Comments on: The Apple iPhone will fail because of the non-tactile keyboard? http://www.kinggary.com/archives/the-apple-iphone-will-fail-because-of-the-non-tactile-keyboard/ The web from a younger perspective Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kevin D http://www.kinggary.com/archives/the-apple-iphone-will-fail-because-of-the-non-tactile-keyboard/#comment-16482 Kevin D Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:35:21 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/the-apple-iphone-will-fail-because-of-the-non-tactile-keyboard/#comment-16482 There's a reason why people who text / mail a lot have Blackberry's, Q's and so forth. They want the hardware keyboards. I have predictive text on the very nice full-screen (landscape) keyboard add-on from SPB, on my industrial Windows Mobile devices. These devices have 3" screens, so they're iPhone-sized. And it's STILL not fun to type on, since the prediction can be wrong. There are other soft keyboard schemes that use a totally different from of entry than QWERTY, but you'd have to learn new ways of typing. Upshot: the first iPhone with a sliding hardware keyboard will be a huge hit with the texting crowd. SPB keyboard picture: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/fsk/screenshots.html?en There’s a reason why people who text / mail a lot have Blackberry’s, Q’s and so forth. They want the hardware keyboards.

I have predictive text on the very nice full-screen (landscape) keyboard add-on from SPB, on my industrial Windows Mobile devices. These devices have 3″ screens, so they’re iPhone-sized. And it’s STILL not fun to type on, since the prediction can be wrong.

There are other soft keyboard schemes that use a totally different from of entry than QWERTY, but you’d have to learn new ways of typing.

Upshot: the first iPhone with a sliding hardware keyboard will be a huge hit with the texting crowd.

SPB keyboard picture:

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/fsk/screenshots.html?en

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