QWERTY Compact keyboard is designed for a Mobile PC.

http://www.freewebs.com/compact_keyboard

It's a keypad for comfortable typing.

Regards,

Mihail

GOD I hate those tiny buttons. If I'm going to use buttons, I'd rather have the T9 setup like on a cell phone. That's much easier to use than trying to point and press those tiny little switches. Who are they designing those for anyway?!

I'll take either a full size normal keyboard attachment, or some kind of keypad thing. But not those tiny thumb-board keyboards. Yeesh. Keep it away! :|

Absolutely normal cell phone buttons (4x9 mm).
Why do you need T9 when you have a full U.S. layout of standard computer keyboard fitted in a Motorola RAZR V3i case (and it could be localized for all languages)?

"The first column of keys of the alphabetic part of the keypad is intended for the index finger, the second and third columns - for the middle finger (which is positioned over the central vertical line of the keypad) and the fourth column – for the ring finger. The second and fourth columns are shareable between the adjacent fingers for making the quick sequences of keys pressed. The method is used when you hold the joint between the display and the keyboard by the other hand (you can test it by printing the .doc file)."

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Uhm, I find this very hard to believe to be a "better" keyboard. It sounds like you're holding the phone, nearly flipping out of your hand, and trying to contort your fingers to touch all the different buttons...

When I text in T9, it's all thumbs. Palm and fingers hold the phone, thumb(s) press the buttons. None of this index finger, middle finger, ring finger, etc. junk! :o

And to top it all off, how on earth would this tiny keyboard help a device such as the UMPC?

When you type using ten-finger method on a standard keyboard you use the same techniques. Your hands are nearly immovable and you just contort your fingers. I've used the same principles of ergonomic typing this time for one-hand typing on a compact-size Mobile PC.

I mean, according to the description, you're not only using your thumbs, but all your other fingers (what's your thumb doing?) instead. Basically, it'd be a comfortable setup for laying it on a table and punching on it with your fingers, but the most comfortable way to hold a phone is *still* to not use your fingers on the buttons at all, only thumbs. While the new layout would make it easier to find the buttons on such an awkward shape, it does *not* help to define an obscene new way to hold the phone and press the keys...

>but the most comfortable way to hold a phone is *still* to not use your fingers on the buttons at all, only thumbs.

Do you know that "The American Society of Hand Therapists issued a consumer alert in January (2005).."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/22/AR2005042201739_pf.html


> it does *not* help to define an obscene new way to hold the phone

You hold the device as it is comfortable for you - holding it on your palm.


> but all your other fingers (what's your thumb doing?) instead

The thumb is used only for pressing key combinations.

... Unless you text 24/7 like a God damn retard, then you don't need a new keyboard, you need a freaking shrink. It's a cell phone. Pick it up and call them.

Me, my hands are perfectly comfortable from the few-times-a-day texts.

Also, unlike buttons on a Ogo, Blackberry, PPC + keyboard, or similar device, the number keys on my phone are comfortable click-switches that are easy to press (as far as pressure-to-activate). The buttons wouldn't cause nearly as much pain for people if designers would be smart enough to make easy-to-press buttons. The keyboards should be self-locking anyway when the cover is closed, so why make the buttons so freaking hard to push?
(The above opinion is from trying out a few test models at CompUSA, and trying to use a friend's PPC's slide-out keyboard)

In addition, this system of typing and keyboard itself makes the typing faster than when you use only the thumb of one hand for it (and you have to put more efforts to move the thumb).

So it's just easier in use. It provides the same technique as when you type on a standard keyboard - as an user you have a compatibility in functionality and typing methods. And developers have the ability to localize it for all languages what is defining the success of the marketing of a new mobile communications product in different countries.