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… awesome!

On the left: INQ Chat 3G

This is the exact phone I’ve been hoping for. It has a full QWERTY keyboard and a Twitter client. I’ve had a quick look around the net and found these reviews on it:

From ElectricPig, the Telegraph, Pocket Lint, Engadget, Slashgear, TechRadar, WhatMobile, and TrustedReviews

All saying much the same things - it’s an impressive offering. Although it’s worth pointing out that Pocket Lint has had a hands-on play with it, so there are some decent photos.

There are a few things I really want to know, and I’m going to have to wait for some video reviews (#reallymobile - hint hint) or someone’s going to have to send me one for review (pretty please):

• What exactly does “push Gmail” include that Email on 3 didn’t?
• Does the Twitter client beep or vibrate when you have a new mention, DM or keyword/hashtag search entry?
• Have any advances been made with the calendar app? I’ve said before - I’d really like Facebook events and/or Google Calendar invitations integrated into the calendar
• How intuitive is the new media syncing/playing brought to INQ by doubleTwist, and do we still have Last.FM scrobbling?

On the right: INQ Mini 3G

This is a smaller, keyboardless version of the Chat 3G. Browsing the bullet point lists of specifications, the only performance differences that leap out at me are:

• 20mb less on-board memory
• 2 megapixel camera instead of 3.2 on the Chat 3G
• No GPS

So there we go. I’m looking forward to trying this out, writing a review on ThinkAboutTech and seeing what others have to say!