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Chronology of all sliding keyboard devices - Wizard>Herald>Titan>Hermes>Kaiser>...

Back in the day, there were only a few choices of proper business devices with those nice sliding out thumb-boards. Nowadays it seems they are popping up all over the place.

To make it clear, I am NOT talking about those devices with both the screen and keyboard together on the front of the device, it is too cramped in my opinion.

So I want to rank the devices, from worst to best, which is sometimes from oldest to newest.

All Phones:

Full slide out thumbboard (meant for two hand use)

microSD slot (SDHC compatible)

Bluetooth 2.0+

Wifi

Quad band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

CSD, GPRS, EDGE

Mini USB combo jack for data transfer, charging, and headset

USB 1.0 (unless otherwise noted)

Windows Mobile (unless otherwise noted)

1. HTC Wizard

2.8 in TFT-LCD 240 X 320

Texas Instruments OMAP 850 @ 195 MHz

64MB RAM, 128MB Flash ROM

1.3MP camera

58 x 108 x 23.7 millimetres

Battery: 1250mAh

2. HTC Herald

2.8 in TFT-LCD 240 X 320

Texas Instruments OMAP 850 @ 201 MHz

64MB RAM, 128MB Flash ROM

2.0MP camera

2.3 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches

Battery: 1130mAh

3. HTC Titan

2.8 in TFT-LCD 240 X 320

Qualcomm MSM7500 @ 400 MHz

64MB RAM, 256MB Flash ROM

2.0MP camera

4.33” x 2.32” x 0.73”

Battery: 1500mAh

CDMA Only (no GSM)

GPS

4. HTC Hermes

2.8 in TFT-LCD 240 X 320

Samsung SC32442A @ 400 MHz

64MB RAM, 128MB Flash ROM

2.0MP camera/ Front 0.3MP Video Call camera

4.33” x 2.32” x 0.73”

Battery: 1350mAh

UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G)

Scroll and Push Wheel

5. HTC Kaiser (TyTN II)

2.8 in TFT-LCD 240 X 320

Qualcomm MSM 7200 @ 400 MHz

128MB RAM, 256MB Flash ROM

3.0MP camera/ Front 0.3MP Video Call camera

112mm (L) X 59mm (W) X 19mm (T)

Battery: 1350mAh

UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G)

Scroll and Push Wheel

6. HTC Raphael (Touch Pro)

2.8 in flat TFT-LCD 480 X 640

Qualcomm MSM7201A ARM 11 @ 528 MHz

288MB RAM, 512MB Flash ROM

3.2MP camera/ Front 0.3MP Video Call camera

102 mm (4.0 in) (h) 51 mm (2.0 in) (w) 18.05 mm (0.711 in) (d)

Battery: 1340mAh

UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G), HSUPA

GPS

7. HTC Dream (aka G1) [Google Android OS]

3.2 in TFT-LCD 480 X 320

Dual-core CPU/GPU Qualcomm MSM7201A ARM11 (528MHz) @ 384Mhz

192MB DDR SDRAM, 256MB Flash ROM

Quad band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

Dual band UMTS 1700 / 2100

3.2MP camera with autofocus.

117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm

Battery: 1150mAh

Accelerometer, digital compass, GPS

USB 2.0

8. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

3.0 in flat TFT-LCD 800 X 480

ARM 11 Qualcomm MSM7200A @ 528 MHz with ARM9 @ 256 MHz 2nd core

256MB RAM, 512MB Flash ROM

3.2MP camera/ Front 0.3MP Video Call camera

110 x 53 x 16.7 mm

Battery: 1340mAh

UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G), HSUPA

GPS, Accelerometer

USB 2.0

9. HTC Rhodium (Touch Pro 2)

3.6 in flat TFT-LCD 480 X 800

Qualcomm MSM7200 @ 528MHz

288MB RAM, 512MB Flash ROM

3.2MP camera/ Front 0.3MP Video Call camera

116 X 59.2 X 17.25 mm (4.57 X 2.33 X 0.68 inches)

Battery: 1500mAh

WCDMA, UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G)

Accelerometer, GPS, TV-out

USB 2.0

10. Acer m900

3.6 in flat TFT-LCD 480 X 800

Samsung SC3 6410 @ 533 MHz

128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM

5MP camera

4.69 x 2.44 x 0.67 inches (119 x 62 x 17.1 mm)

Battery: 1530mAh

WCDMA, UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G), HSUPA

Fingerprint ID sensor, GPS, FM Radio with RDS

USB 2.0

11. Samsung Omnia Pro

3.5 in flat AMOLED 800 x 480

Marvell PXA3XX @ 800MHz

288MB RAM, 1024MB Flash ROM

5MP camera/ Front 0.3MP Video Call camera

112.6 x 57.8 x 16.2 mm

Battery: 1500mAh

UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G)

Accelerometer?, GPS, TV-out

USB 2.0

I will add more as I find them and have time. In the meantime, feel free to suggest more!

Also note: I did not include any of the Nokia phones such as the Nokia N97, because in my mind it is not in the same class as these devices (i.e. Business professional)