"Monolith" would be good name for HTC S740

Posted by Rob Beschizza, August 26, 2008 7:54 AM | permalink

If you think its Android-powered Dream model is too ... bananaey ... HTC's S740 is the stark antidote, a symphony in right angles and grids. A sideways-slider with a full QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1, it has HSDPA; a 2.4" display; a 3.2 megapixel camera; 256 MB of flash and 256 MB of RAM; Wifi, Bluetooth and GPS; and one of those irritating USB-audio combo ports.

WM 6.1 standard edition? Yuck. And such good design wasted on it, too.

HTC's S740 Is the Touch Diamond With a Keyboard, Runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard [Gizmodo]

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#1 posted by certron , August 26, 2008 10:02 AM

I think the only fitting ringtone for this would be "Also sprach Zarathustra". While a distant second, also acceptable is the 5-note phrase from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".

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#2 posted by Halloween Jack , August 26, 2008 11:59 AM

I agree with the Giz kids--kinda dumb to have a screen half the width of the keyboard. And if that keyboard isn't backlit, you'd need to have pretty decent ambient lighting to overcome that grey-on-black lettering.

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#3 posted by ZSX , August 26, 2008 1:07 PM

I'm no sure I understand the hate for Windows Mobile. It does everything I want it to, and efficiently at that.

This phone looks gorgeous, but I wish they had done away with the QWERTY and just kept it as a simple ultra-thin candybar. That would be even sexier!