Apple Seriously Considered Releasing iPhone With Hardware Keyboard
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Apple Seriously Considered Releasing iPhone With Hardware Keyboard
If you are a long time iOS user who is used to the on-screen virtual keyboard, then you probably find the need of a physical keyboard unnecessary.
But that hasn't stopped rumors from claiming that Apple will launch an iPhone with a physical keyboard.
Interestingly, Tony Fadell, former Senior Vice President of the iPod Division at Apple revealed in an interview with The Verge that Apple had seriously considered releasing the iPhone with a hardware keyboard.
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I personally love the virtual keyboard and will never go back to a physical one. At first I thought the virtual keyboard would be bad, but that's just cause I was using Nokia's crappy X5800 touch phone back then, which, had crap touch sensing. But the iPhone's virtual keyboard is good. Would be better if Apple allowed third party custom virtual keyboards though.
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Yes sometimes I do.. Since the screen of iPhone is not that big, It feel's uncomfortable when I'm writing down something or using a messanger cause the virtual keyboard covers the half of the screen.Well I think that won't be a problem if further version of iPhone is to come out with a bigger screen.
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Swype It eats hardware keyboards for lunch. Not to stir the nest it eats iPhones autocorrection for a supper
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Sorry but if the next iphone comes with a hardware keyboard, you can count me out. It would be a step backwards in my opinion.
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I don't think it will look rite on The iPhone they have to make the iPhone a bit smaller to keep up on there game and win the market.. They should make choice either the one wih the keyboard and one with out and you pick what you want
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They will never go back to a hardware keyboard, the iPhone virtual keyboard revolutionised the entire industry! There is still nothing as acurate! I had my right thumb ripped off by a horse a few years back and couldn't use a hardware keyboard even if I wanted to, but why would I?!
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If they do, I'm out... Nomore iPhones....
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I don't believe that sh!t. Apple never will go with a that Keyboard...
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Yeh right !!
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As a senior and iphone user, I find it impossible to compete my typing speed with a kid using a Blackberry at amazing speeds using only his two thumbs. They can even type without looking at the screen. When you grow older, your fingers get thicker and won't fit on a virtual keyboard, specially thumbs. That explained, I would certainly favor a physical keyboard
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Apple running out of ideas?
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Don't miss the physical one, but mostly because speech-to-text has become so awesome.
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The article says that the physical keyboard was considered before the release of the first Iphone, not now.
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Honestly, I prefer the virtual keyboard on my iphone. I have a featured phone that I use on a different country, and boy I'm slow at typing on those physical keyboards these days.
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my iphone is keyboard inside- 4s
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id prefer to have a slide out keyboard as well. virtual keyboard doesnt bother me for txting, emails etc but gaming on a touchscreen is ****, my fingers block most the screen and the virtual analog is just awful
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That is so far from Steve Jobs intention...Less buttons the better was his and Apples policy, I doubt they have changed that.More likely they come with som awesome 3D tech...
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Apple should release the keyboard as additional accessory, just like the other accessories they have for iPhone and other iOS products, and it would fit perfectly as a back case (keyboard should slide smootly in and out just like how its done with other phones). This can be paired with the phone using Blueooth. This way you would only carry the keyboard when needed.
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Just like this one for instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPa8MBFKMA -
you can buy this on Amazon.
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People should at least read the article before give opinions.
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