New pics of the Raphael

[Perasite]

The 6700 slides opposite direction of the 6800, and the Rafael slides same as the 6700. One thing I REALLY like is the row of dedicated number buttons. When typing a number on my 6700, I often miss the command button and end up putting the letter instead of the number. I'm SO looking forward to this.

Much improved over the 64 MB RAM on the mogul

[imneveral0ne]

im pretty sure the 6700 and the 6800 slid out the other way. i definatley dont want the diamond anymore ^_^

[Tiberius85]

I wish they would just put the RAM issue to bed and add 256Mb of it. I mean really, RAM is cheap and chips are the same size. The Sprint version looks to have a silver keyboard according to earlier shots though, not black like this version. Probably no forward facing camera either.

[armorforsleep]

Did you even bother reading the Engadget post?? It says it has 256MB RAM...

[GirlGoneGeek]

wow, I still love it!!!! either way it looks, that will be wideawake and mine next phone! hehe

[PdaOd]

With 256Mb of RAM, my guess is with WM7 there will be 20Mb left free?

[Tiberius85]

Originally Posted by armorforsleep

Did you even bother reading the Engadget post?? It says it has 256MB RAM...

Yes i did, but i double checked the specs sheet myself just to be sure, and i accidentally viewed the diamonds specs.

[Unknown Zone]

Originally Posted by diplomat2387

...When is Sprint supposed to be getting this..?

Last I read was in Q3/Q4 of 08 more or less late this yr, it sure would be a nice xmas present.

[TurboFool]

I like the extra keys and layout of the the new keyboard, with the whole new row. But I do miss having a numeric phone layout for the numbers. Give and take, I guess. And I'll have to get used to the keyboard sliding the other way, although that always made more sense to me, anyway. Wonder where the stylus is this time, though, because the current location's completely illogical.

The other specs look great. I just hope Sprint doesn't strip too much of the goodness from it.