http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/ Engadget Comments for iPhone vs DROID multitouch keyboard showdown (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/That fox is neither quick nor brown.]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
That's not to say that it's a problem... 3 seconds out of 17 isn't going to kill anybody, and I bet the physical keyboard is better.]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
And if you notice on Nilay's video-- iphone doesn't popup auto word-fill, the droid does--which if you give it a millisec break, it will typically pick the right word making typing faster.

FYI Nilay, the 'G' key is in the middle *under your thumb*.]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 6th 2009 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 6th 2009 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
But my bad, how dare I suggest something *could* perhaps be slightly a little better than the DROID! Hell, I might as well have posted ASCII art displaying an iPhone... ]]>Nov 6th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Dec 21st 2009 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Like, you know, me.]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
Also, you can't tap out a quick text with one hand on a slide out qwerty.]]>Nov 5th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
The actual touch screen device it self, the hardware that registers those touches, that deserves a patent. But since every "normal" keyboard on our desks IS a mutli-touch device, it stands to reason that any virtual keyboard would be too. It boggles me that someone should be awarded a patent on that.

Although I do believe patents do serve a purpose, I also think that no company should be awarded a patent unless they have already built the technology and show true intention to bring said product to the market. This crap of people filing for 10000's of patents based on reading sci-fi novels and watching movies then suing the person who actually does the work to invent it... that is going to end up hurting technological evolution.]]>Nov 6th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
"Also, you can't tap out a quick text with one hand on a slide out qwerty."

Well if that's the case then why does multi-touch matter? You have two thumbs on one hand?]]>Nov 6th 2009 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 6th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
-Slide it open,
-tap in a text box or other text field
-press and hold the "alt" key
-press other keys
-notice that the highlighted alternate characters are appearing on the screen.]]>Nov 7th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
Again why this is missing is still a big mystery. Hopefully its just because Google hadn't gotten around to it in time (the Euro Droid had it, but the multi-touch there was made by Motorola, if I am correct, and not Google).

And for those who don't know, you don't need a new ROM (or root) to install a new virtual keyboard, it's similar installing an app.]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
Why do iPhone fans always insist on this kind of crap?]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/I'm sure I must be missing something here, but I don't know why anyone would even want to hold a key (other then shift) while typing out other keys...]]>Nov 5th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
This is the real feature.

I find for myself though that there is just so much farther that virtual keyboards could be taken. I haven't seen one that is usefully context sensitive for example. Or being able to rotate through numbers/punctuation and a simple number keypad. Lots of work yet to be done with Virtual Keyboards]]>Nov 5th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
It's letters arranged in a QWERTY layout, placed on the bottom of a touchscreen. How different can they get?]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 6th 2009 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Apple: NO!! You can't have a good review on our competitors devices!!
Engadget: But it is really that good,
Apple: No, say something wrong with it or you won't be on our patent application...]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
I think Apple should be satisfied now.]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
Windows Mobile + HTC > Apple + er.... themselves.

HTC does a heck of a lot to make windows mobile nice, and i think they succeed.]]>Nov 6th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/
I guess my real question is: given that the device has a hardware keyboard, will many of you still use the soft keyboard over the hard one?]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 9th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/Nov 5th 2009 6:39PM