http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/I don't know if anyone has noticed that exactly a year ago is when engadget posted about the "awethumbs".]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
It's customary to have one of the first few comments some kind of clever quip.]]>Nov 25th 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
Ya know it would be nice if the buttons could pop-up, or inflate/deflate when you need them to. I'm pipe-dreaming of course, but that would be awesome.]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
Did you watch the video Darren?? The thing removes, and stores on the back when not in use... Now THAT (having it hanging on the backside), would annoy me!]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/But hey, they made it possible to pocket-type now! [if you leave it on the screen]]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
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I'm an iPron and I'm an Pissy]]>Nov 26th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/How does this ruin the ergonomics of your iphone? ]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
Let me help you out since vocabulary doesn't appear to be your strong suit, and you apparently take issue with how this overlay makes the iPhone look... the word is AESTHETICS.



]]>Nov 25th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/then apply new sticky keyboard everytime u change to landscape. ]]>Nov 25th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
Its so cute when people see the light after you've been telling them the same thing.

FTW]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Maybe people just don't listen to you.....for a reason....heheh]]>Nov 25th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
Why wait Samsung phones have had it for years and my new Hero also has it.]]>Nov 25th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/I believe he's meaning the developments that would allow phone screens to truly provide tactile feedback, such as raising and lowering.
The currently implemented reiterations of haptics merely provides a bit of feedback to confirm your press, a far cry from the tactile feedback a hard-keyboard can provide.

Or am I wrong? I only messed with the Hero for a few minutes. ]]>Nov 25th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/02/haptic-feedback-fingerprint-identification-and-rfid-tag-readers-in-future-iphones/]]>Nov 25th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/The concept is neat though.]]>Nov 25th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
This reminds me of the foldable storage stand that fits in your wallet.

It's a cool accessory and I even like that they tried to do the whole Mac vs. PC vibe.

Why are there so many haters on the comments sections of tech blogs?]]>Nov 25th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Haptic is a response to acknowledge you pressed a key, what most tactile users are looking for is a physical representation of a key to know they are pressing the right one beforehand.

Sort of like preventative medicine.]]>Nov 25th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
I agree, although owning both an Iphone and a Nokia 5800XM, I will say I love the resistive haptic keyboard much better. Once you adjust to the proper pressure, it makes it much easier to type quickly as you know you hit the key when you feel the vibe.

Everytime I get cooking on an Iphone Ill notice that I missed a letter 3 words back, and the lack of arrow keys is annoying, as moving the cursor by hand just bleh.

The Iphone and it's capacitive screen are amazing for web browsing and games, but for touch screen typing, gimmie a resistive anyday. Pressure sensitivity means your not accidentally hitting keys if you have man size hands.]]>Nov 25th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/

Also, waaaay to be late with the number of apps... and way to realise that blackberry had third party applications (of a kind) long before the iPhone.]]>Nov 25th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/Nov 25th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/4ithumbs-overlay-adds-a-tactile-keyboard-to-your-iphone-sorta/
1. Get a phone with a keyboard on it.]]>Nov 25th 2009 3:10PM