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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by diminoten on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:59PM (#6015872)
You shouldn't have to use a QWERTY-like keyboard to enter text into a tablet. The very idea of a flat space with a list of letters which has you individually selecting letters (or moving your finger around on a full list of letters) is a huge waste of space on an already small screen.
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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by Havoc on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @05:15PM (#6022887)
>You shouldn't have to use a QWERTY-like keyboard to enter text into a tablet

Why not - If I can smoothly transfer touch typing skills then thats a pretty big win.

> huge waste of space on an already small screen.

Hence my comment about slightly larger screen. I can almost touch type on a 10 inch...bit more and it could work. The capacitative aspect might even work better than a physical keyboard for "touch" typing.

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