And before Palm had a keyboard, it had Graffiti, which could share screen space with display. It took a short period of training but was actually quite good.

And before Palm had a keyboard, it had Graffiti, which could share screen space with display. It took a short period of training but was actually quite good. Far better than onscreen keyboards. I wouldn't recommend Graffiti for, say, trying to access a Linux shell. But for writing text, and editing it, it was serviceable in ways that current touchscreen devices aren't.