Word: keyboarding
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BERRYPHONE We remember the BlackBerry when it was a popular beeper-size, mini-keyboard-equipped pager that allowed users to send and receive e-mail wirelessly almost anywhere. Two years ago, it grew a bigger screen for Web browsing and appointment booking. Finally, last week, the BlackBerry PDA 5810 ($499) sprouted a cell phone. Now it's all grown...
...It’s hard to do it one-handed,” she says, explaining how she has to hold her baby while navigating her keyboard...
...compelling viewing, you've never seen me cover Abba's Dancing Queen at fjord-rattling volume. Younger children might do better with Vtech's DJ Karaoke Studio ($39.99, ages 3 and older, available this fall), a surprisingly comprehensive little music machine with a working microphone, a one-octave keyboard and 24 preset tunes. There's even a baby scratch pad for extra flava...
...years and older, available in July). It's a big pressure-sensitive pad with an animatronic Barney at one end. The mat plays Barney standards, and when a kid stands on the mat and dances, Barney senses the movements and dances along. There's also a keyboard at one end so kids can jam with the tune by stepping on the keys (think of the Chopsticks scene in Big). While Barney's musical oeuvre isn't exactly inspiring, as musical dinosaurs go he sounds a lot better than a baby pterodactyl...
...Palm i705 ($450) is a step closer to the easy, flexible wireless e-mail access all handheld users crave. Unlike the Palm VII, the i705 checks your e-mail constantly instead of just when you ask, and it alerts you when it arrives. If the i705 had a mini-keyboard like its rival, the RIM BlackBerry, we'd give it a high five...