Thread: n810 keyboard replaces bluetooth keyboard?
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2007-10-26 , 16:49
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Originally Posted by debudebu View Post
i don't understand why everyone assumes that the n810's slideout keyboard makes a bluetooth keyboard unnecessary. most bluetooth keyboards would allow fast touch typing. the slideout thing looks only slightly better than an on-screen keyboard. i can see how it will make gaming much better and short messages a bit easier, but it can't make much difference for word procesing. thumb typing is still thumb typing. in other words, most people who would have bought a bluetooth keyboard for the n800 will probably still want one for the n810.
"thumb typing is still thumb typing." ...true, but the size of a keyboard and the convenience makes the Bluetooth keyboard alot less necessary for some.

I bought my ThinkOutside Bluetooth StowAway keyboard back when I was using a Palm that had bluetooth and a touchscreen, but no keyboard. In all my use of a T-Mobile Sidekick and my current Cingular 8125 (Windows Mobile 6), I never needed to pull out my StowAway to type something.

I've typed lengthy emails and Word documents on my Cingular 8125, and lengthy emails on the T-Mobile Sidekick before it. I'm frustrated at tapping away on my Nokia N800 when I need to pull up Abiword or Claws E-Mails. Having a slideout keyboard will fulfill the same need as the StowAway does now.

Having a Bluetooth keyboard is fine for situations where you have a desk to set it on. Typing out an email on a crowded Metro, revising a Word document in bed, or checking on my servers in the supermarket is *tremendously* more convenient on the Nokia N8x0 when there's a slideout keyboard.

I hear what you're saying, and I agree. But as someone who grew up with Blackberries, Sidekicks, and HTC devices, thumb keyboards aren't the much maligned interface people make them out to be. Being able to rapidly thumbpunch with two thumbs on the keyboard and fingers wrapped around the device makes life alot easier... and those times of pulling out a Bluetooth keyboard much more rare.