http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/ 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/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
I see your point, but really with each of possible choices. Hardware keyboards are different from phone to phone. Same idea with devices based handwriting. Even pens and paper to some point.

Perhaps we could just assume which you prefer on the best device for the job(in your mind)]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
I have no idea what your are talking about the Droid being crippled. I'm using Swype on mine and I don't need two thumbs to type anymore.]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
I'm just not sure how I should vote. I'm with emax, it looks like there should be a few more categories up there to say the least.]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 26th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 26th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
Props for the Lamy pen though!]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/then you're doing it wrong.]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
It's difficult to type on a MBP with your thumbs is it?]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/speaking of MBP keyboards
what kind of crazy enter key is that in the picture?]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Yeah...is that how it is on the new keyboards?

p.s. fu xKNGx and delphinus87]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
I know how much people hate to hear it, but an iPod touch seems to be the fastest mobile typing device- but only once you adapt to the fact that the screen requires precisely zero force for touch recognition. Pushing buttons might feel nice, but the force and time needed to apply that pressure makes its soft keyboard considerably faster for those that can adapt to take advantage of it's benefits.]]>Jan 26th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 26th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
Feedback does not increase speed, nor ease of typing, for any physical reason. It is all mental, and therefore fungible. Essentially, it's just something we've become accustomed to. I'm sure if they had done typing tests a lot further back, people would complain about the phone not making the *ding* noise of a typewriter. Humans are a very adaptable species, I'm sure if you just give us a while, a combination of proper R&D on the company's end and kids growing up on iPod touches will provide better results in the next wave of teens. In fact, it wouldn't be surprising if they did better on them than on any handheld physical keyboard.]]>Jan 26th 2010 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 26th 2010 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/It will be faster than any software QWERTY.]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
That keyboard is so good I would consider it ALMOST on par with a laptop keyboard for typing emails. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
YES, I have a Tilt 2 and the keyboard is amazing, it also looks amazing- best keyboard on a phone in my opinion since the blackjack 2]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/as much as I love to not like windows mobile phones, I tried out the Touch Pro 2 and honestly.... it's just plain outstanding]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/I wholeheartedly agree and I'm so glad I finally bought mine.]]>Jan 26th 2010 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
FYI to everyone, The TP2 keyboard gets even better with the Rhodium Keyboard mapper program. you can map any key to anything you want. I've got copy shortcuts, hardware softkeys through holding the 1 and 0, and a windows and ok button through holding the mail and sms button (on my sprint version). It's outstanding!

Now if they would only come out with this phone in an Android flavor instead of all those stupid tablet style iPhone esque versions.]]>Jan 26th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
metric time...]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
Hell yea for Dvorak love! :)]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/I've got no problem with it, if metric time became the standard, they would think our system is a joke]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
Although I can remember getting pretty fast with Palm's Graffiti... Last decade.]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
lol i think you mean the 90's? depending on how you look at it, we're in a new decade. it's pretty weird to think about for me since i spent half my life in the 2000's (i'm 19).]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
Tactile feedback has been shown to be important to gamers' performance when designing controllers; clearly, there are benefits for something as mundane as typing.

But, for those who consume way more content than they produce, a virtual keyboard might be adequate...the rest of us need buttons, dammit.]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/It's "capacitive touch screens" not "capacity touch screens ". Some one should have been using a hardware keyboard. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 26th 2010 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
I agree the typing and spelling recognition in the iPhone is amazing, but i do liek a good laptop keyboard or diNovo keyboard over a normal keybaord...

cant stand a blackberry press key type or the storms... absolutly garbage. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 26th 2010 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
That's one gaping hole of LACK I see with capacitive touch screens. It makes ALL drawing apps suck and destroys any really graphical note-taking capability. Come to think of it, I'm getting more aggravated by the second at how much I miss drawing/note-taking with a stylus on my old Dell Axim. Damn it! Jobs! WHY!!]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
i wonder how hard it would be for phone makers to add Wacom technology to phones. HP's last tablet (not sure about current one) had a capacitive screen for finger touch, but used Wacom tech w/ a pen for accurate writing.]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/Jan 25th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/pen-input-faces-off-against-hardware-and-software-qwerty-keyboar/
http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php
or
http://tenonedesign.com/sketch.php

It's about 15 bucks; worth it if you want to use your iPhone for a lot of note taking...]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:35AM