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The 2.4-inch screen palls in comparison to the modern array of touchscreens out there and the S740 doesnt have the best physical design weve seen. But it does have a range of key features, and if the keyboard is not too small for you it is a pocketa...
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This is a well-featured Windows Mobile smartphone with a good mini-QWERTY keyboard and impressive battery life. Shame about the backplate though.
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Very good miniQWERTY keyboard, HSDPA, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS, Good battery life...
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Poor backplate design, No frontfacing camera, Awkwardly located microSD card slot...
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This is a well-featured Windows Mobile smartphone with a good mini-QWERTY keyboard and impressive battery life. Shame about the backplate though...
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Touch screen phones might well be here to stay, but mobiles that use keypads are still enormously popular. The S740, aimed at business users and with a small 2.4 screen, is just one example. Its full slide-out alphabetic keyboard is an undeniable...
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Small keyboard is easy to use, Generally pretty responsive, Bright screen, Direct access to messaging options...
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Screen is too small for web browsing, or photo/video, Can sometimes be slow, Proprietary headset, Steep learning curve for Windows Mobile, No GPS software included / mediocre browser...
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Product Code: 99HFB004-00 HTC has come up with the first truly desirable Windows Mobile 6 smartphone - the HTC S740. HTC has managed to make a name for itself in its own right having spent years as the design force behind handsets such as the Orange...
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If you want a smartphone that’s first and foremost a phone and quality contact manager to boot, the HTC S740 is the best of the non-3G Windows Mobile ones we’ve seen so far. Rosemary Hattersley Lowest online price: ££322.65 Buy it no...
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After an avalanche of touch screen handsets, the HTC S740 reverts back to its roots with and fast user interface and decent keyboard. The design is a little quirky, but we can just about live with that...
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At first glance, HTCs S740 looks like a revamped version of the slimnsexy Touch Diamond, but with a numeric keypad and a pull-out Qwerty keyboard. Even the angled back is similar to the Diamonds. But when you pick it up, it soon becomes clear that...
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The S740 isnt an attention-grabber like its Touch brethren. It looks and acts much like a normal phone, and not a very pretty one at that, albeit with some very fine hidden phone features such as Wi-Fi, A-GPS and an FM radio. And it has the most prac...
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We liked the HTC S710 smartphone a lot when we reviewed it back in 2007 – the keyboard-only Windows Mobile Standard works much better than Professional, in our opinion. The new HTC S740 is technically an updated model – it has a similar design candy b...
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HTCs last QWERTY keyboard phone was a well specced hulk of a thing that could fill any pocket. The HTC S740 is a much slimmer, more svelte affair, measuring just 43mm across, which somehow makes its 17mm depth feel like less than it really is. Its no...
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Slim styling, Slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile smartphone OS, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, MicroSD support, Microsoft Office Mobile software, Sliding panels interface...
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No touch screen, Poor headphone sound...
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HTC S740 review C ommunication is simply part of today’s world. Communication in different ways: personal contact, via phone or email and text messages. Everybody wants to be available 24/7. This fact did not escape the attention of the communication m...
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As regular visitors to T&M will know Matt had a mini play with the HTC S740 couple of months ago, and his video preview can be seen here.In a detachment from the normal review I think that in lots of ways I totally agree with Matt’s views. This time I...
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What a cracking little phone! It is well designed, great to use and very easy to live with.I would be really impressed if HTC could bring out a derivative without the keyboard, a la diamond, that would be good in my opinion.I do miss the touchscreen fo...
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Thanks to its slide-out QWERTY keyboard HTCs S710 was something of a revelation when it first appeared and even managed to bag an Editors Choice award in its guise. Since then plenty of other manufacturers have tried their hands at the format...
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Every now and then a product is launched that completely takes everyone by surprise, sweeping all before it from seemingly nowhere. Like a non-league minnow beating Premier League opposition in the FA Cup, this is exactly what HTC's Touch HD achieved r...
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A sleek and sexy smartphone stuffed with hardware, but the ergonomics are wrong, wrong, wrong...
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The buttons are nicely defined and we had no problem typing out a long email. Onboard soft keys also mean the selection and menu navigation process is seamless.Getting personal email up and running is a breeze – just give up your email address and p...
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Thumb-friendly keypad and QWERTY. High-speed connectivity. Easy email set-up...
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Formal design. Fingerprint-attracting fascia. Some processor lag. Average camera and video performance...
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A solid business messenger for those who crave conventional, no frills design...
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The HTC S740 is a rare beast in the Windows Mobile world. Remember when phones were phone-shaped? A numeric keyboard up front, a screen you cant touch to activate stuff? Ahh.. Those were the days. The last time we reviewed a HTC "Smartphone" was the...
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