'latch on' handheld computing device
If you asked anyone, what's the most irritating thing with a tablet device for computing, people would say its the mode of input. Whatever revolutions happen - multi-touch screens, voice-recognition, hand-writing, yada yada... I think nothing beats the comfort of keyboard when it comes to certain applications (typically, all text applications, and some might say, even games, though I beg to differ with the use of keyboard for games).
The obvious problem with 'typing' into a handheld is in not being able to type with both hands.
Here's how I think a handheld computing device will become easy to use for typing purposes. Picture this:
The tablet has a pressure sensitive bottom. When you hold it 'sorta knows' your intent. Press in a specific way and a small robotic 'hand cuffs' come out of the device and latches onto your wrist. You can now free both your hands from holding onto the tablet. The tablet balances itself nicely and an onscreen multi-touch keyboard appears. Now you can type into it just the way you type into a keyboard with the added advantage of being on the move. One key sequence will release one of the cuffs (you decide which cuff you want to release) and you are free to switch to holding it. Once the 'holding' has begun, the other cuff releases itself too.
Its gotta have that high frequency servo motor sound for a sci-fi feel to it ;) The damn thing should also have a way to manually unlock or free your hand, lest 5cr1p+ k1dd13s 'arrest' you. :P
The obvious problem with 'typing' into a handheld is in not being able to type with both hands.
Here's how I think a handheld computing device will become easy to use for typing purposes. Picture this:
The tablet has a pressure sensitive bottom. When you hold it 'sorta knows' your intent. Press in a specific way and a small robotic 'hand cuffs' come out of the device and latches onto your wrist. You can now free both your hands from holding onto the tablet. The tablet balances itself nicely and an onscreen multi-touch keyboard appears. Now you can type into it just the way you type into a keyboard with the added advantage of being on the move. One key sequence will release one of the cuffs (you decide which cuff you want to release) and you are free to switch to holding it. Once the 'holding' has begun, the other cuff releases itself too.
Its gotta have that high frequency servo motor sound for a sci-fi feel to it ;) The damn thing should also have a way to manually unlock or free your hand, lest 5cr1p+ k1dd13s 'arrest' you. :P