Microsoft Developing One-Hand Texting in WP8?

[exfileme]

An image has surfaced showing a curved virtual keyboard for thumb-texting.

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[CaedenV]

Interesting. Personally I like the split thumbs layout on Win8RP, but there just isn't a phone big enough to make texting all that great for people like me with fat thumbs. Raised buttons are sadly still the best way to go.

 

[beardguy]

This concept looks pretty slick. Not sure if it would be any better than just using your thumb on a normal keyboard though.

 

[phamhlam]

Nothing is better than giving user more options. I am pretty sure there are people with small hands and Titan huge cellphone. I however prefer voice to text since it is much faster (unless the system can't understand you).

 

[NapoleonDK]

They make no mention of the millions of people who will use this to text while driving... *shudders*

 

[zak_mckraken]

Sexting has just climbed up a notch.

 

[teh_chem]

Angled keyboard + swype would be great.

Only concern would be unnecessary truncation of displayed space because of the angle. Curious to see how this goes.

 

[math1337]

Next thing you know, there is a curved keyboard for android even before wp8 comes out.

 

[house70]

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she got lucky, huh? That's one way to put it.
Get lost, loser.

 

[gm0n3y]

I'm pretty happy with one thumb typing with Swype. Maybe this will be an improvement?

 

[leaderWON]

meh, bring back T9 and call it a day.

 

[eddieroolz]

That's nifty. I still remember the time when we were able to text on one hand.

 

[WyomingKnott]

[citation][nom]zak_mckraken[/nom]Sexting has just climbed up a notch.[/citation]
Deserves more than a plus one. Brilliant. Twisted.

 

[killerb255]

[citation][nom]leaderWON[/nom]meh, bring back T9 and call it a day.[/citation]

That's what I was thinking at first...old concept, new twist.

 

[fb39ca4]

If you have a "classic style" nokia you can still text one handed.

 

[back_by_demand]

text + fap = ??? answers on a postcard

 

[Guest]

Who the hell uses two thumbs to text on ANY device? It's called predictive text, had it since my Motorola L6 ffs..

 

[Anomalyx]

[citation][nom]greghome[/nom]I have been typing with just 1 thumb on my Android for a whole year now.......[/citation]
This. It isn't that hard, people.
Still, I have nothing against a keyboard layout that makes it easier... I just don't get why it's a huge deal... Everyone I know with an Android routinely texts single-handedly.

 

[ivyanev]

With my sausages instead of fingers qwerty keyboard in portrait is hard to use with two hands - one hand is a no go. So this thing has valid point . Nice job Microsoft in bringing back the phone usability in a smartphone.