In looking at the product shots at the bottom of http://www.apple.com/ipad/design/, I'm really wondering about the interactions of using the keyboards in the both the dock and in the case - as folded into a laptop-like configuration with virtual keyboard.
With the keyboard dock, or even a bluetooth keyboard, the act of typing will be great, but then think about when you want to select some text. Now you have to use the iPhone means of copy/paste. You take your hands off the keyboard and have to touch the screen. I haven't played with one yet, but that appears to be an awkward situation. When using a keyboard, I think most people would look to using a mouse for text selection. Maybe I'll be wrong and it's not as awkward as I'm thinking. The same goes for using it with the virtual keyboard. Copy/paste on the iPhone isn't so bad since you don't really move your hands a significant distance. But now, you'll have to move your hands several inches to perform this action. Just seems to be strange in this case. Hopefully I'll have an opportunity to play with one soon and see what this is like. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
