The Years of Greenery: A Top 10 Smart Keyboard Smartphone Inventory

Blackberry will release its latest model later this month - based on Android's Priv, this machine has a physical full keyboard that hasn't appeared on high-end models for a long time. With the improvement of multi-touch and the continuous improvement of the fineness of the screen, almost all touchscreens are now designed. However, some people still hope to have a full-keyboard mobile phone.

With the Priv sale getting closer and closer, nostalgia will follow. With this opportunity, we selected the top 10 players in the past for full-screen smartphones. Their history must have been turned over more than 10 years ago and they should be followed in chronological order.

(Sony Ericsson P910)

The Sony Ericsson P910 is a high-end mobile phone launched by Sony Ericsson in 2004. Its predecessors were the P800 in 2002 and the P900 in 2003, more than a decade ago. Run Symbian UIQ system, equipped with 2.9-inch resistive touch screen with 208x320 resolution, stylus, VGA rear camera and 1000mAh battery. There is also 64MB of built-in memory, support for M2 card expansion and HTML browser. After turning the numeric keypad down, it is the full QWERTY keyboard, and switching is only between the fingertips.

(Nokia E90 Communicator)

In the past 10 years, a true mini-computer, the Nokia E90 Communicator, was launched by Nokia in 2007 to replace the 9500 Communicator introduced in 2004. Running Saipan S60 is the first machine in the Communicator family to have 3G and GPS capabilities. The Nokia E90 Communicator comes with dual and dual internal and external keyboards, a 4-inch 800x352 screen plus a full QWERTY keyboard, and a 2-inch 240x320 screen plus a T9 keyboard. Other features include a 332MHz single-core processor, 128MB of built-in memory, support for Wi-Fi and SD card expansion, and 3.2 million cameras.

(HTC TyTN II)

HTC TyTN II was introduced by HTC in 2007 and is an upgrade of TyTN in 2006. It has a lot of vests, such as AT&T called Tilt, T-Mobile is MDA Vario III or O2's XDA Stellar. Like the previous TyTN, the TyTN II is a Windows Mobile machine with a 2.8-inch 240 x 340 resistive touch screen, a stylus and a sliding full keyboard. 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2 million rear camera, VGA front camera readily available.

(Blackberry Bold 9000)

The BlackBerry Bold 9000 is the first product of the Bold series. Launched in 2008, the BlackBerry at that time was still quite beautiful. The 2.6-inch 480 x 320 screen does not support touch, but the large QWERTY full keyboard gives the user a swift input experience. Other aspects are also closely following the trend, equipped with 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, 128MB of RAM, SD card support for 1G expansion, 624MHz processor and a 2 million camera.

(T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream)

Launched in October 2008, the T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream made history as the first machine for Android. Although the T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream is not commercially successful, it is the starting point for Android to start the journey. It is equipped with a 528MHz single-core processor, a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 touch screen and a sliding full keyboard. Supports all connection methods at the time: 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, 192MB RAM+256MB ROM+3.2 million cameras, support for SD card expansion.

(HTC Touch Pro 2)

Considered to be the best Windows Mobile machine at the time (2009), the HTC Touch Pro 2 (Tilt 2 in the other vest) has a great sliding full keyboard with a 3.6 inch 480x800 touch screen and touch zoom Column, 288MB RAM+512MB ROM, 528MHz single-core processor, 3.2 million main camera and VGA front camera.

(Palm Pre)

Introduced in the United States in mid-2009, the Palm Pre is the world's first smartphone with webOS, a new beginning for Palm. Pre has become a popular model for US operator Sprint because of its good workmanship and attractive features. The pre-slider full keyboard design has a 3.1-inch 320x480 touch screen, 600MHz single-core processor, 256MB RAM+8GB ROM, unfortunately does not support SD card expansion. Pre also had several successors, such as Pre Plus, Pre 2 and Pre 3, but it did not win the market. Finally, Palm was sold to HP, and webOS is now purchased by LG as a system for smart TVs and wearables.

(Motorola Droid / Milestone)

The Motorola Droid, the GSM version called Milestone, is the first Andorid machine to compete with the iPhone in the market. In 2009, the iPhone was exclusively owned by AT&T in the US market. Verizon was looking for a product that could be replaced. The result of this cooperation with Motorola was this machine. Compared with the iPhone 3GS at the time, it has a larger screen and a higher resolution (3.7 inches 480x854), and it also has a full-sleek keyboard.

(Nokia N900)

The Nokia N900 introduced the concept of “internet tablet” in 2008, but it was not listed until November 2009. Equipped with a 3.5-inch 480 x 800 touch screen, a 3-line sliding QWERTY keyboard and a 5 million Carl Zeiss rear camera. Its web browser was praised for its support for Flash, but the N900 system is based on Maemo for Linux and lacks applications. In the end, Maemo and Intel's Moblin merged into MeeGo, which in turn became Tizen. Jolla's Sailfish OS is also based on MeeGo.

(Nokia E7)

This last-generation high-end mobile phone running Saipan system, Nokia E7 was launched in early 2011, Nokia has announced that will use Microsoft's Windows Phone as a future smart phone operating system, which makes many people on this machine in a wait-and-see attitude . Even so, the E7 is a unique device with an anodized aluminum body, a 4-line QWERTY keyboard, a 4-inch 360x640 AMOLED screen and a 8 million camera.

This is the 10 best physical keyboard smartphones selected by the foreign media phonearena. Don't know if you still have one or two models to commemorate? If there is no model you like, please leave a message for discussion.