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Will Touchscreen Text Input Make Normal Keyboards Obsolete?
Tablets are making a comeback, and this time they carry far more information than the originals that featured only a few commandments.
Will text input be any easier on these new devices?
Yes! In fact, it will be so easy you can put down your hammer and chisel and perhaps even throw away your keyboard.
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The New iPhone Is a Pointing Device For The Real World: The Ground Will Speak.
Apple introduced the mouse to the computing world in 1983, and now it is time to introduce a new kind of mouse. With a magnetometer compass built in, the iPhone will become a pointing device for the real world.
Knowing the orientation and position of an iPhone is the secret sauce for augmented reality, geobrowsing and location-based ads.
But that’s not all. Did I mention that it will change the world?
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Where Is The iPhone Compass Pointing?
It is rumored that the new iPhone will have an electronic compass.
This may not inspire you jump up and down from joy, cork up champagne bottles, and light a cigar.
But maybe it should?
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