We could just
hug LG for this one. The LBA-C300, which just ran by the FCC, is the
texting equivalent of a Bluetooth headset -- a Bluetooth device that allows you to operate your phone without actually pulling out your phone, except this time it's for hitting your peeps with rapidly a rapidly composed "LOL" or "LOL, U R." The generous keyboard looks incredibly typable, and while the entire unit borders on the size of some phones on the market, it means you can leave that bulky numeric keypad dumbphone or hard-to-use touchscreen smartphone in your pocket or bag and get some real communication done with the QWERTY Card. You can also view and store contact info, peep a clock, set an alarm and work you calendar from the device -- the Bluetooth pairing means you can even remotely control your phone's camera, though obviously much of this functionality depends on what phone you pair it with, LG phones are likely to get much better treatment. No word on release date or price, but we'll probably know more once LG actually announces the device officially.
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posted Feb 6th 2009 11:24AM
Awesome. We were just talking about something like this.. a BT keyboard solution that isn't huge. Of course, good luck finding a phone compatible with all those features.
There's also the Freedom Input "Freedom Slim Keypad"
http://www.freedominput.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=140
Personally I find the Freedom one looks sexier
Pretty much any smartphone that isn't an iphone is compatible with all those features.
Motorola had this idea a while back and never released it. They called it the Motorola TXTR, I believe.
This sort of thing would be great for a small Windows Mobile phone without a keyboard. I think not needing the keyboard all the time is pretty cool.
Having said that, if this product was built into my iPod Touch, I'd be very happy.
Someone will make a port of it or something, then we'll all see a bunch of generic copy cats that most likely suck just as equal, its a good attempt at making up for the short falls of some phones, but seriously who wants to carry around a phone and a keyboard, when you could just get a phone that already has one.... yeah and we already know that some users dont have that option, aka iPhone'rs, but you have a touchscreen one on it anyways.
could this solve my nightmare of an issue of trying to type on my storm?
Just what I want!!
come on LG get it out NOW!! OK,.............I will calm down, just e mail me when its done and I will buy one.
Mel.
unfortunately, this won't solve my horrible predictive text problems samsung behold update
looks pretty promising though!