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I love my Droid, but man is that keyboard brutal.]]>Nov 19th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/Nov 19th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/Nov 19th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/who the hell are you, and what have you done with chris?!?!?!
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The keyboard is the back of the phone. Thats why the camera is on the keyboard (see the 5.0 megapixel part under the yellow part?).

I think its awesome and can't wait to see it in better shots. That makes soooo much sense to me I can't believe Moto was the first one to come up with it. I'm really interested in seeing if the buttons retain any function while closed. Seems like it would be a great way for phones to keep their minimal fronts while still giving people another way to navigate. Of course there would have to be some kind of "palm check" so you're not pushing them while using the phone in other ways but if they could figure something out it would be quite cool.]]>Nov 20th 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/
The buttons would be pretty much useless when closed because you wouldn't be able to look at both faces at the same time, so I don't see how they would provide another way to navigate unless the phone is opened. If the phone is opened, it essentially function the same as a slider device.

I don't really see any positives to this that type of design, but I see two negatives. Unfolding the phone seems like it would take more effort than a simple one-handed slide, and as you already mentioned, accidentally hitting keys while using the closed phone becomes way too easy.]]>Nov 20th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/Nov 20th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/Nov 20th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/motorola-motus-spied-snapped-by-the-worst-camera-in-history/
I think they are attempting to reduce the depth of the phone by removing the need for a slider mechanism, although its hard to tell from the the blurfest.]]>Nov 27th 2009 1:49PM