Personally, having a touchscreen keyboard would require you to give the phone considerably more attention. This idea of "quick sms messages" is a flawed thought regarding touchscreen keyboards. A quick SMS txt would better be defined as being able to read a message, hit reply, and then be able to txt without having to stop what you're doing to look at the phone and concentrate on the keys/key placement. i.e. walking down a street txting, eating a sandwich in one hand while texting with the other, texting from your pocket or under a desk during a meeting/conference/class. do you see what I'm getting at?
Also, the comment made about "...don't have to turn the phone sideways and then slide the screen up..." are we [human beings] really that lazy? plus as an added nuisance you would type with a considerably smaller keyboard in the vertical position. That's exactly what you were going for when you thought of touchscreen keyboard, huh? YAY...(*sarcastic)
Chances are, you don't want to have to pull out a pda pen to have to tap at the little keys on the screen... and dually that would defeat the idea of "one hand txting." Secondly the keyboard would most likely be preferred at the horizontal layout so the keys would be better sized as we all don't share the micro-toothpick-fingertips that some of you may have out there that prefer those vertical oriented virtual touch keyboards. Thirdly, some type of tactile surface would need to be present to text without looking or without having to stare or look down at the keyboard.
So the reasoning behind putting a "touch" keyboard on the G1 as a "one-handed" "quick text" convenience is flawed. Putting the touchscreen keyboard on there as an additional feature? now that sounds like more of an explanation for it than anything else.
Please, don't try to build it up beyond what it really is. I must commend advertising/marketers though, as they sure do succeed in making people believe certain things about products, even when the notions are absurd. ^5 to media. lol.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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Personally, having a touchscreen keyboard would require you to give the phone considerably more attention. This idea of "quick sms messages" is a flawed thought regarding touchscreen keyboards. A quick SMS txt would better be defined as being able to read a message, hit reply, and then be able to txt without having to stop what you're doing to look at the phone and concentrate on the keys/key placement. i.e. walking down a street txting, eating a sandwich in one hand while texting with the other, texting from your pocket or under a desk during a meeting/conference/class. do you see what I'm getting at?
Also, the comment made about "...don't have to turn the phone sideways and then slide the screen up..." are we [human beings] really that lazy? plus as an added nuisance you would type with a considerably smaller keyboard in the vertical position. That's exactly what you were going for when you thought of touchscreen keyboard, huh? YAY...(*sarcastic)
Chances are, you don't want to have to pull out a pda pen to have to tap at the little keys on the screen... and dually that would defeat the idea of "one hand txting." Secondly the keyboard would most likely be preferred at the horizontal layout so the keys would be better sized as we all don't share the micro-toothpick-fingertips that some of you may have out there that prefer those vertical oriented virtual touch keyboards. Thirdly, some type of tactile surface would need to be present to text without looking or without having to stare or look down at the keyboard.
So the reasoning behind putting a "touch" keyboard on the G1 as a "one-handed" "quick text" convenience is flawed. Putting the touchscreen keyboard on there as an additional feature? now that sounds like more of an explanation for it than anything else.
Please, don't try to build it up beyond what it really is. I must commend advertising/marketers though, as they sure do succeed in making people believe certain things about products, even when the notions are absurd. ^5 to media. lol.
tldr