While I was eating Thanksgiving turkey and feeling sleepy, Steve was wasting no time unboxing an HTC Shift across the pond. He’s got two videos to help wake us all up and provide more info on the forthcoming UMPC slider with keyboard. I was keenly interested in the keyboard in particular since the device is similar in size to the Eee PC (that I’m using to write this post).
Steve feels the Shift keyboard isn’t touch-type capable, unless you use three fingers; looks like the best use is with your thumbs which isn’t appealing to me personally. From what I can gather, the Eee PC keyboard is about one to two inches wider and that makes a huge difference. I’m looking forward to more info from Steve on the Shift; I know he doesn’t ink as a rule, but hopefully, we’ll see the HTC Shift in slate mode on the next video!
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