We only know a few things about the newly found Sidekick-lookin’ UTStarcom Knick: It appears to be heading to AT&T, and unless they get a handle on rotating that screen when the QWERTY keyboard is slid out, you might be heading to the chiropractor after using one. At first it seemed like a mistake in the promo shot, but even in the live shot Engadget dug up, a chunk of the on-screen text appears to be runnin’ sideways.
Besides head-bending view angles, a couple of specs also make an appearance in the shot, declaring Bluetooth, video recording, media playback and streaming, and GPS. Hopefully the lack of display rotation is an artifact of a prototype device – you’ll find out as soon as we do.
I think the real news story is the fact that the Samsung Slider on the left is AT&T branded….
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I wouldn’t buy a phone called the UTStarcom Knick out of principle – it’s just sounds stupid.
The name UTstarcom is synonymous with crap.
I concur with Glen… and will add that ATT has had some bad luck with other Mobiles (Iphone not withstanding)… does anyone remember the the Motorola Accompli??? Horrible horrible phone!
oops pushed add to soon… this photo remind me of the Accompli
The Accompli had the honour of being the first J2ME enabled phone in the UK – it was launched the same month we set up our first company – IOMO. Memories, memories (of horrible handsets!).
That seems like a horrible oversight. Not to mention the poorly cropped logo on the flier (the logo covers the top of the text)
It looks kind of like a small Dell. It looks cool, but I can’t get too excited about starcom’s products. They just don’t do it for me.