Tactus Technology, a California - based startup, recently unveiled a unique touchscreen layer for mobile devices that can dynamically create real buttons for an on - demand
physical keyboard experience.
Not exact matches
The
physical Smart
Keyboard mimics the heritage of the BlackBerry trackpad by responding to touch gestures, making web browsing, reading, and writing with flick typing a much easier and more intuitive
experience.
As the latest addition to Verizon's red - eyed family, the Droid 4 improves upon its predecessors»
keyboards, offering
physical QWERTY fans one of the most refined
experiences on the market.
If you're not into
physical keyboards and skipped the BlackBerry KEYone, the Motion is a great option to jump into the Android world while still maintaining as much of the BlackBerry
experience as possible.
I'd liken the typing
experience to being similar to typing on a
physical cell phone
keyboard.
The
experience was more akin to what I'm used to on a
physical cell phone
keyboard.
With the
physical keyboard gone, attention turns to the touchscreen
experience.
We now live in a smartphone world where far more people have
experienced a touchscreen smartphone than a phone with
physical buttons and most people don't know a
keyboard can work this way - whenever I give a demo of the KEYone to someone who is unfamiliar, swiping on the
keyboard blows them away.
Everyone knows that BlackBerry smartphones make the best
physical keyboard devices and if you have ever typed on a Z10, you'll know that they also now have the best virtual
keyboard experience.
And for many people, that will prove to be a good thing: you're getting a great
physical keyboard, the BlackBerry
experience you love, and a taste of Android, for good measure.
Still, the whole thing felt forced, and splitting the
physical QWERTY
keyboard into two to make room for what was little more than a glorified secondary apps tray didn't make for the most intuitive typing
experience in the world.
The company notes that it has a reputation for a great typing
experience — Bold series is widely considered a benchmark for
physical phone
keyboards — but since BlackBerry 10 is all about touch, RIM says that it's honing its algorithms to make sure that it learns how users type.
The third - generation Kindle, rebranded in fall 2011 as Kindle
Keyboard, is the best model with a
physical means of input; and it provides a better contrast and reading
experience than the less expensive fourth - generation Kindle device.
Yes and no... It doesn't have the
physical keyboard like the G1 and G2, but it does offer the Google «Vanilla»
experience which is the pure Android with no flash extra skins like HTC's sense.
Of course, it's still very much early days for Intel's league, and the VR games involved, but virtual reality brings forth an interesting element in that it's closer to real sports in terms of being a more
physical activity than traditional gaming — a «purer» sports
experience compared to sitting at a mouse and
keyboard.
Eye Control (beta): This
experience requires a compatible eye tracker, like the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C, which unlocks access to the Windows operating system to be able to do the tasks one could previously accomplish with a
physical mouse and
keyboard.
Even though it might excite long - time BlackBerry users who desire the tactile
experience of a
physical keyboard, it is unlikely that the KEYone will shake up the market.
The phone famously rejected
physical keyboards for a touch - typing
experience, which many spurned.
The main benefit of the
keyboard dock is to give you a
physical typing
experience that allows for quicker and easier productivity when typing emails, creating word documents or spreadsheets.
The KeyOne presents an excellent, thoughtful Android
experience for BlackBerry fans that are reluctant to hop on the company's latest smartphone, or just anyone seeking an Android smartphone with a
physical keyboard.
Because it's a touch - based surface, meaning there's no
physical keys to push, many have been wondering how well the typing
experience is when compared to, say, a Surface Touch Cover or an actual normal laptop
keyboard.
The BlackBerry Classic is especially designed for the users who want a full - fledged BlackBerry
experience from a high - end offering, with a
physical QWERTY
keyboard and a touchscreen display.
Beyond the players involved, Apple also dramatically improved the touch
experience, in effect killing off
physical keyboards and completely changing the way we interact with mobile devices.
While those from the Android side that have used the Priv generally tend to enjoy the
experience, the Priv's size, price and
physical keyboard meant it was always going to be a niche product.