The Nokia E63 is the cheaper brother to the more elegant E71. Slightly thicker with more playful colors of blue and “Space Marine” red, the E63 boasts a similar form factor sans the secondary camera, HSDPA. It also comes with a lower resolution 2MP camera as compared to the E71’s 3.2MP camera. Truthfully, this is not a bad deal if you’ve always wanted to own an E71 but could not spare the extra cash. The phone is obviously targeted to compete with the Palm Centro which caters to a more young and hip market that desires much for a QWERTY keyboard.

One thing that the E63 has that the E71 doesn’t — a 3.5mm audio output! The E71 only has a 2.5mm which means you’d have to find a third party adapter to plug in your regular headphones.

* S60 3rd Edition FP1
* WiFi, 3G (no HSDPA?)
* Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Dual band WCDMA, 3 models: E63-1 900/2100 MHz, E63-2 850/1900 MHz, E63-3 850/2100 MHz
* Dimensions: 113 x 59 x 13 mm Weight: 126 g Volume: 87 cc
* 2 megapixel camera
* 2.36″ QVGA (240×320 pixel) display
* 3.5mm stereo AV socket
* Micro-USB connector
* 110 MB internal memory plus microSD socket (up to 8GB)
* FM radio with RDS
* 1500mAh battery

[photo from PhilMUG]

I was surprised to see the resurrection of the contorting keyboard on the Internet. In truth, I’ve seen these things being sold in local computer stores. but for desktops with PS2 connectors. For the record, they actually suck. The tactile feedback gives little to nothing to titilate your fingers, giving youthe feeling like you’re typing on jello.

However, that experience should be taken in context using it with desktop computers. It’s a really dumb idea to be sitting in front of your desktop with Plastic Man as your keyboard.

The experience might be different though when you talk about using this with mobile devices. If you’re the type of person who needs to do a short 500 word document in the quickest amount of time possible, then this keyboard may be what you’re looking for, unless you’ve ironed out your thumboard tapping skills.

It’s light - almost weightless, very portable, and hey, if it falls or gets wet, you don’t really need to worry.

Via Popgadget