Samsung has announced its new phone, the I7500, which is almost my dream mobile. Its most notable feature is that it runs Android, but beyond that, it has a pretty impressive list of specs, including a 3.2″ OLED touchscreen, 5 MP camera, 1,500 mAh battery, 8 GB of internal storage (not to mention the othe 32 GB you can get if you buy a big MicroSD card), and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. The only problem with this beauty is one of the best parts of the G1: Samsung has forgone a tactile keyboard.
Android handset makers might think that with the release of the Cupcake update to Android, which adds a touchscreen keyboard, that the market obviously wants no physical keyboard, but that is misinterpetting what still makes the BlackBerry such an attractive product. A touchscreen keyboard is nice for quick usage, but it’s no replacement for a real keyboad when one needs to actually communicate formally.
