The Android and iPhone usually set the tone for innovations and virtual keyboards are no exception. Even if you’re a Swype fan, you’ll find the following video incredible. It showcases the features of the very innovative and original Blind Type virtual keyboard/input system: Blind Type has the advantage of allowing the user to type on the...
Multitouch is so last year, it seems, specially now that we can see a new input method in action in the video below. This is a vision-based interface we’re talking about, meant for mobile devices and based on tracking the 3D motion of a human fingertip by using a camera. Developed by Professor Masatoshi Ishikawa and Dr. Takashi Komuro of the...
The folks of the XDA Developers community have recently dissected Windows Mobile 6.5 build 28002, calling it WM 6.5.3 and cam across a new on-screen keyboard, You can have a look at it in the following image and leave your input in the comments section. We all know that the default virtual keyboard on Windows Mobile handsets wasn’t as user-friendly...
TechCrunch shows us a very cool video comparison between typing on the iPhone’s virtual keyboard and a new typing system called Swype. The latter included a predictive system made by the creator of T9. Here are the two methods in action: Swype allows users to type by simply dragging their finger from one key to another on the touchscreen device...
Third party webOS developers (yes, there are such people) have come up with a very neat way of turning Pre’s virtual keyboard into a full QWERTY one. The result can be seen in the video below and we have to mention that you can get this software to work with a double tap in the gesture area: Palm Pre’s original keyboard uses virtual keys...
Looking for a mighty GPS phone and you’re afraid to try a Garmin-Asus smartphone? You can always rely on Pharos Traveler 137, that recently got reviewed by the guys at Crunchgear. Right from the get go, we learn that the device comes with a huge 3.5 inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscren display, that’s finger compatible and also supports a stylus. Since...
ZuneHD is our favorite Microsoft rumour source, next to Windows Mobile 7 and now the PMP has been finally caught on camera, revealing its browser and virtual keyboard, as you can see below. Rendering quality is top notch, as far as the browser is concerned and we learned that the bookmarks are shown as a semi-transparent list over the page you’re...
Android is improving as time goes by, but it has a long way to go till it reaches the quality of iPhone’s OS.. Right now, the Android 1.5 release is the newest version and it gets detailed in the video below, before getting released next week: We learn that the upgrade brings a virtual keyboard that can be set up, so that it provides tactile...
Looking forward to checking the G2 out? HTC’s second Android phone is very, very much like the Dream G1, only that it lacks the physical QWERTY keyboard and it packs double the amount of ROM. Here’s what the G2 is all about, in a detailed hands on video: The two main attributes of the handset, that you can notice in the video above are...
Yesterday we saw quite a bunch of new handsets getting announced, but there was also a pretty neat software launch: the debut of Windows Mobile 6.5, courtesy of Steve Ballmer and co. Engadget did a walkthough of the new OS, covering all of its weaknesses and strong points, so feel free to read on and discover what’s in stall for you on the future...
