On 02/29/2012 05:35 AM, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
Then, we have to define a keyboard layout. QWERTY or ABCDEF. Add
numeric keys or make them Num+QWERTY to save one row of keys.
And to unsimplify, we need a US, a UK, a German, a French, an Italian
layout and maybe Chinese, Japanese etc. This is doable by exchanging
keycaps or keymats - but we have to stock and provide several different
ones.
Layout could be changed via software.
What is actually printed on keys, does not matter much, it is changable on
user side.
Or just don't print it, a la
http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-ultimate/ . :)
For me, it's the tactile feedback of a hardware keyboard I like--and I
don't mean making the phone vibrate or the whole screen's "clicking"
down or the phone's making a click sound when I hit a key, but being
able to clearly /feel/ the edges of the keys so I know what key I'm
hitting before I hit it and even when my finger is covering the keys.
No idea if you could simulate it well enough with something like
Senseg's (electro-static) haptics technology ( http://senseg.com/ +
http://senseg.com/technology/senseg-technology ), but I have my doubts,
and I'm sure patents and licensing costs make that a no-go, anyway.
Mike
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