HTC announces S740 with two keypads

[jesse]

Taking smartphone communication beyond the practical… the HTC S740 transcends power, usability and simple key-control to deliver the most joyful and intuitive writing experience.

Designed with both beauty and function in mind, the S740’s slender formation of bold angles and distinctive facets perfectly conceals a slide-out keyboard that makes typing-intensive tasks more pleasurable than ever before.

Working in perfect harmony with the S740’s quick messaging tools… writing documents, texts, emailing and instant messaging conversations feel as natural as they do on a notebook, giving you the freedom to communicate the way you enjoy the most.

Surf the Internet anywhere with broadband-speed HSDPA or hook up to the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot to peruse the web at your leisure. Stay in the loop with everything the world of media has to offer with a built-in RSS hub to alert you of the latest in news, entertainment and content as it appears.

Perfectly balanced to be as indispensable to the demanding business communicator as the most energetic of social butterflies… the HTC S740 belongs to everyone who’s passionate about staying in touch, whatever the medium.

Highlights

• Slide-out four-row keyboard for quick and easy text entry
• 2.4-inch TFT-LCD screen housed within a slim and elegant design
• Mobile Internet - surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA and Wi-Fi®
• 3.2 megapixel camera for quality stills and video
• microSD™ slot for expandable storage

[need Tos]

The basic concept is the same -- wrap Windows Mobile Standard into a candybar package with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard -- but the S740 takes design cues from the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro for a thoroughly 2008-ish look. The feature list has naturally been refreshed, too, with 7.2Mbps HSDPA on the 900 and 2100MHz bands (read: screw you, North Americans), quadband EDGE, a 3.2-megapixel fixed focus cam, WiFi, GPS, and a 2.4-inch QVGA display. And, you know, if all that isn't enough to impress your snobby friends, just slide open that keyboard, say "boom," and watch the jaws drop. Look for it to filter across Europe starting next month.

[Birdie]

HTC's certainly hitting the market with many a new phone at the mo, and here's yet another: the S740. It's a slider like the Touch Pro, with similar styling to both the Pro and the Diamond, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and US 3G aboard. It's also just 16.3mm thick, so it's skinnier than the Pro and almost exactly the same depth as the upcoming Dream. It'll run Windows Mobile Standard 6.1, apparently, on a 2.4-inch QVGA screen. There's quad-band support, a 3.2-megapixel cam

[Seraphim]

The Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has announced the S740, professional smartphone running Windows Mobile-piece format, with a non-touch screen. The S740 offers two keyboards, digital classic and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Gone is the design of another age and bulky gauge its predecessor, the S730: The S740 adopts the style compact, dark and angular, initiated with Touch Diamond and Touch Pro.

The S740 is distinguished from competitors by its smartphones sliding keyboard. Closed it looks like a conventional mobile phone (with keypad on the front). Open it unveils a full alphanumeric keypad, facilitating the seizure of mail, SMS and other data.

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The S740 is not particularly small (116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm) and especially shows a fairly substantial weight (140g). Its characteristics PDAs with the range "Touch" (3G/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, APN 3.2 M pixels) offer an alternative to user privileging telephony functions.

Specifications / Features of HTC S740:

• Size: 116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm
• Weight: 140g with battery
• Networks: WCDMA / HSDPA: 900/2100 MHz for USA and Asia
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM / GPRS / EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Maximum speed: 384 kbps = UL; DL Mbps ** = 3.6/7.2
• Standard Operating system: Windows Mobile ® 6.1 Standard
• Screen: 2.4-inch screen QVGA
• Camera: 3.2 megapixel approach with fixed
• Internal Memory: 256 MB Flash, 256 MB RAM
• Memory card: microSD ™
• WLAN: 802.11 b / g
• Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
• GPS: GPS / AGPS
• USB 2.0 High-Speed) Interface: HTC extUSB ™ (mini-USB port and audio jack in one; High-Speed USB 2.0)
• Battery: 1000 mAh
• Time speaks: WCDMA: 320 minutes until *** / GSM: up to 380 minutes ***
• Timeout: WCDMA: up to 400 hours *** / GSM: up to 280 hours ***
• Special benefits: sliding QWERTY keyboard, FM radio, Google Maps, RSS Hub
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7225 ®, 528 MHz

HTC will show the S740 the first time publically during the IFA trade show this week and will launch it in September across Europe. A price was not given today.

[Dr. V]

HTC's latest slim slider, the S740, caters to people who prefer a solid QWERTY keyboard to key in their text messages and compose emails instead of relying on a full touch screen. The QWERTY keyboard will be revealed only when you slide it open, and it retains the Touch Diamond's back cover design. Check out the specifications of the HTC S740 below :-

• HSDPA connectivity on 900/2100MHz bands
• Quad-band EDGE support
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• GPS navigation
• 2.4" QVGA display