Looking for an Android phone but you’re not too keen on typing using an on-screen virtual keyboard? Can’t blame you. However advanced the new touchscreen tech is, nothing beats the satisfying feel of a well-built keypad. Anyway, it looks like Sprint is prepping a pair of phones from Samsung and Motorola with that in mind. Both run on Android and come with relatively spacious touch screens, but sport a BlackBerry-like (or Droid Pro-like, if you want to compare droids with droids), messenger-type bar form factor with a fixed QWERTY keyboard under the screen.
The first phone (shown above) is from Motorola, and labeled as the i1Q. It rocks Sprint’s Nextel brand and iDEN network support, runs on Android 2.1, and looks like a cheaper entry-level variant of Verizon’s Droid Pro with a slower processor.
The next phone is built by Samsung. Not much is known about the QWERTY-packing, CDMA network-supporting smartphone, except for the fact that it’ll run on Android. The screen looks like it could feature an HVGA resolution, which would make it similar to the Droid Pro’s screen.
Both phones are expected to debut during the Mobile World Congress in Spain.
Tags: Leaks and Rumors, Mobile Phones, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint
