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There is a reason why we used tactile feedback keypads for over 100 years. And just telling people to get over it isnt going to cut it.

Just because Apple HQ says it's cool, doent mean we have to just buy it.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
The thing is, I'm a little nervous about the keypad still. This isn't what I wanted to see.

Instead of telling me you won't make that many mistakes, they tell me "You will make TONS, and don't even try typing with two thumbs for atleast a week. But when you make typos, the iPhone will try to fix it."

I'm not sure I feel comfortable having the iPhone fix all my typos when sending an email to my boss.

Not sure I like the "sent from my iPhone" signature either.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
you just don't get it

cheers]]>Jun 27th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
However, they majorly screwed up with some hugely key features for me (3G, GPS?).

I keep reading to see if they have fixed it, or if initial reports were incorrect.

I don't see how criticism is "apple-hating", nor do I see a reason why we should "demand more" from Microsoft.

Apple put itself on this pedestal with stupid claims like "We're revolutionizing the phone industry" and "The full internet on a phone for the first time in history" -- WHA?

This is another case of Apple claiming they've invented the mouse (Sorry Xerox) and on this little critter they aren't delivering what they're boasting about.]]>Jun 27th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
And I don't even need a 'magnifying glass'.]]>Jun 27th 2007 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Until that time I will subsist on a 9mm MOTOFONE imported from Mexico or Brazil.]]>Jun 27th 2007 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
How would the clip on keyboard stay connected?]]>Jun 27th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Uh, I think Matthew was referring to Apple making the video, not Engadget posting it. You made a good point about the clicks (however misguided it was), but I had to laugh at your "is not damage control" comment. Sorry, but to me it sounded like a 5 year old defending the realism of, oh say, professional wrestling.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
really? regardless of other shortcomings noted by the reviewers, they all seem to agree that in fact it does work as advertise. Which from the horses mouth himself (Jobs), it takes 5 days to get used to it. After that you'll type as fast as with a BlackBerry and Treo. Mossberg seems to agree. ]]>Jun 27th 2007 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
What else did you expect him to say?]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/what about the other three? all fanboys?
there where four professionals who reviewed and all seem to agree on everything perfectly.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Yes, haters, we get it. Any journalist who says anything positive about Apple *must be* a shill. It can't *possibly* be that they really do think Apple makes fantastic products...

Irrational thought is king in Apple Hater Land.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
It's Mossberg, genius. Apple didnt give these phones to Consumer Reports, Maximum PC or some other publication that does through reviews of products, they gave them to some of the most Apple freindly writers out there.

Mossberg has never given an Apple product a bad review. He is a shill, good only for a softball love letter review for Apple. Even Apple folks know this.

There is a reason why Apple fans love him so much.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
But what's the big deal about looking at a video explaining how predictive typing works. It seem interesting. I'm really good at ASDF keyboarding, but if it takes a couple of weeks to adjust to some multi-touch system what's the big deal. I never tried it, so how do I know I won't like it. I'd have to put some effort into it for a while. It would be unreasonable for me to expect a full-size keyboard on a small device. Even your beloved shrunken chicklet keyboard doesn't match a full-size keyboard, but it doesn't mean that chicklet keyboards are useless crap. At this point in time, they're a practical compromise.
I'm almost 60 years old and for younger people to be so sure that some different technology absolutely won't work is pathetic. Sure, there's no guarantee that multi-touch is better than a chicklet keyboard, but nothing will ever change with that sort of attitude. It may need to be tested and refined, that's all.
Please tell me how else you can keep a mechanical keyboard and a larger size screen and fit all on a small, thin device (you say smaller chicklets, right). You're saying you want to keep smartphones the same size they are now with the same size screens. That they're perfect at this point and will never need to evolve. Only six months time will tell.]]>Jun 27th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
It's insulting to you for a company to hype their products? You must spend a lot of time feeling insulted because every company on the planet does it.]]>Jun 27th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
... and I know all companies hype their products, but I don't even need to finish this sentence for most people on here to know what my point is...]]>Jun 27th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
I have no need to hear you whine like a baby, wha! wha!]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
it's relevent becuase now hopefully atleast one set of people will stfu.

don't like it don't read it.]]>Jun 27th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Read more carefully, then complain about my "whining."]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
So read the damn iPhone-free RSS feed, and catch up on the iPhone news on the iPhone-only feed as the mood arises.

Although a major-traffic tech news site changing its format at your behest is CLEARLY a better option...]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Also has anyone else noticed, that dude has some huge hands good lord!]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Cool video. Sold.]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Naw, the iPhone is really that small....]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
Who is that guy by the way?]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
That's not John Appleseed?]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/Jun 27th 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
That's why he said "Features (MMS, iChat, etc) are easy to add later."

I suggest a remedial reading course.]]>Jun 27th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/new-iphone-vid-demystifies-the-keyboard/
It will all be over soon....]]>Jun 27th 2007 10:30AM