On 1/19/07, Josef Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:07:40PM +0100, Torsten Röhl wrote: > Why - QWERTY keypad ? we have a wide screen 2,8 inch and i > love the new iphone concept without qwerty keypad. I hope that > the next neo1973 generation phones are also iphone like (without qwerty > keypad) ... i think a neo1973 next generation phone with qwerty keypad is > just another phone and not more the wonderful neo1973 linux phone. Ough! I just can't imagine how to use emacs with this "new iphone concept". While this "new concept" is a fine thing for a phone, I'd like to be able to do _real_ work with it. I'm a developer, so my main tool is emacs, but there are more tasks (e.g. email/mail) where a kbd would be usefull. With a proper keyboard, we would have a laptop-replacement. No way to do _real_ work with a touchscreen. Unless I can connect a _real_ keyboard (probably via usb), I don't need this phone. I like the concept and the idea, but... no kbd implies no emacs... No way. Sorry. Please note that I'm not talking about integrating a mini-keyboard (like the original poster said). I'm just talking about the possibility to connect an usb-keyboard.
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]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#One-handed_versions [2] http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/19/samsung_vibetonz Cheers, -- Dylan Type faster. Use Dvorak: http://dvzine.org
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