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Here's an interesting tidbit that will work out well for all Android devices. The company behind the software keyboard called BlindType has been purchased by Google.

BlindType, uses approximate type locations to predict the word that was intended. In this way, you don't even have to hit the correct key in order to type accurately! As I can almost type on my N810 without looking at the keypad, I would imagine that this would work really well for me as it would increase the rate at which I typed SIGNIFICANTLY on a soft keyboard.

Here's are some videos of BlindType in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6eKm1gUnTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9b8NlMd79w

At the end of the second video, the typist is typing as fast using BlindType as on a hardware keyboard! AMAZING!

This would be great for use on a Galaxy Tab when using the keyboard in portrait or landscape. Being able to type without staring at your fingers was once reserved only for physical keyboard. I'm glad to see that this technology will become incorporated into the Android experience.

I'm really looking forward to Android3! The leap from v1 to v2 was significant, and I bet that the UI focused v3 will bring plenty of new enhancements to the platform!

BTW... Where's my x server already?!

Last edited by Capt'n Corrupt; 2010-10-02 at 16:43.