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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Ericsson Chatboard CHA-10



I was cleaning out my drawer the other day and found this amazing blast from the past - my beloved Ericsson Chatboard. I bought it approximately 10 years ago, to complement my Sony Ericsson T300 phone, which incidentally was my first color-screen cell phone, which also featured a detachable VGA camera module! Combined with the Ericsson Chatboard, it was quite a formidable texting, browsing, camera-phone powerhouse, a forerunner to the featureset of today's typical smartphones. The Chatboard connects directly to the bottom of the T300 using the proprietary Ericsson connector, and the setup was actually sturdy enough to support the weight of the phone as you typed on the keyboard. The keyboard itself packs a full QWERTY layout, even a decently sized spacebar, and shortcut keys to commands such a Yes, No, Phonebook, WWW, SMS, etc. Quite a handy piece of kit, it even included a sturdy plastic carrying case to stow it away for on-the go convenience.