Slide Show: New Cell Phones Dance Across the World Stage
Big touch screens, multiple-megapixel cameras, maps, and more: Cell phones unveiled in Barcelona this week will soon make whatever's in your pocket or purse seem dated. Here are some of the most interesting.
Yardena Arar, PC World
Xperia X1 Slides Open to Reveal a Landscape-Mode Keyboard
Xperia X1's large (3-inch) touchscreen (see previous slide) exemplifies another handset trend. But it also lets you navigate via an optical joystick underneath the display. When closed, this Sony Ericsson's metal-finish rear case shows nothing but the lens of its 3.2-megapixel camera (above, left). However the X1 does have an unusual design feature: It slides open sideways in a gentle arc (above, right) to reveal a roomy portrait-mode keyboard. As with other sideways sliders, the display adjusts automatically.
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