>A ten-digit keypad, plus the two or three other controls to tell it what to adjust, would cost >significantly more to design, implement, and manufacture than the two or three buttons most >clock radios have now. If it was done, the model produced would cost more than similar models >with three-button time setting systems.
Well, look at cheap wireline phones . . . $10 for a 10-digit keypad, lots of electronics, packaging, advertising, etc. So the keypad wouldn't really cost much at all. I think it's a great idea.
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>A ten-digit keypad, plus the two or three other controls to tell it what to adjust, would cost
>significantly more to design, implement, and manufacture than the two or three buttons most
>clock radios have now. If it was done, the model produced would cost more than similar models
>with three-button time setting systems.
Well, look at cheap wireline phones . . . $10 for a 10-digit keypad, lots of electronics, packaging, advertising, etc. So the keypad wouldn't really cost much at all. I think it's a great idea.