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Old 09/30/2009, 03:34 PM   #41 (permalink)
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curious- why do you say that? Seems there's an onscreen keyboard already half-baked in the OS- no?

why wouldn't they have on some time in the future?
The amazing guys at webosinternals turned the symbol pop-up into a keyboard. I wouldn't call that a half-baked keyboard already built-in.

Palm has always had a strong stance on one handed use and I don't see a virtual keyboard fitting into that stance.
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Old 09/30/2009, 09:21 PM   #42 (permalink)
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. . . on one handed use . . . I don't see a virtual keyboard fitting into that stance.
I disagree.
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Old 10/04/2009, 01:46 PM   #43 (permalink)
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i actually like the keyboard on the pre and centro. i used a pre yesterday, and actually found the buttons easy to press and i didnt make too many mistypes (unlike the iphone)
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Old 10/08/2009, 01:33 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Turns out the Pixi managed to shrink the keyboard again, by those comparison pics.
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