On 1/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Josef Wolf</b> <<a href="mailto:jw@raven.inka.de">jw@raven.inka.de</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:07:40PM +0100, Torsten Röhl wrote:<br>> Why - QWERTY keypad ? we have a wide screen 2,8 inch and i<br>> love the new iphone concept without qwerty keypad. I hope that<br>> the next neo1973 generation phones are also iphone like (without qwerty
<br>> keypad) ... i think a neo1973 next generation phone with qwerty keypad is<br>> just another phone and not more the wonderful neo1973 linux phone.<br><br>Ough! I just can't imagine how to use emacs with this "new iphone
<br>concept". While this "new concept" is a fine thing for a phone,<br>I'd like to be able to do _real_ work with it. I'm a developer, so<br>my main tool is emacs, but there are more tasks (e.g. email/mail)
<br>where a kbd would be usefull. With a proper keyboard, we would have<br>a laptop-replacement. No way to do _real_ work with a touchscreen.<br><br>Unless I can connect a _real_ keyboard (probably via usb), I don't
<br>need this phone. I like the concept and the idea, but... no kbd<br>implies no emacs... No way. Sorry.<br><br>Please note that I'm not talking about integrating a mini-keyboard<br>(like the original poster said). I'm just talking about the possibility
<br>to connect an usb-keyboard.<br></blockquote></div><br>One thing I've been considering would be an iPhone style touch sensitive keyboard, but with a one-handed dvorak layout[1]. I feel like, perhaps with a slightly bigger screen, one could almost practically fit one hand on the device and be able to touch-type fluently. This way you would be able to hold the device in the palm of one hand and still type 30 - 50 wpm with the other hand, even while walking down the street. It would probably take about a month of pretty consistent typing (and frustration) to get comfortable with the new layout, which would be a huge barrier for many people. I'd be curious to see how well this worked, especially if some adaptation of the "force feedback" technology being developed by samsong were applied[2].
<br><br><br>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#One-handed_versions">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#One-handed_versions</a><br>[2] <a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/19/samsung_vibetonz">
http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/19/samsung_vibetonz</a><br><br clear="all">Cheers,<br>-- <br>Dylan<br><br>Type faster. Use Dvorak:<br><a href="http://dvzine.org">http://dvzine.org</a>