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Sprint HTC Arrive: Windows Phone 7 is not ready for landscape keyboards

Summary: Sprint and HTC are getting ready to release the first CDMA Windows Phone 7 device. The hardware is quite nice and the slide-out QWERTY keyboard is one of the best ever on a phone, unfortunately the operating system does not really support these types of keyboards.

By Matthew Miller | March 17, 2011 -- 05:41 GMT (22:41 PDT)

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The landscape QWERTY keyboard on the HTC Arrive is nearly the same as the HTC Touch Pro 2 and is the BEST QWERTY keyboard on any smartphone.

Topics: Microsoft, Hardware, HTC, Mobility, Telcos, Windows

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Really shows what utter clowns microsoft are.

Arrogant, Deaf, dumb and useless seem to be microsofts motto or mantra.

They should really give up and quit inflicting mankind with their crapware.

Reality Bites
17 March, 2011 08:41

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- RE: Sprint HTC Arrive: Windows Phone 7 is not ready for landscape keyboards
  
  @Reality Bites WOW have you even tried Windows Phone 7? I guessing no. I have tried all Major Platforms ans WP7 has something offer.
  
  grizzly82
  17 March, 2011 10:07
  
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- RE: Sprint HTC Arrive: Windows Phone 7 is not ready for landscape keyboards
  
  @Reality Bites Be quiet apple troll dont be jealous just because your phone is junk. Windows phones a are great for personal and business use and no restrictions compare to junk iphone
  
  ipadsucks
  17 March, 2011 11:37
  
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Alush
17 March, 2011 09:22

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Didn't they test it?

Why didn't HTC test it first (being sarcastic)....they put it out knowing it looked funky.

antonparrish@...
17 March, 2011 13:07

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