Does anyone know of a phone pad based wearable keypad on the market? That is, a keypad that works as it does with your cell phone which you can use for input instead of twiddlers, wrist keyboards or otherwise. This would, as pointed out by others, be an already familiar method of input. Or heck, is anyone working on a hack for bluetooth phones to use them as input to a computer? Chris Saari wrote: > Ben Roose wrote: > >> I noticed the Mini Keyboard they also sell but I think they have >> fallen into the same trap that many other companies have. A lot of >> companies have tried to just decrease the size of a full QWERTY >> keyboard, the most extreme being the keyboards on the front of some >> PDAs. > > > You're assuming that PDA makers think you'll enter text on a PDA all > the time as the main method of data entry. That is not infact their > assumption, the keyboard on a PDA is usually intended for occasional > entry when you're out and about, the synching software and your > desktop fills in any heavy text entry roles. > > They could put chording key pads on PDAs, but that would mean > consumers would have to learn to chord vs. just being slow at data > entry on a familar layout. Consumers will always choose slow data > entry over learning a new layout. Look at cell phone texting where > people are doing instant messaging on a 10 key telephone pad, very, > very slow entry, but also something they're familar with, thus willing > to use. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wear-Hard mailing list >> http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard > > _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing list
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