T-Mobile Samsung Bigfoot launching "very soon"?

[JaceMan]

I'm not really worried about .2 inches of screen size, but i don't see anything that tells me the keyboard is smaller. In fact, the keys look like they will be a great deal larger due to the keyboard layout.

[hondamx525]

Yeah since it is a four row keyboard instead of five i would expect the keys to be bigger, that along with the fact that they're all touching.

[JaceMan]

Those things plus the fact that the entire front of the phone slides up leaving the layer underneath available. With the G1, you lose 1 inch of valuable real estate as the "chin" can't be used.

[Student]

Looks Okay... I'll Wait For A Better Phone Though. Lime-Green Not My Color I'd Want A Blue & Black Phone Or All White Not With Some Gray.

[LazyGenius]

Physical buttons for call and end are not a requirement for Android. They can be accomplished through the UI. The keyboard also sports arrow/directional keys if you look closely, and on the reverse side (left) buttons have other labels too. These could all allow you to navigate through the phone.

P.S. I think the lime green is awesome, and I'm a "little" older than 16.

I know there could be a way around it but why would samsung not include it? I mean the i7500 had them. I'm not trying to be negative but it would really suck if this thing turned out not to have android...

[JaceMan]

Get used to the part about, "I know there could be a way around it..." and not worry about why they wouldn't be included. We already know Android is coming to devices other than phones, right? Those surely won't be packing "call" and "end call" buttons. And I would suspect that the netbooks Acer is readying will carry standard keyboards and won't feature 'dedicated' keys for "Home" and "Menu."

I think the best thing you can do is to not grow too attached to the hardware's UI as the software UI doesn't require all devices and/or manufacturers to make use of it the same way. When you're a proponent of an open platform, such as Android, you'd better be open to the ideas of adaptability and change.

My 2 cents!

[elingreen]

"well placed" speakers?!

if you play music with the phone closed they'll be muffled. i hope you were being sarcastic

[kitsunisan]

Wan't the Bigfoot on the shortlist to receive Donut?

[Logic]

I think the best thing you can do is to not grow too attached to the hardware's UI as the software UI doesn't require all devices and/or manufacturers to make use of it the same way.
My 2 cents!

If I recall correctly Google was requiring mobile devices to have those physical buttons for a while weren't they ?

I can't quite remember where I heard this but if I can find a source I'll provide it.

[Fare]

If I recall correctly Google was requiring mobile devices to have those physical buttons for a while weren't they ?

We can only see the front, maybe they're on the sides?