The Next Thumb Gadget
Thursday June 30, 2005
I don’t have a cellphone, but I do use a PDA and I keep up on the modern world and see what’s new. So there is all this hullabaloo about what the next big thing is in SMS and recently people doing morse code were faster than SMS messaging so some guy suggested morse code, literally, very smart move! Perhaps a pressure-sensitive casing he suggested, and got quite a few comments on it on his thread. But it was suggested to use a rocker switch that is already on the phone/PDA, such as a volume switch, but then the commenter wondered how they would tell dots and dashes apart. But here’s my take - why bother? Pressing the switch up is dot, pressing it down is dash. That way there would be no need to worry if you held a dash down long enough, a single button click would act as a substitute for a dash.










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Comment 1
This might pose a problem for someone who can’t walk and chew bubblegum at the same time… and is farsighted. LOL
diane commented on July 1st, 2005
Comment 2
What an ingenious idea! Wowseroo!
mrcorey commented on July 1st, 2005
Comment 3 [ Administrator Reply ]
Heheh have you seen some of these kids these days with their blackberries and gadgets? Thumb typing has actually changed and entire generation; instead of carpal tunnel there is now a similar disease just for the thumb.
richard commented on July 2nd, 2005
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