06-08-2009, 11:08 PM
(vikm) wrote:
I'm apparently one of the very few that have little to no problem with the touchscreen keyboard on the phone as is. The only word I have problems with is "for". Sometimes I get "fir" instead. I guess I'm fortunate to have fairly thin fingers and not sausage-like like so many others. Either that or all of those years of playing video games paid off in the form of above average dexterity. I have no real problems typing on it even at a high rate of speed and have gotten very trusting of it.
You are apparently under the impression that the desire for an iPhone optional keyboard is motivated by dissatisfaction with the touch screen. The touch screen is great, but what if another option were available too? For more lengthy writing, with ease?
It doesn't matter how talented or fast you are at the iPhone's limited input (a one-finger exercise in dexterity, good for a dozen words here and there) it's not a substitute for touch typing on a real keyboard. I love the iPhone's input, think it's very useful for notes and messages. But it can't be mistaken for an instrument you could write a 16 paragraph report, or essay, or column, the way you easily can with a normal keyboard.
When the iPhone does have such an input option, a portable full keyboard, then journalists can write articles, authors can write essays, students or teachers can write and edit and revise documents, lovers can write poetry, or dirty love letters, or friends draft lengthy thoughtful replies instead of poking out five-word text messages. All using their phones, instead of a full laptop or desktop computer. That would be pretty cool.
Depending, of course, on how good these portable keyboards are, when they materialize. If they can make a portable keyboard that would satisfy a writer, it would be a nice breakthrough for the iPhone. And it's still convenient to use just the touch screen the majority of the time