Jose_R.A.M
06-28-2007, 05:15 AM
iPhone keyboard better than any other mobile device's?
That's more or less what they claim, anyway.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/iboard2.jpg (http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html)
Apple recommends to begin with just one finger. Personally, I've found using your index finger to type is a pain. In a week though, you could progress to two hands.:rolleyes: Odd, as iPods were famed for the simplicity of just being able to pick it up and use it straight away without a mandatory learning curve.
The next installment to feed your iPhone curiosity is a demo of its keyboard. It seemed quite odd that they didn't cover it much in ther main 'tutorial', as the whole lack of buttons is apparently part of what makes it special.
There's been speculation/rumours about how bad it could be and with no one really having used it, it has become somewhat of a mystery. As Apple hadn't mentioned much about such an important part of the iPhone, should we really just 'trust the intelligence of their keyboard'?
Well, without trying one yourself, here's another video from Apple and their goofy narrator dude. They present some intruiging solutions for their small virtual keyboard:
'Advanced technologies' to prevent and correct mistyped words constantly analysing keystrokes to suggest words as you type.
Entire English dictionary, and it will learn words you type most often
For mistyped word, iPhone maps location of keys typed, analyses and suggests possible words that would have used keys around that location.
Uses dictionary to predict words you will type and 'dynamically' resizes the type zone.; making predicted keys larger and others smaller.Again, it's not exactly new. We've already got predictive text, the most popular in the form of T9. Most of the features of the keyboard can be found on many other devices, e.g. the Nokia N800.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/ipad2.jpg (http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html)
While type the word "TIME", iPhone's keyboard enlarges the region for E to cover W and R.
What seems to set it apart is the resizing of typing zone. Since the keypad is virtual and so small, predicted keys can occupy regions of other letters.
I'm still a little skeptical; the keyboard will still be probably too big for my gigantic thumbs. But that region-resizing above anything else could improve user experience of these virtual keys close to the standard of larger/physical keyboards.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/iboard.jpg (http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html)
After a week or so, Apple reckons you'll be typing faster on their keyboard than on any other mobile device. The demo does look pretty fast. Although you can really type superfast on anything if you use it long enough.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html
That's more or less what they claim, anyway.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/iboard2.jpg (http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html)
Apple recommends to begin with just one finger. Personally, I've found using your index finger to type is a pain. In a week though, you could progress to two hands.:rolleyes: Odd, as iPods were famed for the simplicity of just being able to pick it up and use it straight away without a mandatory learning curve.
The next installment to feed your iPhone curiosity is a demo of its keyboard. It seemed quite odd that they didn't cover it much in ther main 'tutorial', as the whole lack of buttons is apparently part of what makes it special.
There's been speculation/rumours about how bad it could be and with no one really having used it, it has become somewhat of a mystery. As Apple hadn't mentioned much about such an important part of the iPhone, should we really just 'trust the intelligence of their keyboard'?
Well, without trying one yourself, here's another video from Apple and their goofy narrator dude. They present some intruiging solutions for their small virtual keyboard:
'Advanced technologies' to prevent and correct mistyped words constantly analysing keystrokes to suggest words as you type.
Entire English dictionary, and it will learn words you type most often
For mistyped word, iPhone maps location of keys typed, analyses and suggests possible words that would have used keys around that location.
Uses dictionary to predict words you will type and 'dynamically' resizes the type zone.; making predicted keys larger and others smaller.Again, it's not exactly new. We've already got predictive text, the most popular in the form of T9. Most of the features of the keyboard can be found on many other devices, e.g. the Nokia N800.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/ipad2.jpg (http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html)
While type the word "TIME", iPhone's keyboard enlarges the region for E to cover W and R.
What seems to set it apart is the resizing of typing zone. Since the keypad is virtual and so small, predicted keys can occupy regions of other letters.
I'm still a little skeptical; the keyboard will still be probably too big for my gigantic thumbs. But that region-resizing above anything else could improve user experience of these virtual keys close to the standard of larger/physical keyboards.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/iboard.jpg (http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html)
After a week or so, Apple reckons you'll be typing faster on their keyboard than on any other mobile device. The demo does look pretty fast. Although you can really type superfast on anything if you use it long enough.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html