Reasons for the Fingerboard

Re: Finger-size keyboard on a small screen -- Marianne
Posted by Digee ® , 08/15/2009, 19:54:16 Reply Top of Thread Forum

I still like using a stylus when writing longer documents or lists on my Pocket PC. Yet, after using the finger interfaces that are becoming popular on the Pocket PC because of Iphone innovation, I like using my hands a lot. People use their hands to eat many foods: fruits, tacos, burgers, cheese, snacks, chips, hot dogs, pizza, and Filipinos even eat rice. After traveling in the Philippines, I found that public transportation is very common there.

It was difficult to use a stylus in cramped quarters and therefore I had to resort to using the fingerboards that came installed with my Pocket PC. It was easier to type with my fingers in a cramped van. The Fitaly keyboard was designed for bigger screens, but the trend is for phones to downsize the original Pocket PC dimensions. Fitaly is too small on my LG Incite and therefore I use the medium sized version. The problem here is that it gets rid of the entire ESC/ Tab/ Caps/ Ctrl/ 123 column and the X/ +/ menu column. Even when somebody is driving, the car has a lot of movement and larger keys are helpful when I attempt to write on my phone. Fitaly has the potential to become the best keyboard platform on all mobile devices if it continues to innovate. Your company still is the only one to offer a keyboard with slides for macros, punctuation, words, and other commands.

James Garritson


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