What I was trying to suggest is the eyes-closed iPhone texters will be
the market. Those who have to look will want either a full keyboard or
handwriting recognition on-screen.
daniel wrote:
> Good point about texting -- I wonder how fast or accurate SMS will be when
> the tactile, relative position of Treo keys (+orienting bump on the 5/F key)
> is replaced by the visual, minute distance between iPhone soft keys that feel
> like slippery glass.
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> I don't think there'll be many "eyes-closed" iPhone texters.
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> ~d
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: J Messeder
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> Only if Palm goes back to handwriting recognition on-screen.
> And even then, there are folks who've become used to the keyboard and
> wouldn't want to give it up. But my own unscientific opinion is the people
> who are buying Treos, most of whom as work devices, I'd wager, will probably
> buy the keyboard over
> the not-keyboard -- and will probably get used to the virtual keyboard the
> way others of us touch type -- one key feels like another, but if you're good
> at it, you just know when you've hit the wrong key. I'm guessing the users of
> toys -- the kids, most of whom can text-message a telephone with their eyes
> closed -- with the wherewithal to pay $500-$600, will go for the latest
> i-line, and the Treo and Blackberry (and a few other similar, as relates to a
> QWERTY keyboard, users will go for a keyboard that at least looks like the
> one on their desk -- or they'll write on the screen, if they can.
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