Hi Austin I am also looking for android phone that meets the above requirements. I did a bit of research only on net (not physically tested any phones) and came with following results
First we need to explore the various android phones abailable in indian market along with their price range To fullfill this requirement refer this link http://currentwire.org/2011/03/27/list-of-android-phones-in-india-with-prices/ Though this list is not complete but it captures the market sense and tells which company is offering android phones at reasonable prices Secondly considerations on brand value and the range at which it offers phones I shortlisted four companies viz. 1 Samsung 2 LG 3 Acer 4 Micromax Thirdly coming to the requirement of qwerty keyboard There is one clear runner I am quoting from the below link http://www.newtechnology.co.in/samsung-galaxy-pro-price-in-india/ "The new Samsung Galaxy Pro Price in India is Rs.9,900 . Samsung Galaxy Pro Competitors : There are two other QWERTY Bar mobile phones with Android OS and Touchscreen display available in India but both have older versions of Android OS . Acer beTouch E130 Price – Rs.12,890 running on version 1.6 Motorola Charm Price – Rs.8,890 (not researched) " But you get version2.2 froyo in samsung Another option from samsung itself is Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 – 3.2-inch touchscreen Android Mobile with Slider QWERTY keypad Though I suppose that a slider keyboard would be difficult to take out everytime you want to operate the phone.This is available at 9800 All samsung android phones do have some touch UI interface but it needs to be checked wheather it has accessibility issues eyesfree.org does not recommend using android with touch interface. But some people here do use it without much difficulty with optical trackpad Other alternatives from Samsung which seems to have optical trackpad (from seeing its image on the net) with touch screens are : Samsung Galaxy 3 --- 3.2-inch touchscreen Android mobile Samsung Galaxy 5 Samsung Galaxy Pop Samsung Galaxy Fit Considering competitions Acer 's phones have 1.5 or 1.6 android os on them with resistive touchscreen Android Androida60 also has resistive touchscreen Research on LG was not done due to lack of time and partially due to having decided that Samsung Galaxy Pro B7510 could be the best choice for me. I hope you will find it useful and share your further progress & accessibility issues if any of the devices Regards Ayush On 7/3/11, austin pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > hi all i need a good android phone please recommend it should have the > following > 1 qwerty keybord or track ball > 2 should be unlocked > 3 the api or android interface should not be modified > and above all 4 should have some software like talk back or speal installed > i have a list of phones that i can get please recommend from this list > but recommend qwerty or track ball only if along with it if it has a > touchscreen that will do > 1, Samsung Galaxy Pro B7510 > 2, Samsung Galaxy Pop > 3, Sony Ericsson W8 (Red) > 4, Micromax Bling 2 > 5, Samsung Galaxy 5 > 6, Micromax A60 > 7, Motorola XT5, > 8, LG Optimus (GT 540) > 9, Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro > 10, Lg Optimus1 (P500) > 11, Samsung i5801 Galaxy3 > 12, Sony Ericsson X8 > 13, Sony Ericsson X10 mini > 14, Samsung Galaxy Fit > 15, Aircel Ideos > 16, Samsung Galaxy551 > 17, Motorola Charm (MB502) > 18, Motorola Backflip > please recommend thanks > > > > -- > austin pinto > email [email protected] > alternat email [email protected] > facebook www.facebook.com/austinpinto > orkut www.orkut.com/austinpinto > twitter www.twitter.com/austinmpinto > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
