iPhone/iPod Touch Keyboard

[w00t951]

Don't you think that it would be nice if there was a keyboard for the iPod Touch/iPhone? It would have its own batteries, and the keyboard could be one of those fold-up travel ones. The iPhone is nice for web browsing, but then the virtual keyboard is a pain to use in long messages, even the landscape one. I think that it would be a nice accessory, because then you wouldn't really need a netbook, just an iPhone or iPod plus the foldup keyboard. Plus, there are nice office productivity suites out there, so I a separate keyboard would really help to bring the iPhone one step closer to being a computer.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Except it's a phone.

I wouldn't want to carry around an external keyboard.

 

[shaunymac]

I dont even understand the idea behind it. If it pains you to type out a long message, find a computer or simply call someone since you have a phone within the iPhone.

Exactly how would you hold the phone and then type one a keyboard at the same time? Ex. Riding in a car, train, subway....It just doesn't seem that grand to me.

 

[pnyc]

I guess it would be nice to have that option for the people who want it/need it. On the other hand it might not be worth it to any one manufacturer to develop/produce one as due to the way most people use iPhones/iPods there seams to be little interest in external keyboard solutions.

 

[Pagga]

This idea immedeately shifts you over to the "Other phones" marked.
Iphone with keyboard = not an Iphone

 

[UniPro]

Except it's a phone.

I wouldn't want to carry around an external keyboard.

Couldn't have said it better myself. But why is this in the Macbook Pro section?

 

[Sneakz]

Couldn't have said it better myself. But why is this in the Macbook Pro section?

I was going to mention it, but you already did?

 

[w00t951]

Well, the Mac Rumors link is the Macbook Pro/Powerbook forum so I just post everything in here.

 

[PolySciSurfer]

Well, the Mac Rumors link is the Macbook Pro/Powerbook forum so I just post everything in here.

Stop posting in the wrong section!

 

[airplaneman]

Well, the Mac Rumors link is the Macbook Pro/Powerbook forum so I just post everything in here.

?

 

[designgeek]

Well, the Mac Rumors link is the Macbook Pro/Powerbook forum so I just post everything in here.

That's a terrible excuse. Although I wouldn't mind one for home use but I can't think of a good reason to use it.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Well, the Mac Rumors link is the Macbook Pro/Powerbook forum so I just post everything in here.

What link? THIS is the forums. Find the appropriate subforum for your topics and post there.

 

[mikes70mustang]

Well, the Mac Rumors link is the Macbook Pro/Powerbook forum so I just post everything in here.

Guess thats why everyone posts everything in this forum.

 

[w00t951]

Yep, that's right. I'm just too lazy to change the link in my bookmark to just Mac Rumors, not the Macbook Pro/Powerbook Forums. TEEHEE!!!

 

[big-blue-wolf]

Don't you think that it would be nice if there was a keyboard for the iPod Touch/iPhone?

No.

 

[fireman13]

I dont even understand the idea behind it. If it pains you to type out a long message, find a computer or simply call someone since you have a phone within the iPhone.

Exactly how would you hold the phone and then type one a keyboard at the same time? Ex. Riding in a car, train, subway....It just doesn't seem that grand to me.

I'm with you on this. The iphone's main purpose is to be a phone. Granted it does a lot more than that but it's still a mobile phone. It's not meant to take the place of a computer. Its great at typing small emails, texting and surfing, but not typing full letters and documents.

The small screen alone should be enough reason why its not a replacement for a computer.