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Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it is releasing what it dubs a ¡°dual QWERTY phone¡± in the U.S., meaning a mobile phone with a typewriter keyboard as well as an ordinary touchpad that allows it to function almost like a mini laptop PC.
It also puts an end to the laborious two-fingered typing of text message on the touch pad. Opening the handset vertically accesses the phone touch pad and opening it horizontally the mini keyboard.
The SGH-D307 has a 2.2-inch LCD screen and supports the AOL, ICQ and Yahoo instant messenger programs. High-speed wireless data transfer and wireless Bluetooth technology are also built in, as is voice recognition and a speaker phone.
This is Samsung¡¯s second phone with a keyboard. The first, the SCH-i730, was described by Business Week as suitable for stock trading. Lee Ki-tae, the head of Samsung¡¯s IT business, said the product was more user-friendly for customers who send frequent text messages.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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