Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Hmm, that's interesting. Googling the model number, I get pictures of 3 
> or 4 apparently different devices. However, none of them appears to have 
> a way to cover the keypad, so if it was in the shop, that'll be why I 
> didn't buy it.

  I don't think you get the idea. The phone closes (like if it was a lid),
after which it looks like a regular old-fashioned cellphone. The qwerty
keyboard is then inside. Here's a better picture of the phone, in its
normal and opened states (and an in-between state when being opened):

http://www.handy-discount.de/nokia/nokia_e70_silber.jpg

> > (And if you weren't so anti-Apple, the iPhone.)

> Very shiny, but I wonder how many seconds it'll stay like that once it's 
> been in my pocket with sharp keys jangling around in there

  The glass is very hard. And why would you put any device in the same
pocket as some metallic sharp objects?

> and once I've put my greasy fingers all over it. ;-)

  Do you seriously think they didn't think about that? The glass surface
is specially laminated with exactly that in mind.

> Also, being Apple, I imagine it tries to be an entire digital 
> entertainment system. (With a price to match.)

  It's actually one of the most popular handheld game consoles nowadays.

  It has several cool features for games: Not only the touchscreen, but
it can detect its own orientation with respect to the ground with a
gravitometer (which allows the game to react when you tilt the device)
as well as an accelerometer, which allows the game to detect if you
move the device and do something accordingly.
  From what I have heard the gravitometer is very accurate, allowing it
to detect even small changes in tilting (in all possible directions).

> I just want a telephone. 
> You know, to make phone calls with.

  Why not use the same device for other fun things as well?

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                                                          - Warp

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