New Samsung Clamshell Smartphone Surfaces
- September 5th, 2006
- 3 Comments
First seen on the SGH-I719, the keypad throws out traditional T9 for a half-QWERTY solution. Each chicklet key has two letters, so a double-tap switches your Q to a W. It’s an interesting way to fit full data entry into a small form factor, and RIM fans haven’t had trouble adapting to it. Is it practical? That’s a different question altogether.
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Michael Stajer (Who am I?)
2 years ago
The “half-qwerty” on current 7100 blackberry’s doesn’t work by “double-taping.” You just type the word you want - hitting the key with the letter you want once. Software guesses what word you are typing by context and a dictionairy filled with words you use. It works correctly 95+% of the time. If it is wrong, there is a key that changes the word to alternatives for that key combination.