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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Nokia has plans for triple-sliding phone
Nokia is looking for a leg up on rivals with slip-sliding plans for a next-generation phone.
Textually.org showed off plans by Nokia for a smartphone that slides three ways. Most phones slide one way, to access the number pad. A handful slide a second way to open to a Qwerty keyboard for easier text-messaging.
Nokia has patented a phone with a third sliding mechanism for music and gaming controls.
Sounds great if you can’t wait to get home to your game machines. Still, many cell users would love to have a quicker way to start and stop music files.
Here’s another wireless device tidbit: Gizmodo.com displayed a Google Android prototype handheld “in the wild.” It’s worth it at least to take a look.