One-Thumb Keyboard

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 11, 2003 @08:57AM from the thumbs-don't-clap dept.

pagercam2 writes "As Japanese teens are so used to typing one another messages on their cellphones, they are now more comfortable with one thumb typing than the old two handed QWERTY. So a Japanese company has come out with a one-thumb keypad that allows a user to enter alphanumberic text and control the mouse with only one thumb. Sort of a cross between a TV remote and a phone keypad, with a USB connection, although wireless seems to be an obvious next step. Maybe not a revolution for the desktop, but this could advance data input on handhelds." Pictures transcend language barriers.

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Meanwhile back on the homefront... by ainsoph · 2003-06-11 09:48 · Score: 0, Troll

Microsoft using its monopoly powers to screw over school districts some more.

Japan gets fun toys every day of the week, like keypads (yay for pr0n right on the shelf @ 7-11!!!), while the greed of the power elite in this country destroys the domestic situation, stifles innovation, and in the school case, retards the possibility for children to get a non-vendor locked, broadbased view of information technology.

America the great.? America the gutter..

Microsoft to fuck over schools some more