QWERTY mobile phones

QWERTY mobile phones in depth

QWERTY mobile phones are handsets that feature a full-slide out keyboard to make the experience of inputting text on your handset immeasurably more efficient.

Why choose a QWERTY mobile phone?

Standard mobile phone keypads and touchscreen keyboards are fiddly to use and can be ponderously slow if you're in a hurry or need to enter large amounts of text. A QWERTY mobile phone does away with these problems at a stroke by allowing you to touch type exactly as you would on your PC at home.

This means that you’ll be able to respond to e-mails, work on important Word documents and even compose text messages faster than ever before.

Which QWERTY mobile phones can I buy?

QWERTY keyboards now feature on a range of mobile phones, but are most often found on high-end handsets.

Among the QWERTY mobile phones on the market are the brilliant Nokia N97, which also includes a touchscreen keyboard to allow users to choose how they want to type, and the similarly excellent Palm Pre. Perhaps the most stylish around, however, is the LG Prada 2KF900 that teams the super fast messaging of a QWERTY mobile phone with catwalk-style looks.

QWERTY keyboards also feature on most BlackBerry mobile phones to allow users to take full advantage of the advanced e-mail functions that the business-focussed range of handsets offer users.

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Who are QWERTY mobile phones suitable for?

Businessmen and busy workers will find QWERTY mobile phones a boon because they make it so much easier and faster to respond to e-mails and conduct work while you are on the move.

However, QWERTY mobile phones are also a brilliant time-saver for anyone who uses their handset extensively to e-mail and send texts.

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History of QWERTY mobile phones

The first phone with a QWERTY keyboard was the Motorola Push-To-Talk Phone, the Clutch i465, since which time QWERTY keyboards became a key selling point in bringing BlackBerry mobile phones to the mass market.

Nowadays, QWERTY mobile phones have become almost standard issue in handset manufacturers' high end models.