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Actually, that combines a touch screen phone with a QWERTY keypad is not new, since we know Palm Treo have first to do it, as in the products Treo 650 or Treo Centro.

Acer participate also issued a phone that combines a QWERTY keypad with a touch screen on the phone. Acer beTouch E210 mobile phone that has a physical full QWERTY keyboard and 2.6-inch touch screen. Smartphone Acer beTouch E210 is running Android 2.2 Froyo and has all the cool features we know Android.

Although not the first, Android phone that combines a QWERTY keypad and touch screen, because Motorola also issued a similar phones like Motorola Charm or Motorola Droid Pro but Smartphone Acer beTouch E210 has a smaller size and lighter that is sized 116mm long and weight in at 110g making it compact and easily portable. Acer beTouch E210 battery capacity of 1300mAh and operate on HSDPA / HSUPA networks at 900/2100MHz or 850/1900MHz. The CPU inside the phone is a ST Ericsson PNX6715 running at Processor at 416MHz

Acer beTouch E210 has an internal ROM 512MB and 256MB of internal RAM. 3.2 MP camera and the phone has WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, micro-SD card slot, micro-USB port, and 3.5mm headphone port. This phone also has an FM tuner, G-sensor, and compass.

Specification of Acer beTouch E210:
- Dimensions: 116 x 63 x 11.95 mm
- 110 g (with battery)
- Android 2.2
- HSDPA
- Qualcomm MSM 7227, 600 MHz
- 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM
- Display: 2.6″ QVGA TFT
- 3,2 Megapixel camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth
- GPS / AGPS
- MicroSD Card slot
- Lithium-ion battery, 1300 mAh

 

Android phone that combines a touch screen and a physical qwerty keyboard beneath it will more and more. Motorola announced the presence of Motorola XT316.

"With a fun design, beautiful and a great social media options, the Motorola XT316 provide experience using a smartphone on a busy user at affordable prices," said Fei Liu, Senior Vice President, Mass Market Consumer Products Motorola Mobility.

Gingerbread Android-based handset that has a touch-screen portrait width of 2.8 inch QVGA screen with a qwerty keyboard. Other features such as a 3MP camera, WI Fi, GPS and other smartphones standard facilities.

By relying on the CPU 600MHz ARM 11 processor with Adreno 200 GPU, 256MB of RAM and 512MB of built-in memory. Not quite powerful indeed, but its not too disappointing.

Motorola XT316 already available in China at a price of 165 Euros or about U.S. $ 200. The handset will soon be marketed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latin America, Europe and several countries in Asia.

Besides Motorola, LG is also preparing to launch a handset with a similar form factor. LG Optimus Pro, ready to be marketed at a price more or less the same.

Motorola XT 316 Specifications:

• HSDPA7.2Mbps/UL384Kbps, WCDMA850/1900 or 850/2100 or 900/2100
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 EDGE class 12
• Dimensions : 116.5 x 58x 13.45mm (4.6 x 2.3 x 0.53 inches)
• Weight: 110g
• Display : 2.8” QVGA display with capacitive multitouch and full QWERTY keypad
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• Connectivity: 3.5mm audio jack
• Network: EDGE class 12; HSDPA; DL7.2 Mbps/UL384Kbps
• WLAN: Wi-Fi b/g/n
• Camera: 3MP camera
• Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer
• FM Radio with RDS support
• Audio:128poly MIDI, AMR, MP3, AAC, eAcc+ and AAC+
• Video: Capture/playback/streaming, H.263, H.264, MPEG4
• Memory: 512MB ROM / 256MB RAM
• MicroSD card slot up to 32G external
• GPS/aGPS, E-compass
• Battery: 1420mAh battery
• Up to 8 hours talk time and 27 days standby in 3G mode