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A frogpad like keyboard isn't exactly what I was referring to. Maybe I should have clarified in the article, but I meant the kind that strap on to your hand. W
by shadesandcolour 14y ago
A frogpad like keyboard isn't exactly what I was referring to. Maybe I should have clarified in the article, but I meant the kind that strap on to your hand. With advances in technology it could be easy to make that smaller and less obtrusive than they have been in the past. As someone who had a wearable I'd love to hear your thoughts on Glass etc.
- vitovito 14y agoSorry, define, "strap to your hand?" Like: http://www.ikey.com/industries/military/ak-39.html http://www.ikey.com/industries/military/ak-39.html Or like: http://www.keyglove.net/ http://www.keyglove.net/ Or something else? Either way, variations have been around for over ten years, and the same problem remains: you're carrying around an extra thing solely for input. You can't wear it in every situation; with a suit, on the beach, in 110 degree weather, when it's raining, etc., and you can't use it for anything else but the rest of the device. MP3 players didn't take off before the iPod because normal people don't like carrying around a bunch of doohickies, and so cell phones won out over MP3 players. People carried around an iPod along with their cell phone because it also served as fashion accessory and status symbol, until the iPhone finally made it unnecessary to have two devices. It's the only time in portable electronics history that normal people have willingly toted around multiple gizmos; traditionally, there's a one-gadget limit. I make this same argument six years ago here: http://www.eyetap.org/wearables/wear-hard-06/2006494.html http://www.eyetap.org/wearables/wear-hard-06/2006494.html I posted a bunch in this other thread, if you're interested: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4993498 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4993498