Phraze-It 2.0 released for Pocket PC

by Brian White posted Apr 11th 2007 at 4:48AM

We sometimes wish we had a portable, full-sized keyboard stuffed in our pants for those times when a fast email or longer SMS was needing composed. Yes, there are dual-sliders that were designed to give us the closest thing, but perhaps a functional onscreen keyboard is not a bad idea either, right? Enter Prevalent Devices' Phraze-It keyboard for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Pocket PC handsets, announced recently in 2.0 form. Phraze-It comes with a "complete computer keyboard" for those long diatribes, but it was designed for typing with index fingers and thumbs. We'd like to see the unit before we agree with the company's claim of "accurate, easy to use on-screen keys" that "let mobile users have an equivalent desktop experience on their PDAs and PDA phones," but from what we've heard, this sounds like a humdinger for those that don't want a 23 inch-wide keyboard protruding from their backpack.

Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile

Tags: mobile keyboards, MobileKeyboards, Phraze-it, Phrzae-it keyboard, Phrzae-itKeyboard, wireless keyboards, WirelessKeyboards

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Kelvin.Choy @ Apr 11th 2007 8:13AM

no video to prove its claim?

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Dan @ Apr 30th 2007 2:10PM

Hi Brian

Please contact me to request a demo of our stylus-free Phraze-It Keyboard 2.0 for Pocket PC phones and PDAs.

The Phraze-It Keyboard 2.0 by Prevalent Devices significantly improves the user interface and therefore the overall experience of entering text into a Pocket PC phone or PDA.

The application offers large keys on the touch screen for:
-Typing with your index fingers
-Holding the PDA phone and thumbing with the same hand

In addition to providing large keys for typing with your index fingers and thumbing, the Phraze-It Keyboard 2.0 offers:
-Ample room on the screen to view and edit what you have typed
-Easy finger typing of punctuation, numbers, symbols etc.
-Support in 8 languages

You can accomplish a great deal more with the Phraze-It Keyboard because it enables easy finger typing of full sentences and paragraphs, including punctuation, symbols and numbers for creating complete emails, reports, memoranda, notes, text messages etc.

The Phraze-It Keyboard is based upon patented technologies designed to allow users to leave their laptops at home and also to enter text stylus free, accurately, comfortably, efficiently and conveniently.

For more information, please visit www.prevalentdevices.com

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Dan @ Sep 11th 2007 1:23PM

There are two videos on YouTube featuring the
Phraze-It Keyboard.

There is a kicking music video called:

'Keep Right The Phraze-It Keyboard'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McJ4Yy5ZNeU

And a mini-tutorial video for the Phraze-It Keyboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7_Wm_Iq0gw

Its fingertypin' time

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