quixote writes: >I'm a (future) user, and this phone is what I've been waiting for in so >many ways. Except one. No option to buy one with a qwerty keyboard. > >Please, please, please re-think that. I have to do a lot of writing and >emailing while away from my main computer, and the lack of a keyboard is >a showstopper for me. I remember seeing one earlier comment on the same >topic from someone who does a lot of text messaging. A *lot* of people >are using phones as stand-ins for computers, and a keyboard is essential >for that. > >It could be relatively easy to add a keyboard if it was simply an added >hinged component, i.e. you had much the same shape, but it would be >twice as thick (and heavy) for those of us desperate to have keyboards, >and it would open on the long side, like the LG9800 or the ROAD phone. > >How do other people feel about this?
Ideally, later versions may be available both with and without keyboards. For me, the reason I didn't get a Treo last summer when my existing PalmOS phone started flaking out was that I couldn't get one *without* a keyboard, and there was no built-in stylus-based text entry. In the meantime, if you're serious about typing with this device, http://www.thinkoutside.com/ _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
