Comments on: Hey, I’ve Felt That Keyboard Before!

By: iPad vs. Laptop vs. Netbook vs. iPhone: Typing Test | All The Best Products

iPad vs. Laptop vs. Netbook vs. iPhone: Typing Test | All The Best Products — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:30:08 +0000

[...] theory, the iPad’s Atari 400-like flat keys should make me pine for the decisive feel of a good full-travel keyboard. So far, they aren’t. In [...]

By: iPad vs. Laptop vs. Netbook vs. iPhone: Typing Test

iPad vs. Laptop vs. Netbook vs. iPhone: Typing Test — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:20:41 +0000

[...] theory, the iPad’s Atari 400-like flat keys should make me pine for the decisive feel of a good full-travel keyboard. So far, they aren’t. In [...]

By: Population Statistic

Population Statistic — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:10:45 +0000

IPAD KEYS: VIRTUAL TACTILITY…

So yeah, I couldn’t resist: I swung by the Apple Store in SoHo today, just to get a few minutes of hands-on time with the iPad. It’s as pretty as you’d expect, although not beautiful enough for me to fork over the cash for one (yet). …

By: The Great iPad Type-Off

The Great iPad Type-Off — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:14:20 +0000

[...] theory, the iPad’s Atari 400-like flat keys should make me pine for the decisive feel of a good full-travel keyboard. So far, they [...]

By: jamie dalgetty

jamie dalgetty — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:15:38 +0000

leaving the bb for the iphone is kinda the same thing… i don’t think i’ll ever get used to the touch screen keyboard over the satisfaction of real buttons…

By: jon

jon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:04:14 +0000

I had both an Atari 800 (Great Keyboard) and the 400 with the membrane keyboard. With the 400, Atari was not attempting to save money, but rather offer a kid friendly computer with a “Bugger, and Jelly compatible” keyboard.

By: Benj Edwards

Benj Edwards — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:48:45 +0000

Maybe in 20 years we’ll have a touchscreen iPad whose screen/surface molds itself three-dimensionally into pressable keys. Now that would be cool.

By: Craig Buchek

Craig Buchek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:27:48 +0000

Given the smooth surface, I think it would be more analogous to the Odyssey 2 membrane keyboard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey2

By: windump

windump — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:49:09 +0000

why fret over this keyboard design? It’s software, it’s almost less than nothing.
This interface has already been solved: http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.hci.innovation.html

nobody seems to care. folks would rather play in qwerty land.

Btw – good analogy to the atari. My first computer was the C64, that had a decent keyboard.

How many slide-show photo frame manufacturers are kicking themselves right now? With some tweaks to their OS, they probably could support 50% of iPad functions. (not to drag iPad through the mud, but wouldn’t one of those picture frame companies have a patent on that concept?)

By: landondyer

landondyer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:56:51 +0000

I wrote a whole commercial game on that keyboard. I got pretty good at it, but it still sucked.

I still have the emotional scars.