New 'quicker than QWERTY' mobile keypad spotted
by Brian White 
posted Jun 28th 2007 at 5:45AM
We thought the mobile universe was content with the standard 12-key mobile keypad and QWERTY mobile keyboard layouts (and LCD ones too) that inhabit almost every normal handset and smartphone these days. Don't tell this to Zacod, which has unveiled a new concept keyboard for mobiles called the "zk –m100." It's no regular concept, as Zacod's explanation here is that mobile customers use a "3-axis principle" to get that input into that handset. In addition to a version of the concept make for touchscreen smartphones and normal cellphone keypads, Zacod claims that faster input than even a standard 107-key QWERTY computer keyboard can be achieved. Big claims there, eh Zacod? The "guessing and spinning" input concept is indeed unique, but we have yet to try this out to check Zacod's claims.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
s0m0ney @ Jun 28th 2007 7:12PM
IMO this is much more interesting than all the iPhone developments you can sink your teeth into. If this came over to the US, it could be the iPhone killer and the Smartphones you've come to know killer. QWERTY is the fastest way I have to input data short of a full sized keyboard. With M$ Surface and this tech coming out, keyboards seem to be systematically phased out.
I'm no fanboy of M$ or Apple, the iPhone isn't for my tastes and I'm pretty fond of Win Mobile and can't wait to try 6.0 out, but it's not much different from 5.