I saw an ad that got me tapping my
head. It was for the new Microsoft Surface tablet. The main selling point was
that it had a real snap-on keyboard.
What? Weren't tablets all the rage
because they
didn't need a keyboard? Now the best thing about a tablet
is you can snap on a real keyboard? What happened to all their cool virtual
touchscreen technology?
Well, it's not that good. Oh, you
can slog through a message tapping on the virtual screen, but if you want to do
real typing you need a board that has some touch
back. Some feel as it
were, that you just can't get from tapping a flat surface.
Another device on the market, from
a company invested in by none other than Idol maker Ryan Seacrest, comes up
with a solution for the same problem on iPhones. Ryan's device is called the
Typo, which, iRonically, it helps get rid of, because there are a lot of them with
touchscreens. The Typo’s a case that snaps around the ends of your iPhone and
adds a Blackberry-like keyboard at the bottom.
You heard me, a Blackberry added to
an iPhone. If only Blackberry had thought of that. Oh, right, they kind of did.
Business iSucks sometimes.
Ryan said he put money behind the
device because everyone in Hollywood carries two phones, one to i-around on and
one to do serious typing. So why not have a tiny real keyboard added to a
cool-factor iPhone? You got the sparkle and you got the practical grit. The
iDol formula for success.
Makes you wonder though. Is there
some keyboard gene we all carry? Like Type O in our blood? No matter how we try
to leave them behind, they always return.
I better dust off my Smith-Corona
stock...
America, ya gotta love it.
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