Scribbling on the screen - an interesting input method to be sure. Actually it's intriguing -- I'll be interested to see how/if that gets adapted for PalmOS. Is that the text entry tool on the iPhone?
It will certainly require two handed text input, which will make it inferior to the Treo's keyboard in that respect. I'm a big fan of tactile feedback, which it will also lack. Still, I'd like to try it! Cheers, Don -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eugenio Perea Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] keyboards 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? > >
