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2011-06-30
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Hardware Keyboard aren't going anywhere anytime soon. As long as there are business people out there that need a hw kb to pump out a fast email or doc. Than its safe to say there will be a few hw kb phones out there. The real question(s) you need to be asking yourself is do the phone maker brand I prefer will produce a hw kb as well as do the OS I prefer will produce a hw kb. That's the real question(s) needed to be asked. Since the N950 won't come out I'm stuck with upgrading to another hw kb android phone.
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2011-06-30
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It will require at least one generation that grows up using touch screen input methods that effectively are just as efficient as the full-qwerty keyboard.
Right now such a thing is pretty limited. Swype is almost there (I'm guessing based on what I've seen/heard/read - I have only touched swype a couple of times and I have no idea how to use it right) - but it still requires looking at the screen. 8pen/qwop -type input methods have much higher potential in the very long term... Not sure when/how that will catch on though, and it's likely that by then more technology improvements will utterly oust that approach out in favor of something even better - I.E. electrotactile screens and the like, which, if perfected, would probably be equal to good qwerty keyboards. *Shrug*
Right now such a thing is pretty limited. Swype is almost there (I'm guessing based on what I've seen/heard/read - I have only touched swype a couple of times and I have no idea how to use it right) - but it still requires looking at the screen. 8pen/qwop -type input methods have much higher potential in the very long term... Not sure when/how that will catch on though, and it's likely that by then more technology improvements will utterly oust that approach out in favor of something even better - I.E. electrotactile screens and the like, which, if perfected, would probably be equal to good qwerty keyboards. *Shrug*
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2011-06-30
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Originally Posted by Hotshot
Since last half decade, Nokia has produced maximum # of smartphones with H/W keyboard.
The real question(s) you need to be asking yourself is do the phone maker brand I prefer will produce a hw kb as well as do the OS I prefer will produce a hw kb.
C-6, N97 / Mini, N900, E7
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2011-06-30
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Blackberry simply SUX!!! Business phones lacks the high end features that technical enthusastics like us want.
For example E7 might be a good device, but its camera is not Carl Zesis, it even lacks Autofocus and its recording isn't that good either. It does'nt have entertainment features. What we need is a hybrid even if it costs more, its acceptable
For example E7 might be a good device, but its camera is not Carl Zesis, it even lacks Autofocus and its recording isn't that good either. It does'nt have entertainment features. What we need is a hybrid even if it costs more, its acceptable
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2011-06-30
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Originally Posted by maverick788us
sucks. enthusiasts. Zeiss. doesn't. it's.
Blackberry simply SUX!!! Business phones lacks the high end features that technical enthusastics like us want.
For example E7 might be a good device, but its camera is not Carl Zesis, it even lacks Autofocus and its recording isn't that good either. It does'nt have entertainment features. What we need is a hybrid even if it costs more, its acceptable
go android.
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2011-06-30
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Originally Posted by ysss
Lollin' at the trollin'
sucks. enthusiasts. Zeiss. doesn't. it's.
go android.
For me a HW keyboard is a must. I'm sick of touchscreens already and I'm waiting for the next big thing.
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2011-06-30
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Apple will make one and suddenly it will be the next sexy thing. "Yes but your N9 doesn't have a keyboard, Iphone 5 is the first smartphone with keyboard, and it has sidetalking too, it's sexy!"
Ok I don't really believe this but I think someone needs to sell HWkb's to consumers, and they're never going back.
Ok I don't really believe this but I think someone needs to sell HWkb's to consumers, and they're never going back.
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2011-06-30
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Originally Posted by qwazix
Who knows they might use a detachable keyboard. A keyboard is must for fast typing which cannot be achieved with on screen keyboard because of the screen area covered.
Apple will make one and suddenly it will be the next sexy thing. "Yes but your N9 doesn't have a keyboard, Iphone 5 is the first smartphone with keyboard, and it has sidetalking too, it's sexy!"
Ok I don't really believe this but I think someone needs to sell HWkb's to consumers, and they're never going back.
Yes numeric keypad is an old generation technology which isn't required at all on screen keybad is a good replacement
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2011-06-30
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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur
IMHO, both of them sucks big time. And really sad thing is that both of them are, in a way, gestures. So why inventing hot water again. Someone should simply reintroduce graffiti and that's it.
It will require at least one generation that grows up using touch screen input methods that effectively are just as efficient as the full-qwerty keyboard.
Right now such a thing is pretty limited. Swype is almost there (I'm guessing based on what I've seen/heard/read - I have only touched swype a couple of times and I have no idea how to use it right) - but it still requires looking at the screen. 8pen/qwop -type input methods have much higher potential in the very long term... Not sure when/how that will catch on though, and it's likely that by then more technology improvements will utterly oust that approach out in favor of something even better - I.E. electrotactile screens and the like, which, if perfected, would probably be equal to good qwerty keyboards. *Shrug*
One big reason I dispise N9 is because it does'nt have a qwerty keyboard. Even if Nokia launch a WP7 phone which has all the H/W specs similar to N9 and have a qwerty keyboard, it is acceptable. What is the future of smartphones with qwerty keyboard?