They want to use it like a full-fledged desktop, but they're stymied by the input method.
The P835 also enables users to switch between 12-key, half-Qwerty and full-Qwerty virtual keyboard modes, allowing them to choose an input method that best suits their current task.
Handhelds have been the most successful pen-based computers, but as the market has matured, it looks as though their signature input method is on the verge of being erased.
In early 2005, even after the launch of the Nintendo DS, Switched On critiqued pen computing, noting that it was too cumbersome and unnatural to become a mainstream input method.
Without prior experience, we were already typing much more accurately with Swype's taller and more responsive keys, plus its unique input method was also very refreshing and convenient most of the time.
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Diving into the supposed feature list, we're intrigued to see whether "gesture typing" will form a part of Google's new Android build -- the Carphone Warehouse compares it to Swype's finger-dragging input method.
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"The compelling combination of pen and true multi-touch offers users the freedom to select the input method of their choice, whether it be the pen or their fingertips, when interacting directly with their slate, tablet, notebook or other computing device, " said Amichai Ben-David, CEO, N-trig.
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The other is that the method of input is different, because there is either only a tiny keyboard or none at all.
Co-inventor Wayne Westerman said the MultiTouch system was much more flexible than a mouse which had a single moving point as its main method of input.
With our pitched instrument selected, the grid on Push changes from the step-sequencer view into its method of notational input.
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On the shelf today is this application for an "Input device, system and method, " which as mundane as that sounds, actually appears quite the contrary.
The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer.
Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer, " the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one dating all the way back to 1995, and appears to cover some fairly basic multitouch-related functions.
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One method is to feed the zipper some text in one language, then switch the input to a different language.
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