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Yeah, operating a shell, that's EXACTLY what I want to do on my smartphone. Jesus.

• noir_lord 13y ago
  Yes because your use case is the only use case. There are times when been able to login to a server via my mobile is really useful (generally to give a misbehaving process a good swift kicking) and any keyboard that would make a shell easier to operate would also make typing text messages, emails etc easier.
  • alphakappa 13y ago
    Your use case exists, but satisfying your (edge) use case doesn't create a $400B company. What Jobs&Co. did was to understand what would make the average user's experience better on a smartphone.
  • minor_nitwit 13y ago
    I'd be surprised if somebody hasn't already developed a software keyboard specifically for use in a shell.
    • noir_lord 13y ago
      They have (at least for Android) and it sorta works better but it's still a painful experience compared to a physical keyboard.