In his last column, Robert Cringley mentioned a new text entry technology that looks incredibly interesting and perfect for touch screens. Looky here: http://www.forwordinput.com
It's sort of, like, akin to, a mixture of Graffiti and onscreen keyboard. Really cool. I'd love to get my hands on a demo. Cheers, Eugenio Don Ferguson wrote: > I think the typing experience will totally suck on the iPhone, but that > won't be its downfall. There are plenty of people who just don't want > to type on a teeny keyboard - real or virtual. They use cell phones; now > they can spend $500+ and have a really great music player with their > cell phone, and browse the web with a great new user interface. > > Where the iPhone will fall down will be with people who want/need to > enter text fast, and people who can't afford to shell out $500+ for a > phone - even a cool one. I'm guessing there are enough entranced > Apple/Jobs fans out there plus enough "I want the coolest cell phone" > people out there that the iPhone will sell well, for a $500+ device. > Sorta like a $750,000 house -- not as big a market, but still a strong > one. > > Cheers, > Don > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Alli > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] keyboards > > I've been discussing this very issue all evening. I am convinced the > lack of a real keyboard will be the downfall of the iPhone. Imagine > trying to maneuver that touch screen with your finger in the humid heat > of summer in the south. Imagine having to remove your finger from your > thermal insulated glove to maneuver that ice cold screen in an upstate > NY winter. Not bloody likely. > > daniel wrote: >> NPR had an interesting story this morning on the iPhone & > specifically, PDA keyboard design (tinyurl.com/2px438). >> It (Steve Jobs) made the claim that our smartphone keyboard is really > dumb, and outlived its usefulness. >> Counterpoint -- the tactile feedback of Treo keys beats the smooth > slippery glass of the iPhone, especially when fingertips aren't > clean+dry (I think I'm not the only one who sometimes eats while > Treo-ing). >> Jobs has our keyboard headed for the Recycle Bin. What do you think? > > > > >
