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RE: Text input

Cell phone text messaging is VERY popular - just not in the US.

Alan's comment about using a Cell phone keyboard is valid.  The issue I
can see is tapping into the cell keyboard itself.  Usually the data port
on the bottom of the cell phone is for testing purposes only.  Cables
that "extend" the functionality of the phone and give you access to the
modem/fax seem to be a fluky benefit of this test port.

It is quite frustrating to have to carry a keyboard around when you have
a perfectly good input device on your cell phone - but you don't have
access to it.  Also, while the T9 predictive typer is cool but I HATE
IT.  Ii just can't seem to get the keystrokes right in order to get the
right words to come out.  I learned how to effectively use the Twiddler
faster!  Having said that, I think the cell keyboard would be a nice
compact keyboard for intermittent usage when you don't want to lug
around a keyboard.

So Brian, what kind of keyboard do you use with your rig? 

-Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kuriyama [mailto:] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:32 PM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: Text input
> 
> 
> Ummmmm not to burst your bubble or steer you in the wrong 
> direction but umm...... That really doesn't sound very 
> practical. That's sorta why I'm not sure why cell phone text 
> messaging is so popular. Anyways now days cell phones are 
> approaching the standards for portable computing. Most newer 
> cell phones have the capabilites of Palm Handhelds and 
> therefore a cell phone is all that some people need. Nokia's 
> new N-Gage is a 3D color gaming system combining the 
> attributes of a console or portable gaming system along with 
> other aspects of PDA's such as playing MP3's, Wireless web 
> browsing (WAP), PC connecting capabilities, Bluetooth (and 
> probably much more), and it even has space to put todays most 
> popular personal accessory, your cell phone... Now, all of 
> this seems pretty good compared to one of Samsung, 
> Handspring, or Palm cell phone/PDA combos but the one thing 
> that I think lacks in the N-Gage is the "easy data input". 
> Touch screens and handwriting recognition is what brought 
> Palm into this world (well actually handwriting recognition) 
> but why isn't it as popular as cell phones??? because people 
> are just too lazy. They want an all in one "fashionable" 
> accessory that you can do almost anything with portable 
> computing integrated with their cell phones. It is my belief 
> that portable computing requires a much faster rate of input 
> than a standard cell phone keypad.
> 
> (hehe i've said the word "cell phone" in every sentence so 
> far) Your welcome to try and see how it goes, and if it 
> succeeds then we know what the people want and I will 
> apologize for trying to discourage you. But in the event that 
> it doesn't work out the way you planned, at least you can say 
> you tried and that we got one less bug to smash, or idea down 
> in our way to commmerical wearables. Anyways I hope it works 
> out for anyone who tries.
> 
> Your 15 year old gadget maker,
> Brian Kuriyama
> 
> 
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