Android to get touchscreen keyboard soon-ish
by Nilay Patel 
posted Oct 23rd 2008 at 3:19PM
The G1 certainly has a lot going for it, but we were a bit taken aback by its lack of an on-screen keyboard -- even a short text requires you to flip the screen out and hit the physical keys. That looks like it might change soon, though -- a rough roadmap posted on the new Android source repository has soft keyboard support penciled in for the the first three months of next year. It's not a lot to go on -- the timeline is described as "initial thoughts" and subject to change as the community gets involved -- but it's good to see that El Goog is already thinking about improving the Android user experience. Now, any coders out there want to pitch in and make this happen even sooner?[Via HTC Source]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Thirushen Naidoo @ Oct 23rd 2008 5:18PM
Hurra im the first. We still anxiously waiting for the HTC G1 here in South Africa, but I can forsee a port over to a Touch HD or Touch Quartz (T8982) like devices from HTC. Doubt this will bode well for apple especially if has copy & paste as standard.
quahog_convo @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:00PM
yay! Something that is definitely going to be appreciated.
celz @ Oct 26th 2008 12:48AM
im running android on my htc mogul and i have an onscreen keyboard.. its basic tho maybe they want to include an updated version on a production phone the keyboard is limited landscape qwerty no portrait 20 key or 9 key maybe those android hackers could port that over for now
flatfour @ Oct 27th 2008 10:55AM
hehe, like the image - kitchen sink, lolz