My Touch Keys brings tactility to your iPhone keyboard
Damian Koh | Mar 26, 2008
Enter My Touch Keys.
My Touch Keys is a transparent screen protector with cutouts that match the keys on the iPhone's onscreen QWERTY keyboard. This lets you feel where each letter is on the textured surface so you will commit less typo errors. Obviously, this is something you'll have to try out for yourself and, at just US$7.99 for a pair, I think it's something worth investing in. Even if it turns out to be crap, you can just wave it off or use it as a face mask.
Unfortunately, shipping is free only in the US, so you'll probably have to fork out a bit more for third-party courier services.
The picture you see above is only an illustration as the actual product is transparent and the company claims you won't notice the cutouts, plus it won't affect the iPhone's multi-touch interface.
Via iPhone Buzz
Talkback
jhei says...
Amen to that
Mar 26, 2008 23:13
Amen to that
Mar 26, 2008 23:13
vin8tan says...
ok.... first, the iPhone was invented because Apple (or steve jobs) don't see the need for physical keys that are there all the day, in your face all the time. It was designed as a 3 inch media centric phone..... if does everything... a iPod does and.... a phone... ... losing my point... my point is... this will add sort of physical keys there which defeats the purpose of the iPhone, what i don't understand is... we use ten fingers on a keyboard and why not two fingers on a onscreen keyboard. i could use two fingers on a P1i's rocker kets which are tiny... I think this boils down to the user.... who are still too used too numerical keypads....
Mar 30, 2008 20:03
ok.... first, the iPhone was invented because Apple (or steve jobs) don't see the need for physical keys that are there all the day, in your face all the time. It was designed as a 3 inch media centric phone..... if does everything... a iPod does and.... a phone... ... losing my point... my point is... this will add sort of physical keys there which defeats the purpose of the iPhone, what i don't understand is... we use ten fingers on a keyboard and why not two fingers on a onscreen keyboard. i could use two fingers on a P1i's rocker kets which are tiny... I think this boils down to the user.... who are still too used too numerical keypads....
Mar 30, 2008 20:03
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ferdiei
it's either your friend hasn't adapted to a touch interface yet, just like when you're supposed to be typing on a regular kb with 2 hands, but in this case should be with 2 thumbs OR just had the notion that the iphone or any mobile device should be used with only one-hand expressing its mobility (a wrong public perception). a "haptic" typeface could do the trick (to be implemented if ever) instead of resorting to a primitive method like what was suggested here that will just make you end up looking (to touch) the recessed edges of the strip.
Mar 26, 2008 22:15