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Alphanumeric Phone Keypad - Fastap

Posted by michael on from the beep-beep-boop-beep-boop dept.

seldo writes "The illustrious BBC has a story about a new mobile phone keypad, designed by a company called Digit Wireless, headed by one Mr David Levy, who "was head of ergonomic design at Apple for five years and was influential in the layout of its Powerbook laptops," according to the article. I don't know how it is to use, but it looks really funky. There's a demo on the site (javascript popup, so no link). The sooner I don't have to deal with the stupid 3-letters-per-button interface to send SMS, the better."

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  1. Demo Link by TheCrunch · · Score: 4, Informative
    "There's a demo on the site (javascript popup, so no link)."

    Urm yah. The link. (Flash required)

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  2. Re:NOKIA and dictionaries... by jedrek · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not only in Nokia phones, most of the major european mobile phone players (those being: Sony/Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and Alcatel) have this function. It's called T9, it's (like I said) available in a LOT of phones and it's pretty much a standard right now. Avalible in a couple dozen languages - including my native polish.

    I absolutely detest it, and it is switched off on my phone. On the other hand, my friend's wife uses it and he claims she's a speed demon when it comes to SMSes...