Comments on: Touchscreen Wars http://eliainsider.com/2008/10/08/touchscreen-wars/ On Mobile, Tech and Running Infinity Softworks Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: efreedman http://eliainsider.com/2008/10/08/touchscreen-wars/#comment-546 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:59:57 +0000 http://mobilesuccess.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-546 Thanks, Richard, and thanks for commenting. I’ll check out the video. There has been some noise from early users as to the feel of RIM’s new Storm keyboard. I have heard it is pretty good and not that different from a real keyboard. It will be interesting to see how true that is.

Elia

]]> By: Richard http://eliainsider.com/2008/10/08/touchscreen-wars/#comment-545 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:13:09 +0000 http://mobilesuccess.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-545 I have used most of the devices you listed in your post over the years. When I bought each mobile device, they covered my core use cases at the time, and once a new device promised to do a better job I migrated to it. Of course my priorities changed over time as I had access to faster networking, but the things I want to do with a mobile device haven’t changed that much, even though the platforms and market leaders have. You mentioned “Keyboards are great for people that do a lot of email. Touchscreens are great for people that do more browsing.” I’ve been thinking a lot about what I love about various my mobile devices with tactile or HW input vs touch or SW input. “Keyboards or physical hard keys are great for people that do a lot of content creation (e.g., data/text entry, email/SMS/IM, + calling). Touchscreens are great for people that do more content consumption (e.g., viewing email, reading news, RSS feeds, browsing the web, watching video and listening to music). I do enjoy my current iPhone for the reasons listed here related to touch devices, but I do miss the tactile input of the prior wave of mobile devices. I think there are many sweet spots to aim for and the current crop of mobile devices are doing a great job of meeting consumer demand, but we still have a ways to go. Here’s an interesting video that explores some of the current preferences for mobile devices. As you will see, it’s highly subjective, based on user’s tasks and goals for their devices
http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/09/mids-girls-and-lots-of-chat/

I enjoy your blog…Keep writing… :)

]]> By: Touchscreen Wars » iPhone Tricks http://eliainsider.com/2008/10/08/touchscreen-wars/#comment-544 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:42:45 +0000 http://mobilesuccess.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-544 [...] Mobile Success created an interesting post today on Touchscreen WarsHere’s a short outlineI couched the fight in terms of BlackBerry v. iPhone, but it could just as easily be couched as keyboard v. touchscreen….The fake keyboards –like the iPhone — are slow to type on…. [...]

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