http://jole.ca/posts/on-the-apple-tablet/ Joel Adria Technical Services Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jole.ca/posts/on-the-apple-tablet/#comment-72 Taylor Lloyd Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:00:52 +0000 http://jole.ca/posts/on-the-apple-tablet/#comment-72 I'm not sure that this tablet will be sans-phone. I think it's highly likely that a phone will be included, and some sort of new, but effective typing system will be implemented. Remember when the iPhone first came out? people though the text entry was ridiculously difficult, but it only took a few days of solid use before it clicked. I think the same thing will happen with the tablet, probably in the form of a split keyboard that appears wherever the capacitive ambiance sensor detects your hands to be holding the device. Think about it, wherever your hands rest to hold the tablet, when you need to type, the keyboard appears where your hands are, to be tapped away at. I think the text entry will be largely thumb-based, though perhaps it will work with my fingers. I’m not sure that this tablet will be sans-phone. I think it’s highly likely that a phone will be included, and some sort of new, but effective typing system will be implemented. Remember when the iPhone first came out? people though the text entry was ridiculously difficult, but it only took a few days of solid use before it clicked. I think the same thing will happen with the tablet, probably in the form of a split keyboard that appears wherever the capacitive ambiance sensor detects your hands to be holding the device. Think about it, wherever your hands rest to hold the tablet, when you need to type, the keyboard appears where your hands are, to be tapped away at. I think the text entry will be largely thumb-based, though perhaps it will work with my fingers.

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