generic verb a la Xerox, we would have thought the company's future looked bright.
Hence, we believe there is a great deal more to the Kindle device strategy than most have discounted.
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The Kindle is still a pretty device, but the focus on the service reminds us of why we have devices in the first place.
As you can tell, the device itself is encased in a ShockMount layer of protective armor, and we have to stress the "armor" aspect.
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"While eBook readers have focused on static black-and white images in a single purpose device, we believe incremental content from magazines, newspapers, textbooks and other formats will lend themselves to a more colorful, immersive and interactive experience, more akin to what users have come to expect from the Internet, " Cross writes.
The only notable change is an articulating, telescoping antenna that screws into the top of the phone -- a sure sign that this device is nothing but a trial unit since we'd assume retail devices would have a sexier way to stow it.
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Thing is, the N900 is a device where we can see many (if not most) users still preferring to have access to a stylus from time to time for precision input, and that being said, this is probably about as good of a resistive display as Nokia is capable of manufacturing.
Now, this may be a low-end model, but we're not entirely sure how such modest specs have found their way into such a... girthy device.
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The same goes with the performance on this 1.3GHz OMAP 4470-packing device, so we'll have to hold off judgment until we get our hands on a final unit -- which shouldn't be long...
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The device is as thin as you'd expect for a RAZR product, and if we have any complaint it's with Motorola's attempt to bill this as an "edge-to-edge" display.
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