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Oh, my gawds. I've so gotta get one of these for review when they become available. This thing looks incredible!! :D

Re: RX-51 Tablet picture released at Engadget
 

*annoyed*
I hope they release another model with different/better input layout. They made it more of a phone than a portable computer. I want more physical buttons not less. Also would like to see a dedicated tab button, pipe, etc. Plus getting rid of the dpad, meh. Now if they replaced it with an analog stick/nub(s), I'd be all for that. But as it is...I'm hoping that this will be like how the N800 was replaced with the N810, similar specs but different format. Though I can see why they did what they did. Now to wait for release, reviews and the ridiculous MSRP to be announced.

Re: RX-51 Tablet picture released at Engadget
 

i wonder how they'd put non-english keyboard layouts on this mini-mini-"keyboard".... probably the same way they did on the N97, hiding characters you need as often as "e" and "r" behind two-key-combinations :(

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I guess this may be one of the trade-offs that Nokia has made to bring this product into mainstream. Exchanging a 4-row, terminal friendly keyboard with a... err... what's great about this design again?

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It doesn't matter if it's finger orienged or not. I will want to use my RIGHT hand finger then (instead of right hand with stylus) which precludes simultaneous screen and cursor usage unless I become ambidextrous or serious finger gymnastics.

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Lets hope. the keys are not as hard to press as on the N810. I always have to use a lot of force compared to, say, the HTC Touch Pro and with my wide thumbs I often accidently press two keys because of it.

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I wouldn't go as far as calling the N810's keyboard "terminal friendly", but this is definitely a step too much in the wrong direction. With the stylus keyboard gone, command line use just isn't workable on this device. Very disappointing compared to almost every competitor's QWERTY phones, and it's not like Nokia don't know how to make a proper keyboard.

Here's hoping the RX-71 will be better. I'd love an OMAP3/Fremantle device but I can't see myself spending money on this one.

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I wish they would include some HDMI/DVI compatible output instead of low-quality analog video-out. The possibility to connect to any computer monitor could turn the device instantly into a smallish desktop PC together with a proper USB/Bluetooth Mouse/Keyboard.

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these days, a flat screen tv is a monitor. Something thats deliciously roundabout when considering the 80's...

Re: RX-51 Tablet picture released at Engadget
 

Well, it's not as bad as we feared and could have had far less physical buttons in going for that new, modern sleek design look. We sort of guessed it was going to be a phone and that they were going to take away the dpad. But we still have directional keys, the zoom keys, and some others - lock key(?), fullscreen key(?), menu key(?). Not a bad result when compared with expectations a few months ago.

What is a dedicated tab button, pipe, etc? Is there another device which has that?