I think the solution to the mobile keyboard problem would be for everyone to learn stenography -- like court reporters use. The key boards on the stenography devices use a minimal key set. This would be perfect for moble devices. Check the the key pad lay out. Not only is the key board layout greatly simplifiet, but a court reporters can kick the the ass of the best typest on the plannet using a standard key board.
Have you ever watched the news? Read a news paper? Taken US history 101?
Corporations will be lining up around the block to do this. What has ever stopped a corporation from doing something profitable, but unethical? Answer: nothing, after they run the numbers and figure the profits are greater than the negative pr.
Cisco didn't hesitate to take a multi million dollar contract to install a fire wall surrounding China... Despite corporate lip service, share holder value is the first priority. It's called Capitalism
I hope you are right; however, it seems to me that if it's technically feasible it will only be a matter of time until its economically feasible.
In the 80's 90's there has been a lot of advancement in "knowledge discovery", "data mining", "CRM", and "insert-popular-buzz-word-here". Just look at goggle. I'm constant amazed at what I can find with a little effort. Second, the cost of these technologies drops as fast at computer power increases.
Guessing is just a matter of pattern recognition. Given time and resources my money will be on the computers...I figure it's just a matter of defining the problem space and fine tuning various algorithms.
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I think the solution to the mobile keyboard problem would be for everyone to learn stenography -- like court reporters use. The key boards on the stenography devices use a minimal key set. This would be perfect for moble devices. Check the the key pad lay out. Not only is the key board layout greatly simplifiet, but a court reporters can kick the the ass of the best typest on the plannet using a standard key board.
Have you ever watched the news? Read a news paper? Taken US history 101? Corporations will be lining up around the block to do this. What has ever stopped a corporation from doing something profitable, but unethical? Answer: nothing, after they run the numbers and figure the profits are greater than the negative pr. Cisco didn't hesitate to take a multi million dollar contract to install a fire wall surrounding China... Despite corporate lip service, share holder value is the first priority. It's called Capitalism
I hope you are right; however, it seems to me that if it's technically feasible it will only be a matter of time until its economically feasible. In the 80's 90's there has been a lot of advancement in "knowledge discovery", "data mining", "CRM", and "insert-popular-buzz-word-here". Just look at goggle. I'm constant amazed at what I can find with a little effort. Second, the cost of these technologies drops as fast at computer power increases. Guessing is just a matter of pattern recognition. Given time and resources my money will be on the computers...I figure it's just a matter of defining the problem space and fine tuning various algorithms.