Well, the iPhone keyboard sure beats the old alphanumeric way of texting, which no one had complaints about for a decade. And that had predictive input to help too, and it was far worse than autocorrect.
Typing on the iPad is very easy and comfortable, too, and with the bigger keyboard, autocorrect becomes less intrusive. For most people, most of the time, typing is a minor part of their task, so it's fine. I really think portability nowadays is more important than having a proper keyboard.
I think it's silly to devote 50% of your device's weight and size to a keyboard, in most cases, so this all makes sense. The touchscreen is far more valuable, and also doubles as a fairly decent keyboard.
If you DO need a proper keyboard, which you will need when writing essays and long texts, then you'll easily be able to do that on any computer or with a keyboard accessory. Sure, it reduces portability, but what do you want? An iPad that's as portable as today's iPad, but with a physical keyboard?
Its all about learning to trust auto-correct. It fixes things most of the time. Just have to keep typing and let it do it's thing. It's MUCH slower to go back and correct your mistakes. Even if it doesn't correct them, it's still quicker to tap the word when you're done and choose the correct spelling than going back and fixing it at the time. People are always amazed when I bang out +70 words a minute on my iPhone or iPad. Once you get use to it, it's just as fast as on a physical keyboard.
Well better go take a look at surface Microsoft seems to have the keyboard/ non keyboard idea covered
No it's not. But, when submitting a 500 word post the typical response tends to be tl;dr, "I didn't read all that but," "Nice wall of text", etc. Maybe this is where the world is headed. I can imagine a future where professors ask students to summarize lessons in 140 characters or less. Sad, isn't it?
You can't really expect the younger generation to know this or have any use for this though as these days, text entry is done through copy/pasting or scanning, not direct typing and people don't look at each other anymore, they talk via SMS or Facebook.
Yup - so old I have my coffin ready should I keel over! :-DI'm not that young. Implying that I am does make you sound old, though.
Actually they really do. In the biography of Steve Jobs, the emails would go directly to him and he would read them and respond to you as well. This is most likely the same for Tim.
Seems to me the writing is on the wall. For SL/desktop users, the end is near.
Tim Cook: I've Given Up Physical Keyboards, Use iPad "80% of the Time"
Do you really think that using the tech properly is what people here want to hear about? C'mon.I type just as fast and accurate on my iPad than I can on a physical one. My Galaxy Nexus keyboard lags too much and does double letters, but I still can type about 10x faster than a stupid hardware keyboard on any phone! On my iPad, I have some shortcuts as my personal dictionary. In addition to stuff like "hwu" for "Hey what's up?" I also have "hahaha" for "hahaha" so I can use those words.
I use my iPad type multiple essays a week, write forum posts (I did an 800 and 1100 word one last week, mainly do them on The Verge), tweet, write emails, and take notes during class. As a high school student in AP Classes and taking college courses, I have adapted to 100% iPad (except printing off my school's printers). It took a little time to adapt, but I prefer it now way over any physical keyboard. Autocorrect saves my life lol.
Btw, I typed this comment on my phone.
They did. With the standard quality teaching we have available today. (you can add up the rest)I know they did away with lessons in cursive at many public schools; they should've replaced them with lessons in touch typing.
"Where" is a noun??
Wow a 500 word essay? Is that the demands of the US education system today
My issue with with virtual keyboards is that if you plan to write more than 1000 words, that is about an hour of you typing while looking down on an iPad at a bad angle. That would give me a stiff neck. Otherwise the virtual keyboard is actually good.
Still I do not want to develop a pinched nerve on my neck. I have difficulty enough working on a computer with my RSI and all.
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Another point is that virtual keyboards will get smarter and better and in 5 years, it is evolved enough that it surpasses physical keyboards.
You will also have a generation of young kids who grew up fiddling with iPads and are faster and more comfortable using virtual keys. Physical Keyboard will be for the senior citizens then.
Touch screens reduce even the best typists to hunt-and-peck...ers...
He obviously doesn't do software development.
"i've given up physical keyboards...use ipad 80% of the time".
He should say that to his executive assistant.
No, he makes sure that "coders" have jobs.
That's such a stupid statement!
I personally travel for a living (on the road 2 to 3 weeks a month) presenting and talking technology day in and day out. I stopped traveling with my laptop two years ago. I do have a wireless keyboard that I travel with, but more times than not, I don't even unpack it (I use it mostly when I need to remotely connect to my Mac at home and do some quick web development).
One of my peers works the same way as I do, recently purchased an iPad Mini and after a few trips will be using that exclusively on the road.