iTwinge adds physical keyboard to iPhone
September 16, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Accessories
For $29.00 you can turn your iPhone into an iconic Sony Ericsson P900. Well not really. But the principle is sorta similar. The iTwinge is a keypad attachment for the iPhone allowing you to use physical hardware buttons in the stead of a technologically superior touch screen. The iTwinge feeds off the battery from your iPhone, attaching itself to the charger’s end. The trade off is obvious: you get half the real estate and impaired functionality in the place of accurate typing.
I just hope they didn’t use an iTwinge to write the copy on the product page. They have spelling …read more
Motorola ROKR E8 Revisited: A commentary on the “virtual keypad”
June 10, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Motorola
Let’s do a quick revisit. Back in February, Motorola announced the ROKR E8, their flagship music phone and I was able to get a quick glance over dinner. Now that it’s out and after going a few days with the ROKR E8, I have a few insight’s on Motorola’s latest music phone. It’s a big step from the ROKR E2 – as the new phone incorporates their ModeShift technology that relies heavily upon the touch sensitive virtual keypad that is case sensitive.
My feedback is that in the few days I’ve used the phone I still can’t get through the …read more
