MWC 2010 – Sony Ericsson Vivaz goes Pro with QWERTY

Sony Ericsson has pimped the recently announced Vivaz with a slideout QWERTY keyboard, called it the Vivaz Pro, and is aiming it squarely at the BlackBerry-with-benefits crowd.

The Vivaz Pro still retains all the other features of the Vivaz, so it’s still geared up for video with a 720p HD video mode, 8.1MP camera and 3.2in touchscreen. It all runs on the Symbian S60 operating system too.

The keyboard has been masterfully jimmied into the Vivaz shell, making it only 2.5mm thicker than the original, now coming in at 15mm thick.

Sounds like good news for those of you who still cling to your physical keyboards. It will come in business-like black and white flavours and is due to be released in the second quarter of this year, no word on pricing yet.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home