Google may be preparing Nexus slider

It seems that the Nexus lineup will be supplemented by a smartphone slider, with a full QWERTY-keyboard. In any case, the corporation has already filed a patent application describing the design of the slider with a touch screen. The slider, as you can see, is horizontal, with a functional keyboard. It may well be that this particular smartphone will become a welcome gadget for former BlackBerry users looking for alternatives.

As you know, BlackBerry is not the best of times, and the company is unlikely to release new devices in the coming months. For a number of reasons, the number of BlackBerry mobile device users is getting smaller, and a modern slider with a functional OS could attract former BlackBerry products.
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According to the data in the patent application, you can understand that Google offers an original mechanism for opening the keyboard, which allows you to increase the size of the keyboard buttons. This, in turn, will make the keyboard more user-friendly. We should not also forget that modern smartphones are constantly increasing, probably, and this device, if it appears in reality, the display size will be 4-4.5 inches. This size will allow you to make a truly functional keyboard, with convenient buttons.

I have been using the HTC Mogul smartphone (HTC PPC 6800) for a long time. This is a touch slider running WinMo. Its keyboard was very comfortable compared to the usual ones, but the buttons are a bit small. And if a big smartphone with a QWERTY-keyboard appears, you can be sure that the device will become popular. In any case, it will occupy the necessary niche.

Via CNET