T-Mobile Confirms HTC G2, Successor to the G1

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[citation][nom]bonezy[/nom]Please let it have a hardware keyboard.[/citation]
+1. And no eFUSE,etc and add Snapdragon and sell a unlocked version too.
 

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This is great, can't wait to see the spec's. I have a G1 myself and i absolutely love the phone. It would be nice if it still had a slide keyboard. Hate those small touch pad ones on phones, can't press one keypad worth my life.
 

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[citation][nom]bonezy[/nom]Please let it have a hardware keyboard.[/citation]

Heh. I was thinking the exact opposite. Slide out keyboards add bulk, weight, and are the first thing to break in phones. I still love my BlackBerry Bold 9000 qwerty keyboard but it is so limiting in functionality. I type much faster on my iPod Touch. To each his own but my next phone will be a slate.
 

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[citation][nom]bonezy[/nom]Please let it have a hardware keyboard.[/citation]
I'm with you, only reason I don't move to a Samsung Vibrant right now is no keyboard. Yeah, they got the My Touch Slide, but the G2 around the corner, I'm gonna hold out.
 

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Wouldn't their "answer" to the Epic be the Vibrant, since they're the same basic phone? I would think this would be their answer for the Droid 2 or something like that.
 

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[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Heh. I was thinking the exact opposite. Slide out keyboards add bulk, weight, and are the first thing to break in phones. I still love my BlackBerry Bold 9000 qwerty keyboard but it is so limiting in functionality. I type much faster on my iPod Touch. To each his own but my next phone will be a slate.[/citation]

There aren't that many upcoming hardware keyboard Android phones coming out, so you'll excuse me if I would rather have the G2 be a logical successor to the G1. It's slim pickings for us HW KB lovers.

And though I somtimes use swype, I never could understand how anyone using a touchscreen keyboard (weight and bulk aside) could prefer it to a real keyboard. I type pretty fast on my home computer's Logitech G11 keyboard, and if you replaced it with a same sized touchscreen keyboard, I'd lose speed and that tactile feedback.

Do people seriously prefer tapping on a screen for text input? I'm sorry, but I can type in the dark or while holding looking around with my Droid. I can't do that with my gf's iPhone. I understand the BB keyboards are cramped, but I hardly think the crApple's solution is the best. But oh well, I'm sure some company sooner or later will take a step backwards in evolution and create a larger home version of a touchscreen keyboard.

I mean, they did make first-person shooters for the controllers on consoles.
 

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The only person I knew who had/still has a G1 doesn't even know how to use the market. She bought it as a status symbol. Sad people would pay $30 extra every month for a status symbol.
 

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[citation][nom]hillarymakesmecry[/nom]The only person I knew who had/still has a G1 doesn't even know how to use the market. She bought it as a status symbol. Sad people would pay $30 extra every month for a status symbol.[/citation]

LOL, $30 a month? That's nothing; you should see what people pay for a mercedes, bmw, jaguar, etc.
 

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[citation][nom]hillarymakesmecry[/nom]The only person I knew who had/still has a G1 doesn't even know how to use the market. She bought it as a status symbol. Sad people would pay $30 extra every month for a status symbol.[/citation]
How do you think Apple stays in business? In fact, how do you think MOST companies stay in business?
 
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