[Unknown (Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2008 12:55PM]

Apart from the large screen, what the OLO brings to the party is a real keyboard, which is good because, let's face it, pecking away at the on-screen keyboard like a demented chicken is just not as efficient and speedy as using a real keyboard.

What Apple should do (please!) is simply enable keyboard support in the iPhone's bluetooth stack, and then you could use the svelte Apple wireless keyboard, which will be a lot smaller, lighter and cheaper than the OLO.

[Posted Oct 13th 2008 2:30PM]

I could be wrong, but I don't think this will just add a keyboard, but possible extra storage and higher resolution screen.

If you want a keyboard, why not just buy a smartphone equipped with one? Why'd you choose the iPhone if text entry was important to you? The iPhone's main purpose is making calls and connecting the user to the iTunes interface and store. It has other apps, but since they aren't freely created and distributed, don't work simultaneously, and its not a true smartphone, you may be asking a limited device to do too much. There are more capable, less expensive devices that would be a better option like the E90, Touch Pro The iPhone is ok, but is neither a business tool, smartphone, nor a PC substitute.

You probably would be happier using a Nokia Eseries or Nseries model, or even a WinMo or Android device with a built in keyboard. Apple needs to mature alot more to be in a laptop league, as the N95 8gb, E90 and Touch Pro are. If these devices are too complex, maybe you can beg Apple to include a simple sliding QWERTY board.

The hardware is decent, but the OS is another issue. A laptop is a productivity tool. Apple's iPhone OS is all glitter and glamour, with no go. We don't need a laptop like that. Vista has that market already.