Word: keyboarding
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...cool things do: with a notion. A few years ago Jobs noticed how many development dollars were being spent-particularly in the greater Seattle metropolitan area-on what are called tablet PCs: flat, portable computers that work with a touchscreen instead of a mouse and keyboard. Jobs, being Jobs, figured he could do better, so he had Apple engineers noodle around with a better touchscreen. When they showed him the screen they came up with, he got excited. So excited that he thought he had the beginnings of a new product...
...Done. Now try a text message: Instead of jumbling them all together in your in-box, iPhone arranges your texts by recipient, as threaded conversations made of little jewel-like bubbles. And instead of "typing" on a four-by-four number keypad, you get a full, usable QWERTY keyboard. You will never again have to hit the 7 key four times to type a letter...
...headlining their copycat i-Pod accessories, few have new tools that encourage music-making. One of the most creative and refreshing new applications at this year's show, therefore, is a digital piano-learning game that encourages kids (and musically curious adults) to toy around with a piano keyboard. "From Bach to Bon Jovi, your child will be playing in minutes," the company's tag line promises. And despite the product's crude, toddler-friendly design, the program actually works well to introduce the basic concept of piano fingering without forcing novices to master the complex concept of classical music...
...time-consuming and tiring. Most phone keypads were not designed for texting, so most mobiles look to software solutions (like T9, which guesses what word you're typing) to make messaging easier. But Digit Wireless's Fastap solution takes a new tack. The company engineered a new type of keyboard that includes letters cleverly positioned to make it easy to type out words. It's available now for the first time in the U.S., on an LG phone, and as texting gains in popularity, the new keyboard design will likely show up on a growing number of phones...
Musico’s music direction—he doubles as the first keyboard in the band–is fantastic throughout the play. Brown and Musico have worked together before under somewhat darker circumstances in last spring’s Beckett compilation “A Few Rags of Love,” also in the Loeb Ex; their work on “Company” marks a more upbeat collaboration...