Apple has posted another video. Today, it’s an instructional video for the Apple iPhone keyboard. The magnifying glass is a nice effect for cursor placement. We also now have confirmation that contact names are added to the dictionary.
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Engadget got one of the 200 iPhone testers to spill some beans about features of the iPhone, and the tester told Engadget what they thought of it. The important snippets are mostly about the keyboard and text input:
- overall: “disappointing.” The tester had troubles with two-thumb input after trying “a number of days;” the iPhone video up at Apple says “a week and you’ll be fine.” I have no idea who’s right here.
- “It won’t replace a BlackBerry. It’s not good for text input. It’s just not a business product.”
- text correction needs a bigger dictionary for proper names [they don't mention if it finds dictionary proper nouns from the address book, which is important]
- keypresses require strong force and “needs some getting used to”
It would seem that Engadget’s leaker works in the Obvious department, which should help Steve Jobs track him down:
- Apple Bluetooth Headset will be $100+
- page loads are slow on EDGE network
- the screen smudges when you put your fingers on it
The din about the keyboard is really starting to reach full force. There’s no doubt in my mind that it’s going to lose points in reviews because of people not being able to master it out-of-the-box.
Speaking personally, I’m ridiculously excited and nervous about a software keyboard. Less for unused buttons and more for the display is a win in my book, but you still need to be able to use it. If it’s about as fast as T9, I’ll be fine. If I want to write a magnum opus, I’ll use a keyboard. That is to say, a hardware one, not a software one; I have a secret hope that Bluetooth keyboards will someday be available (or that they’ll work out of the box).
