Microsoft Developing One-Hand Texting in WP8?

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CaedenV

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Interesting. Personally I like the split thumbs layout on Win8RP, but there just isn't a phone big enough to make texting all that great for people like me with fat thumbs. Raised buttons are sadly still the best way to go.
 

beardguy

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This concept looks pretty slick. Not sure if it would be any better than just using your thumb on a normal keyboard though.
 

phamhlam

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Nothing is better than giving user more options. I am pretty sure there are people with small hands and Titan huge cellphone. I however prefer voice to text since it is much faster (unless the system can't understand you).
 

teh_chem

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Angled keyboard + swype would be great.

Only concern would be unnecessary truncation of displayed space because of the angle. Curious to see how this goes.
 

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That's what I was thinking at first...old concept, new twist.
 
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Who the hell uses two thumbs to text on ANY device? It's called predictive text, had it since my Motorola L6 ffs..
 

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[citation][nom]greghome[/nom]I have been typing with just 1 thumb on my Android for a whole year now.......[/citation]
This. It isn't that hard, people.
Still, I have nothing against a keyboard layout that makes it easier... I just don't get why it's a huge deal... Everyone I know with an Android routinely texts single-handedly.
 

ivyanev

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With my sausages instead of fingers qwerty keyboard in portrait is hard to use with two hands - one hand is a no go. So this thing has valid point . Nice job Microsoft in bringing back the phone usability in a smartphone.
 
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