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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by pak9rabid on Thursday August 29, 2024 @11:29AM (#41391825)
And they would have been just as shitty as the Blackberry. Hell, even Google had to go back to the drawing board with their Android prototype because they still thought a physical keyboard on a phone was king....right until they caught a glimpse of the first iPhone.
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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by bratwurst3000 on Thursday August 29, 2024 @12:42PM (#41392714)
i loved the blackberry keyboard and would take it anytimes over this fucking iphone keyboard. The iphone keyboard is a step backwards. people like haptic feedback.
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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by pirate787 on Friday August 30, 2024 @08:06AM (#41399882)
tens of millions of consumers say otherwise
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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by ChainOfFools on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:19PM (#41404566)
The middle of the bell curve, which dominates the market, has a need for drool-proof interfaces that many of the sort who frequent HN and similar interest communities do not.
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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by dmonitor on Friday August 30, 2024 @10:18AM (#41400990)
Swipe typing > physical keyboard > digital keyboard.

There's still phones made these days with physical keyboards if you truly value the feature.

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