Nokia E90 gets a minor update?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jan 30th 2008 at 10:48AM

We'd heard reports from E90 owners in the past that the keyboard has a bit of a fatal flaw: it's high enough to touch the screen when the handset's closed, transferring whatever your nasty hands left on the keys to the display. We're now hearing that a "v2" model has started to circulate with a totally redesigned QWERTY board, though, that fixes the issue by making the whole thing flush (check out the picture). Any hold-outs going to reconsider buying into the Communicator craze now with this revelation?

[Via All About Symbian]

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: e90, nokia, update, upgrade, v2

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WebMatt01 @ Jan 30th 2008 11:17AM

Apparently this is an issue with Verizon's Voyager too...

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john @ Jan 30th 2008 12:08PM

Does it run Maemo yet?

Otherwise, not interested.

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Dan Parmelee @ Jan 30th 2008 12:34PM

This problem usually stems from people applying way too much pressure when it is closed. You see it on laptops a lot -- someone sets stuff on top of the laptop when closed, and hence the keys damage the screen. Same goes for these phones -- they go in someone's pockets and get pushed on, squeezed, etc.

Candybar phone FTW!

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aoeu00 @ Jan 30th 2008 1:20PM

I'm very picky about who touches my keyboard. I always clean my hands before using my computer and such.. is somewhat harder "on the go" though.

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Omagus @ Jan 30th 2008 3:01PM

"Any hold-outs going to reconsider buying into the Communicator craze now with this revelation?"

I would have been if the entry immediately preceding this one hadn't mentioned a US 3G version of the N95 8gig.

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