Tag archive: Keyboard

With a Google merger on the horizon, Motorola is playing it cool at CES this year. The Droid 4 is the only truly new product announced and it has been so heavily leaked that we thought it was going to launch on Verizon in December. After some brief hands-on, I can easily say that the Droid 4 is the phone that the Droid 3 should have been. This is the phone that owners of the original Droid have been hoping for all year (I know you're… Read More

There may not be a shortage of iPad keyboards in the world, but Steve Isaac and Bradley Melmon thought they could improve upon the iPad's onscreen keyboard experience. Most third-party keyboards connect to the iPad via Bluetooth, and while they work just fine they're bulky to carry around and eat through batteries like they were candy. Steve Isaac thought he could augment the iPad's onscreen keyboard so it felt more like a… Read More

Art Lebedev, the Russian design studio behind the Optimus range of LCD keyboards, has made a new model available for pre-order on its site.  The Optimus Popularis is a more compact version of its full size models, such as the original Maximus we reviewed way back in 2008, but still boasts the same impressive level of customization. Here's how it works: Each key has a tiny 64 x 64 pixel LCD display beneath a plastic cover that can be… Read More

Smartphones with a full QWERTY keyboard are getting harder to find. If you're an AT&T subscriber, you'll have a good option coming out soon. We spent some hands-on time with the Samsung Captivate Glide, and it appears to be a good QWERTY solution for those in need. Here are the specs: Processor: 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor RAM: 1GB (and 1GB ROM) Operating System: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Screen: 4-inch 480×800… Read More

The era of strange phone designs is slowly returning. Today, LG and T-Mobile officially unveiled the DoublePlay, a dual-screened, sliding QWERTY, touchscreen Android phone that's been spotted in the wild since June. The slide-out keyboard is broken in half and a series of shortcut icons are available on a small second touchscreen betwixt the QWERTY's halves. LG says the new handset is the “ultimate multitasking… Read More

Today, Samsung and and Verizon announced the Stratosphere: the first Android smartphone with a full LTE 4G connection and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Better yet, it will launch Oct. 13 for $200 with a two-year contract–much less than the price most LTE phones have been launching at. As a bonus, the phone has a $50 mail-in rebate.  The Stratosphere has a single-core 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, Super AMOLED display (common on… Read More

Wireless keyboards might be great for reducing desk clutter—unfortunately, in many cases, that saved desk space gets consumed with a stash of extra batteries—along with a charger, or a morgue of expended batteries that haven't quite made it to the trash. Peripheral and accessories maker Logitech is aiming to take away some of that pain—at least for Mac users—with its new Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac. The… Read More

Every year, the iPhone rumor mill cranks up to full-steam, churning out tidbits of unconfirmed reports about Apple’s next-generation smartphone. This year, however, the lack of a typical June release has driven speculation to an obscene level, creating a dizzying mishmash of information — so much that it’s become difficult to keep track of what we might see once Apple decides to let the cat out of the bag. But with an estimated 35 percent… Read More

While many tablet makers don't seem pleased with initial sales of their iPad competitors, Asus may have a hit on its hands with its Eee Pad Transformer, an Android tablet that comes with a full keyboard dock that also extends battery life to 16 hours, all for $550. The tablet debuted in April, and has been sold out at many retailers ever since. Forbes sat down with Asus Chairman Jonney Shih, who said that the company is already hard at… Read More

Apple introduced OS X Lion yesterday but already one major complaint has been lodged against the Mac upgrade: Scrolling. Lion revolutionizes scrolling, literally reversing it. Now when you move your fingers up the trackpad, you scroll up the page instead of down, and vice versa. To be fair, we understand the change: Apple’s trying to capitalize on the popularity of touch gestures and must believe that natural instinct would have us move our hand… Read More

Motorola's Droid really kicked off the mass adoption of Android. Well, it's been two years since then and Motorola's keyboarded phone is about to get its first actual overhaul. AndroidCentral got its hands on the full spec sheet for the Droid 3 and it looks, well, impressive. According to the chart, which we've included below, the next Droid will run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), have a 1GHz dual-core processor, and have a… Read More

Everyone who has a desktop has some sort of keyboard. If you've stuck with the keyboard that came with your desktop computer, Mac or PC, you might be missing out on something better. While the standard keyboard does the job for most people, there are endless other options out there that might serve your specific purpose better, look nicer, or be easier on your hands and wrists. If your current keyboard just isn't cutting it, or… Read More

While all of us here at DT think the iPad is the clear winner among tablets and in general a pretty great device, one fault pops up again and again as something that needs a fix: The iPad's super-sensitive virtual keyboard is just nothing like typing on a real keyboard. It's without a doubt one of the biggest complaints about the iPad, so naturally more than a few brands have tried to address the problem mostly with variations on the… Read More

Apple's latest keyboard idea was published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The concept aims to use proximity sensors that will enhance tactile feedback from keystrokes which will, in turn, enhance user experience. The filing was entitled: “Input Devices and Methods of Operation”. The problem they're finding is that computing devices such as computers, mobile communication devices and portable media players, have become… Read More