The challenge here is that what makes a great touchpad (unbroken surface) is the opposite of the keyboards I like (gaps between keys). I’m interested to try this to see if they’ve cracked that nut.
A Touchpad Embedded Keyboard
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#12BlackBerry has been doing this with the keyboards on their phones for some time now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn6DRcUFj8Y
And it works brilliantly, easily my favorite feature on this phone (key2). Thinking about it this phone is my favorite since the iPhone 3g
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#13I can see this working for me. And it would be highly efficient and ergonomic. Would definitely like to try it.
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#14BlackBerry has been doing this with the keyboards on their phones for some time now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn6DRcUFj8Y
Was going to mention similar - that video is of the Passport, which uses their OS, but I use a KEYone, an Android-powered BlackBerry with one of these keyboards. Soooo much nicer than software keyboards, it was the single thing that made me choose it over all the others available.
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#15I normally use a Microsoft natural keyboard and I lay a magic TouchPad over the numpad/home/end button area.
This way it's ergonomic and productive, as I never move my hands. Seems like a better solution, to me, than passing your fingers through the bumpy keys "islands"...
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#16Tap to Click on this would be amazing
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#17Looks this would be perfect as a "sofa keyboard" for controlling a home media center or similar. I guess that the main difficulty would be not pressing the keys while using it as a touchpad, but I imagine it would be possible to get used to that.
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#18Didn't TouchStream buy up all this IP in multiple ways then get bought by Apple?
I still have a functional touchstream and it's a fantastic device. The drivers even still sort work on Linux.
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#19Sounds a lot like fingerworks who had a similar product on the market I think about 14years ago or so. As I remember it they got snatched up by Apple and ditched the product. I always wished they’d release a slightly better touchpad tech version of it, at a more reasonable price point.
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#20Tap to Click on this would be amazing
You could even do click to tap :)
(Which I would to appreciate, as both clicking and tapping has never been the most reliable for me on touchpads.., but a keyboard click? Always reliable, and always responsive)