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External keyboards for Smartphone / PDAs
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19-03-2004 9:11pm#1
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first off, it's a proof of concept device, part of Siemen's 'Innovation' display, so not available in the shops (as yet anyhow!), it's in implementation of the Canesta Keyboard
a camera judges where you type on the infrared laser diode projected keyboard and determines the key pressed. not sure how well it deals with a fast tough typist though, i'm not, but my stab and press approach had it accurately registering my key presses
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You mean you already got your mits on one of these Brian :eek: I want your job!
I'm a touch typist myself, though not a terribly fast one, but I've always thought tactile feedback was overrated. I've used a number of different laptop keyboards, Psion Revo, Palm Stowaway (thanks to Brian) and a few more but tactile feedback was never something that concerned me.
It never seems to bother the Star Trek crews either, does it
Seriously though I'm hoping this thing makes it to market quickly. I had been thinking about getting the upcoming Nokia 7700, not because of any great software advantages over my 3650 but because it offers handwriting recognition and a touch screen keyboard for stylus tapping. T9 is great for speedy texting but I need something better for replying to emails on the road.
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i wasn't sure about the 7700, apart from it being a bit of a handful it was almost too much of a 'sytle statement' as they put it, but if you're up for that then great,
a more conservative/business Smartphone or Converged Phone/PDA device might prove a bit more suitable to everyday practical use though...
when i asked how you took a call the guy giving the demo held it up to his head much in the same way as you would an n-gage :dunno:, although at least the memory expansion was accessible externally (without having to remove the battery)
although, if you want to stick with the Series 60 platform, Sendo had a nice collapsible keyboard designed for their X Smartphone which you clip the phone onto and type away
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Originally posted by DubWireless
i wasn't sure about the 7700...
well looks like the 7700 isn't going to arrive as expected... instead of in Q2 2004 that they mentioned in the announcement release the device's homepage on the Nokia site now states:
"Not commercially available. Used only for piloting of mobile media services with key industry partners."
ref: Nokia Pulls Symbian Media Device...
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Thanks Brian. I was initially disappointed to hear about the cancellation, but I I've grown to love Series 60 and now think the that either the Sendo X (with QWERTY keyboard) or that newly announced Nokia 6260 (with QWERTY keyboard) may suit my needs better.
We're getting very close IMHO to having the perfect mobile office in a single device (with optional peripherals)
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have been putting the Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard through it's paces with Symbian UIQ, Series 60 and Pocket PC devices and it's working out pretty well
the Symbian drivers are much more functional than the beta versions they released to work with the Infrared Keyboard late last year - the drivers need a little more tweaking though
there are a few other Bluetooth keyboard models announced but this is the first PDA/Smartphone one shipping
BrianG0
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