Comments on: BlackBerry Touchscreen Slider Coming Next Year http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/11/16/blackberry-touchscreen-slider-coming-next-year/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: patronanejo http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/11/16/blackberry-touchscreen-slider-coming-next-year/#comment-9032 patronanejo Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:54:28 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67483#comment-9032 When I saw for myself how tight the Prē's vertical slider was, I couldn't wait to discover the tricks Palm designers had applied to make it usable. Spoiler alert: they didn't. The Prē's v-board has the usability and tactile response of an early-'80's Casio calculator-wristwatch. If RIM makes a non-trivial concession to serious text entry, they won't be stupid enough to cripple it in the service of precious design. Casual text entry--the kind that can be performed one-handed--is better served by that other v-board: the existing touchscreen virtual keyboard. Any slider that serves the purpose of serious text entry will necessarily be horizontal. When I saw for myself how tight the Prē’s vertical slider was, I couldn’t wait to discover the tricks Palm designers had applied to make it usable. Spoiler alert: they didn’t. The Prē’s v-board has the usability and tactile response of an early-’80′s Casio calculator-wristwatch.

If RIM makes a non-trivial concession to serious text entry, they won’t be stupid enough to cripple it in the service of precious design. Casual text entry–the kind that can be performed one-handed–is better served by that other v-board: the existing touchscreen virtual keyboard.

Any slider that serves the purpose of serious text entry will necessarily be horizontal.

]]> By: Paul Simpson http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/11/16/blackberry-touchscreen-slider-coming-next-year/#comment-3744 Paul Simpson Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:36:41 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67483#comment-3744 This is a no brainer. Horizontal slider has got to be best for form factor and ease of use and key seperation. Vertical would leave me cold. I have the Bold and have switched to the G1 but would go back to this new Blackberry in a hurry. This is a no brainer. Horizontal slider has got to be best for form factor and ease of use and key seperation. Vertical would leave me cold. I have the Bold and have switched to the G1 but would go back to this new Blackberry in a hurry.

]]> By: KDarling http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/11/16/blackberry-touchscreen-slider-coming-next-year/#comment-3161 KDarling Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:50:07 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67483#comment-3161 I prefer vertical sliders for casual text entry. You can slide it up, type and then close again, all with one hand if you wish. I prefer vertical sliders for casual text entry. You can slide it up, type and then close again, all with one hand if you wish.

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