Will people need keyboards on large screens with options like shapewriter/swype ?

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Hi Guys,

I'm back on XDA Forums again after straying over to maemo.org (Nokia N810 internet tablet) for a year or so. Great hardware, but software just wasn't there yet (for me) so it went to ebay as soon as I read about the HD.

Anyway, I was wondering. Given these large sensitive screens and new input methods like shapewriter & swype on the way (if they ever get round to releasing them), do you really think a real qwery keyboard will still be a requirement for most people.

I'm an ex Universal owner (still got it, but needs fixing). But having seen the demo's of shapewriter etc. and having played around with a couple of examples on my Tablet PC, I'm really excited about these sliding based input options. I reckon 50+ words a minute looks quite manageable with very little training.

I don't think I will miss the qwerty input except when entering very technical stuff (things that would not be recognised by the dictionary).

What do you guys think ?

If you don't know what shapewriter or swype are, take a look at :

www.shapewriter.com

www.swypeinc.com

Zuber

Originally Posted by Zuber

Hi Guys,

I'm back on XDA Forums again after straying over to maemo.org (Nokia N810 internet tablet) for a year or so. Great hardware, but software just wasn't there yet (for me) so it went to ebay as soon as I read about the HD.

Anyway, I was wondering. Given these large sensitive screens and new input methods like shapewriter & swype on the way (if they ever get round to releasing them), do you really think a real qwery keyboard will still be a requirement for most people.

I'm an ex Universal owner (still got it, but needs fixing). But having seen the demo's of shapewriter etc. and having played around with a couple of examples on my Tablet PC, I'm really excited about these sliding based input options. I reckon 50+ words a minute looks quite manageable with very little training.

I don't think I will miss the qwerty input except when entering very technical stuff (things that would not be recognised by the dictionary).

What do you guys think ?

If you don't know what shapewriter or swype are, take a look at :

www.shapewriter.com

www.swypeinc.com

Zuber

Typing faster and more confortable than in a real keyboard won´t be as easy to achieve as it seems, at least for today technology on KB on screen, we are far away...

need a real keyboard?

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...just add it!
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/ke.../3848&cl=US,EN

Originally Posted by pzucchel

...just add it!
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/ke.../3848&cl=US,EN

I've got one of these. I'm not sure how you think it's supposed to work with an HD.

Originally Posted by Zuber

Hi Guys,

I'm back on XDA Forums again after straying over to maemo.org (Nokia N810 internet tablet) for a year or so. Great hardware, but software just wasn't there yet (for me) so it went to ebay as soon as I read about the HD.

Anyway, I was wondering. Given these large sensitive screens and new input methods like shapewriter & swype on the way (if they ever get round to releasing them), do you really think a real qwery keyboard will still be a requirement for most people.

I'm an ex Universal owner (still got it, but needs fixing). But having seen the demo's of shapewriter etc. and having played around with a couple of examples on my Tablet PC, I'm really excited about these sliding based input options. I reckon 50+ words a minute looks quite manageable with very little training.

I don't think I will miss the qwerty input except when entering very technical stuff (things that would not be recognised by the dictionary).

What do you guys think ?

If you don't know what shapewriter or swype are, take a look at :

www.shapewriter.com

www.swypeinc.com

Zuber

I must say that the videos are very impressive and at this moment, it seems to be a very good alternative to a physical keyboard. Looking at those videos I had the urge to test the softwares out but they are not available yet.

Not even betas.

Shapewriter has a free software download but it's on iTunes and it's only for iPhones...

Originally Posted by Ruudfood

I've got one of these. I'm not sure how you think it's supposed to work with an HD.

Well, i don't have neither the dinovo mini neither the touch hd . However, if you browse google you can find that various people have succeeded to connect PC bluetooth keyboards to windows mobile, so i think it should be possible.

http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com...1045/3357.aspx

Originally Posted by Zuber

www.shapewriter.com

www.swypeinc.com

Already been done! There's a keyboard that's already been officially that allows you to "draw" from letter to letter. I remember reading about it maybe even 2 months ago. Its been posted in the general forum/subforum.

Originally Posted by pzucchel

Well, i don't have neither the dinovo mini neither the touch hd . However, if you browse google you can find that various people have succeeded to connect PC bluetooth keyboards to windows mobile, so i think it should be possible.

http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com...1045/3357.aspx

Well in that case...

I have to say though that the keys on the DiNovo Mini are quite small even though the device itself is quite big (it's bigger than an HD) so not something you'd want to carry round with you or type large amounts of text with. Handy for occasional use, but then again if you're only using it occasionally you might as well stick with the various software keyboards that are available.

Originally Posted by pzucchel

...just add it!
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/ke.../3848&cl=US,EN

Mercí

I was not aware of that product!
I´ll get one once I recieve my HD!!

Great demo video on swype

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Found a good youtube video on swtpe that goes into a little more detail rather than the basic promo stuff.

It doesn't have the nice graphics, but the technology looks good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anYvTSnXWbk

Zuber