On new cell phones, QWERTY eases out 1-2-3
Peter Svensson , The Associated Press , Las Vegas, US | Sat, 04/04/2009 10:25 AM | Sci-Tech
Peter Svensson , The Associated Press , Las Vegas, US | Sat, 04/04/2009 10:25 AM | Sci-Tech
The Samsung Impression, the first phone on the U.S. market with a screen that uses organic light-emitting diodes rather than liquid crystals, is shown at the International CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas, Wednesday. The shift from numerical keypads to alphabetic keyboards, which has overturned cell phone design in the space of a two years, is a recognition of the popularity of text messaging, and to a lesser extent, wireless Internet use. AP/Jae C. Hong
Goodbye, numeric cell phone keypads. You're going the way of the rotary dial. Touch screens and QWERTY keyboards will take over from here, thank you.
Goodbye, numeric cell phone keypads. You're going the way of the rotary dial. Touch screens and QWERTY keyboards will take over from here, thank you.