Comments on: Microsoft Courier and Apple iPad to Terminate Keyboards http://www.shuttervoice.com/2434/microsoft-courier-and-apple-ipad-to-terminate-keyboards.html News and Reviews about Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Yov http://www.shuttervoice.com/2434/microsoft-courier-and-apple-ipad-to-terminate-keyboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-733 Yov Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.shuttervoice.com/?p=2434#comment-733 For people working with documents (presumably a good chunk of the market) keyboards are essential. I type at around 80 words/min, which is fairly common. I'd need to be Data (you know, the sad face on Enterprise), to match that by handwriting. For people working with documents (presumably a good chunk of the market) keyboards are essential. I type at around 80 words/min, which is fairly common. I’d need to be Data (you know, the sad face on Enterprise), to match that by handwriting.

]]> By: Achal Dave http://www.shuttervoice.com/2434/microsoft-courier-and-apple-ipad-to-terminate-keyboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-717 Achal Dave Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:33:29 +0000 http://www.shuttervoice.com/?p=2434#comment-717 I like the idea, and I agree that, to an extent, tablets will diminish the use of keyboards. But they will never, ever, ever replace keyboards for the mere reason that most people find that it's faster to type than to handwrite. Desktops will always have keyboards. Perhaps we could get ride of them for laptops, but if you're writing a long essay or report, you probably do not want to handwrite the whole thing. Typing is faster to do, and hurts your hands less [if you do it properly >.>]. That being said, the Courier is promising and doesn't need the keyboard in most cases, as it's supposed to be a mobile device. I like the idea, and I agree that, to an extent, tablets will diminish the use of keyboards. But they will never, ever, ever replace keyboards for the mere reason that most people find that it’s faster to type than to handwrite. Desktops will always have keyboards. Perhaps we could get ride of them for laptops, but if you’re writing a long essay or report, you probably do not want to handwrite the whole thing. Typing is faster to do, and hurts your hands less [if you do it properly >.>]. That being said, the Courier is promising and doesn’t need the keyboard in most cases, as it’s supposed to be a mobile device.

]]> By: Brian http://www.shuttervoice.com/2434/microsoft-courier-and-apple-ipad-to-terminate-keyboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-649 Brian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:49:14 +0000 http://www.shuttervoice.com/?p=2434#comment-649 Maybe this will encourage parents and educators to put some focus back on the importance of legible handwriting. How many high school students - to say nothing of those in middle school - still form letters that look like they should have been written in crayon? And that's on paper! Touch screens are quite strange to write on with no physical resistance between the pen and the surface. Regardless, I'm so excited for the Courier! Maybe this will encourage parents and educators to put some focus back on the importance of legible handwriting. How many high school students – to say nothing of those in middle school – still form letters that look like they should have been written in crayon? And that’s on paper! Touch screens are quite strange to write on with no physical resistance between the pen and the surface.

Regardless, I’m so excited for the Courier!

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