(keitai-l) Re: input devices: laser qwerty keyboard

From: Kyle Barrow <kyle_at_pukupi.com>
Date: 05/07/03
Message-Id: <B5F56FF5-8058-11D7-AD40-000393D405B2@pukupi.com>
> //  Yeah. Nice, except that the darn thing is actually bigger than the
> //  full-size folding keyboard for my Palm, as well as being far less
> //  flexible in terms of where it can be placed.
>
> not 'cynic.net' for nothing...
>
> i would guess the lights will be hidden in a housing at the end of a 
> PDA
> within one generation but keyboards seem to have stayed the same size 
> for a
> while.

Although probably a mock-up, VKB has been showing the light keyboard 
incorporated into the Palm SD slot. From a usability standpoint, any 
device that requires your HANDHELD, be it a Palm or phone, to sit on a 
flat surface, has failed miserably.


Kyle

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Received on Wed May 7 09:56:11 2003