take note:
- keyboard (obvi)
- scrolling keys (beside space bar) for up and down movements
- no command key for copy and paste
hahahope you likee
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My iPhone Pro Mockup, you like?
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take note:
- keyboard (obvi)
- scrolling keys (beside space bar) for up and down movements
- no command key for copy and paste
hahahope you likee
Slight correction;it would make it fat
sadly your design is not pratical, explain to me how you would press the 1 key without switching your phone on silent ?
sadly your design is not practical, explain to me how you would press any of the keys on the top row with out hitting a switch or the phone?
and the scroll keys by the space bar are gonna get in the way...
Nice mock up but as others have said keyboard = not pro.
I'd say keyboard = beginner so we currently have the 'Pro' !
we dont need a real keyboard.
a better mock up would a iphone with 2 screens that closed like clamshell.
a better mock up would a iphone with 2 screens that closed like clamshell.
haha, i totally agree
the whole point of the iphone, is that the keyboard changes as needed,
i was just bored heheh
the whole point of the iphone, is that the keyboard changes as needed,
i was just bored
hehehPlease ignore my super crappy photoshop skills :/
Anyway, If apple would put a slideout keyboard on the iPhone, they should have physical keys, but instead of having the letters painted on the keys, the keys are transparent and they have tiny LCDs behind them that can allow the physical keyboard to have similar flexibility towards the onscreen keyboard.
Similar to the Optimus Maximus:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
Anyway, If apple would put a slideout keyboard on the iPhone, they should have physical keys, but instead of having the letters painted on the keys, the keys are transparent and they have tiny LCDs behind them that can allow the physical keyboard to have similar flexibility towards the onscreen keyboard.
Similar to the Optimus Maximus:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
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take note:
- keyboard (obvi)
- scrolling keys (beside space bar) for up and down movements
- no command key for copy and paste
hope you likee
THAT IS AWSOME! And to avoid hitting the keys when typing as someone pointed out, just make the keyboard slide out on the other side!
I would LOVE to have an iphone like this. I think even more people would buy an iphone, which doesn't matter anyway.
Nice job drakeshipway!
The whole idea behind iphone is not having a keyboard...
We're trying to ged rid of keyboards here (THINK DIFFERENT)
I am waiting for an apple tablet (no keyboard)..... Iphone UI is beautifully designed, you get your keyboard on the screen when you need it... WE DON"T NEED NO STINKING KEYBOARD !!!
We're trying to ged rid of keyboards here (THINK DIFFERENT)
I am waiting for an apple tablet (no keyboard)..... Iphone UI is beautifully designed, you get your keyboard on the screen when you need it... WE DON"T NEED NO STINKING KEYBOARD !!!
Why would yo have scrolling keys when you can more easily scroll on the TOUCHSCREEN with your finger? The whole point of the iPhone was a touchscreen that revolutionized the cell industry and look what happened? Everyone is trying to copy the iPhone, if you add a keyboard it isnt an iPhone. Sorry that is a horrible idea and this thread is full of fail
take note:
- keyboard (obvi)
- scrolling keys (beside space bar) for up and down movements
- no command key for copy and paste
hope you likee
When everyone is making these mockups, why is everyone putting the silver trim around the keyboard as well? That makes the iPhone, 1 ugly, and 2 thicker.
Just remove the trim on the left and right, and where the volume is, make it come down with the keyboard...
im fine with the keyboard as it is but seriously apple...steve...
PLEASE GIVE ME A SAFARI-LIKE LONG KEYBOARD IN MY TEXT/EMAIL!
PLEASE GIVE ME A SAFARI-LIKE LONG KEYBOARD IN MY TEXT/EMAIL!
How ironic. Bill Gates has been touting the benefits of touch tablets with onscreen keyboards and/or handwriting recognition for many years, and now Apple fans say he's right?
Ever used a tablet? Try doing large reports typing on a touchscreen. Woof.
Just because touch works well on a small device, doesn't mean it's perfect everywhere, despite what we see on Star Trek.
Perhaps you don't do much on yours.
Scrolling through long web pages or documents is a true pain on the iPhone. If not physical cursor keys, then an on-screen button or scrollbar would be very beneficial. In all the touch projects I've done where I've included fingertip scrolling, I've always also supported key-based scrolling. It's a ton easier in many cases, especially with one-handed operation.
Touchscreen phones have been around a very long time.
The main point of the iPhone was to simplify the UI.
As for adding a keyboard... Rumors of Jobs showing off keyboard equipped prototypes
So let me get this straight:
Let's make the iPhone thicker with more parts that can break and a keyboard that must use preset keys and not change with, oh, languages and use because that makes it so much better. Hmm.
My line of thinking is there are two sets of people that think phones *must* have physical keys. 1) 13-year-olds who send 80 text messages per second and probably throw the phone when playing Scrabble because it won't let them play "OMG", "IDK", and "LOL!" 2) People who think a phone is supposed to be a full-featured laptop that magically has everything a MacBook has in something the size of a sponge.
I will be the first to tell you I haven't used a smartphone with a physical keyboard. Well, at least for more than a few minutes. I messed around with a friend's BlackBerry -- which she loves -- just to see what it was all about. I honestly couldn't even figure out how to use the simplest thing on it. All those damn keys are about the size of Lincoln's nose on a penny and have 16 things written on them. I guarantee you that more than 99 percent of people who pick up an iPhone can at least figure out where the phone function is within 10 seconds. Without the keys, there's more room on a screen to throw the stuff right in your face (a big PHONE icon).
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Let's make the iPhone thicker with more parts that can break and a keyboard that must use preset keys and not change with, oh, languages and use because that makes it so much better. Hmm.
My line of thinking is there are two sets of people that think phones *must* have physical keys. 1) 13-year-olds who send 80 text messages per second and probably throw the phone when playing Scrabble because it won't let them play "OMG", "IDK", and "LOL!" 2) People who think a phone is supposed to be a full-featured laptop that magically has everything a MacBook has in something the size of a sponge.
I will be the first to tell you I haven't used a smartphone with a physical keyboard. Well, at least for more than a few minutes. I messed around with a friend's BlackBerry -- which she loves -- just to see what it was all about. I honestly couldn't even figure out how to use the simplest thing on it. All those damn keys are about the size of Lincoln's nose on a penny and have 16 things written on them. I guarantee you that more than 99 percent of people who pick up an iPhone can at least figure out where the phone function is within 10 seconds. Without the keys, there's more room on a screen to throw the stuff right in your face (a big PHONE icon).
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no, i dnt like it.
moving parts=more breaks and imagine an iPhone that breaks more then the currant one
a holographic key board would be cool. One that projects a full size keyboard on to a desk and functions as a normal keyboard.
moving parts=more breaks and imagine an iPhone that breaks more then the currant one
a holographic key board would be cool. One that projects a full size keyboard on to a desk and functions as a normal keyboard.
You mean using more than one finger? True, but how often do we use it? I only do when I need to zoom in on a piece of web page, and there are other gestures that work one-handed.
My thinking is that some people see only in black and white, while the world is actually shades of grey
Just like the HTC Diamond series, there can always be two models, one with a keyboard and one not. It's called "having a choice", and while it's not exactly something Apple likes to give, it's a pretty neat concept.It'd be nice if Apple supported Bluetooth keyboards.
Kind of like this one?