Nokia E90 gets a minor update?

We'd heard reports from E90 owners in the past that the keyboard has a bit of a fatal flaw: it's high enough to touch the screen when the handset's closed, transferring whatever your nasty hands left on the keys to the display. We're now hearing that a "v2" model has started to circulate with a totally redesigned QWERTY board, though, that fixes the issue by making the whole thing flush (check out the picture). Any hold-outs going to reconsider buying into the Communicator craze now with this revelation?

[Via All About Symbian]

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 30th 2008 11:17AM]

Apparently this is an issue with Verizon's Voyager too...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 30th 2008 12:08PM]

Does it run Maemo yet?

Otherwise, not interested.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 30th 2008 12:34PM]

This problem usually stems from people applying way too much pressure when it is closed. You see it on laptops a lot -- someone sets stuff on top of the laptop when closed, and hence the keys damage the screen. Same goes for these phones -- they go in someone's pockets and get pushed on, squeezed, etc.

Candybar phone FTW!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 30th 2008 1:20PM]

I'm very picky about who touches my keyboard. I always clean my hands before using my computer and such.. is somewhat harder "on the go" though.

[Omagus Posted Jan 30th 2008 3:01PM]

"Any hold-outs going to reconsider buying into the Communicator craze now with this revelation?"

I would have been if the entry immediately preceding this one hadn't mentioned a US 3G version of the N95 8gig.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 31st 2008 2:36PM]

i want an e90. but only if it has US 3g, mediaflo, and video exchange

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 31st 2008 7:21AM]

So I assume that not adding North American 3G while they were at it was just a minor anagement-oversight...