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<font face="Arial">Ted,<br>
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I too like the idea of a keyboard. I have a UTStarcom 6700 and the
keyboard is of the slide out variety which works very well. Here is
the url to a www page at the UTStarcom www site that shows an image of
the unit with the keyboard slid out:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.utstar.com/PCD/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=PPC6700&bID=30&sAct=0">http://www.utstar.com/PCD/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=PPC6700&bID=30&sAct=0</a><br>
<br>
<br>
This keyboard design gets generally good reviews from users however one
problem with it is that keying in numerics is a pain because it
requires a special key + the selected number. Also, given the handset's
form factor, the keyboard is a bit small for those with large
hands/fingers.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tzz@bu.edu">tzz@bu.edu</a> wrote:
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cite="midg69tzxrm7sx.fsf@dhcp-65-162.kendall.corp.akamai.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:08:51 +0000 Neil MacLeod <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gmane@nmacleod.com"><gmane@nmacleod.com></a> wrote:
NM> Positioning the wheel on the top left or top right shoulders of
NM> the device would work for me (as I'm right handed) but this would
NM> not work at all for a left-handed person who has to rotate the
NM> screen 180 degrees for comfortable use (secondary wheel in the
NM> bottom right corner?) I think Nokia need to give more
NM> consideration to left-handed users
I agree that lefties get worse usability in general. The 770 and N800
are not usable with the left hand holding the stylus; I wrote about
this to the list before. The solution, IMHO, is to provide a flip-out
keyboard that would make the stylus less necessary, and text input
easier. If the 9000, 9500, 9300, and E90 can do it, why not the
N800++? The keyboard would also, when closed, protect that nice
screen.
(someone on the #maemo channel mentioned the E90 has the same
processor and memory as the N800... hmmm...)
Ted
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