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Detailed review
Back in the Autumn of 2006 the most exciting and droolworthy smartphone was the HTC TYTN. It was a monster device packing all the state of the arts specs anyone of that era could ask for.

Fast forward to today (January 2010) and the TYTN feels dated, it is thick, has a tiny resistive touch screen, and anemic power, but there is one area where this phone still out shines the iPhone 3GS and Nexus ones of the world, and that is in the realm of physical inputs. Not only does the TYTN have the best qwerty keyboard ever , but there are like 15 buttons to control or access various features.