ive been intriuged by the so called "quick entry" mode on my Mitsubishi t250 WAP phone and can't help but wonder if something like it couldn't work even better on a wearable. For those of you who aren't familiar with this entry mode (I think its available on sever of the new WAP phones). Essentially you have the typical 12 key phone keypad where: 2 = a|b|c 3 = d|e|f 4 = g|h|i 5 = j|k|l 6 = m|n|o 7 = p|q|r|s 8 = t|u|v 9 = w|x|y|z to type a word like CAT in quick entry mode you would simply type 2-2-8 and the word 'BAT' or 'CAT' might appear (or the prefix to a much longer word) you can scroll through the possible matches with the 0 key, so if it came up BAT and you wanted CAT you could just key 0 until you see CAT. I assume whats happening is there is an internal dictionary with numerical entries associated with any given word and it basicly just narrows down the possible words based on the numbers you press. It seems pretty straight foreward. They keypad on this particualr phone uses 1 for symbols * for shift and # for space. If you can't get the word that you want out of quick entry mode you can use a so-called soft-key to change the input mode to typical alpha phone entry (CAT would be 2-2-#-2-8). I haven't yet found a way to add words to the internal phone dictionary, nor do I expect to, however with the less restrained storage space of a typical wearable, its definatly a feature that could be added quite easily. Theoretically a 10-key keyboard attachment like the ones found (http://www.genovation.com/computer/index.html) could do the job quite well. The AddPoint 628 (17-key combo keypad/touchPad) looks quite interesting as it contains a touchpad as well. I suppose one could be hacked with some effort into a more "ergonomic" configuration. 17 keys are more than enough really. If the standard phone layout was used and say . and + were subbed for # and * respectivly, enter could be well enter and ht top row (numlock, /, *, -) could be used for the modes (quick, alpha, numeric, symbol) or one key could be a toggle and the others can be assigned to other useful things. just thinking outloud b ----------------------------------------------- brett wagner |get committed! | http://www.madhouse.org ----------------------------------------------- On Thu, 13 Jul 2000
wrote: > I think we should determine somehow which kit or schematic will provide for > the fastest input and then decide to write a community driver. > > ~Patrick > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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