Perhaps I’m misinterpreting Kevin’s post, but it sure looks like he’s saying that the new OKWAP S868 has a hardware scroll wheel.  Now kick me in the ass with a gravy-soaked boot if I’m wrong, but it looks to me like there’s no way that keypad could rotate, not unless it was simply the ‘5′ button that did so (which would be an ergonomic nightmare).

Far more likely, I’d say, is that there’s some sort of proximity or touch sensor built into the keypad, which registers a scrolling motion.  It’s a clever touch, and I imagine makes navigating the Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone OS a lot snappier than repeatedly thumbing a directional keypad. 

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