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Surely a swiping keyboard is faster than the "array of tiny keys" approach. It's a much lighter touch.

• bowsamic 3y ago
  Have you used those tiny keyboards? They were quite amazing
  • pmontra 3y ago
    The T9s were... I'm happy that they disappeared. The qwertys were not bad. I'm swiping on my phone to the amazement of my friends that were never able to learn to do it. That beats tapping keys. However a physical qwerty was better than tapping on a qwerty displayed on a touchscreen. Unfortunately it takes 1/3 or 1/2 of the phone and it's there even when it's not needed.
• mytailorisrich 3y ago
  And that's this narrow view that perhaps made incumbents missed the big picture. I think the real insight Apple had is that, with phones becoming smartphone, internet, videos, apps, etc people would want a bigger screen rather than a keyboard and a smaller screen even if a physical keyboard might be a bit better to type (and I'm not even sure of that). A radical idea proved a winner. A bit like with SpaceX... I fully expect Arianespace to be like Nokia was, very slow, a lot of bureaucracy, and no-one dreaming of anything really new. The irony is that since they launch from the coast of French Guyana reusable boosters that can land on sea platforms sound like the perfect solution for them...