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Hands On With The Kogan Agora Android Phone Prototype - Gizmodo Australia
Hands On With The Kogan Agora Android Phone Prototype - Gizmodo Australia
Agora (4).jpg Just in case you thought the entire Kogan Agora smartphone was a play in the game of marketing chess some companies tend to play, tonight I managed to get some hands-on time with one of the prototypes. And I liked it. Apologies for the quality of the images - the hands on was ...
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Kogan Agora Australian Android Phone Hands On Reveals It's Going Full Touchscreen [Android]
Gizmodo — ... Android phone, and mostly liked it. Apparently, the final version will ditch QWERTY and go full touch, but if you wanna know how this abortion handles: [GizAU] ...

Kogan Agora Android Handset to Go Full Touchscreen?
Mobilewhack.com — [image] The Kogan Agora hasn’t been launched yet, but it seems that the folks behind it are working hard to make it happen. The phone is not ready to be commercialized just yet and it seems that Kogan is considering that full QWERTY keyboard with a touchscreen . That’s going to be a large, 3.8-inch screen ready to welcome your fingers. There’s still no official release date of the Agora but we’re going to keep you posted on its development. via Gizmodo Tags: agora , Android , Google , kogan , Mobile ...

Kogan Agora redesigned for Cupcake virtual keyboard?
Phones Review — ... lately? Well after taking the Agora back to the drawing board he now has some big plans for redesigning the Kogan Agora. Apparently, Ruslan Kogan wants his retail Agora handset to feature a 3.8 inch full touchscreen along with the Cupcake virtual keyboard and thus scrap the physical keyboard the original Agora had. So when is this likely to happen? Your guess is as good as ours. But then I doubt this is the last we’ll hear from Ruslan Kogan and the Agora. Source – gizmodo ...

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