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    All-new way to type! A keyless keyboard?

    Picture this:


    Instead of a standard QWERTY keyboard layout, orbiTouch does away with keys altogether in favor of two sliding domes, each capable of sliding into eight different positions.

    Here is the link , or if it's not, scroll down and press Archive.

    I would like to know how this thing really works. And how fast you can type with it.
    I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.
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    Pointless.
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    • #3
      Dont wanna type, buy dragon naturally speaking.
      We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
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      • #4
        orbiTouch: $695
        I wonder who in the world could buy something like that, for such a price

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        • #5
          I saw this one at the Consumer Electronics Show website last week, I'd like to physically touch one to see how it works.

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          • #6
            so you move the orbs to make letters? like 1-1 would be, say a, 1-2 would be b or something? what happens when you reach the bottom of the orb, and your hand begins to invert? thats how it looks like it works anyway from the pic.

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            • #7
              ... and it was designed to prevent wrist injuries...
              I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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              • #8
                Yes it seems kind of silly. Voice recognition is the step in input evolution. The software exists and works, but it just needs to be tweaked a bit more.
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                • #9
                  There are 102 keys on the PC keyboard, and these two, um, domes can only produce a total of 64 combinations.
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                  • #10
                    UR, don't forget the irrational combos... whatever they are.

                    Actually, that is why I'm interested in what this thing does.
                    I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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                    • #11
                      I hope those domes are big and soft

                      *cough* *cough* Don't mind me.
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                      • #12
                        /me has a relevation...

                        I think that the designers did only half the job with the package...
                        I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Urban Ranger
                          There are 102 keys on the PC keyboard, and these two, um, domes can only produce a total of 64 combinations.
                          unless it depends on which you move first...

                          anyway, how do you "lock in" a character? what if i was spelling "call" and i wanted 2 l's? is there a button or something for "enter"?
                          "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
                          - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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                          • #14
                            A-hem. Back to the topic.

                            Looks like input with these things will be a lot slower than with keyboards if you are a touch typist.
                            (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                            (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                            (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                            • #15
                              Yeah, I can't imaging it would be faster than typing. And it seems it would be more difficult too.
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