<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Various different people wrote:<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> A semi-reasonable argument, although I'm not 100% convinced by it :)
<br><div class="Ih2E3d"></div></blockquote><div><br>Go and watch any period drama (anything with, say, Colin Firth in it, or the words "Jane Austen's" in its title.<br><br>When you have seen it, complete the following sentence using no more than 40 words:
<br><br>"I am now convinced that 'fashion' will make people wear absolutely anything because ... "<br><br>:-)<br><br><br>
After all, only 4 years ago, everyone thought that earpieces were for
the deaf. Now they're for making mobile phone calls on trains so
everyone in the carriage can get in on the conversation.<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Earlier in this thread I suggested a chording keyboard [2] - I
<br>realise it's something that needs learning, but it really is<br>one of the best options for serious data entry in pervasive<br>mobile computing.</blockquote><div><br>Indeed. As someone who was around and working in IT back in the days of the Microwriter Agenda, I'm amazed that these haven't caught on further. It CAN'T be harder to learn than a mobile phone txt thing, can it?
<br><br>What I'd suggest for "urban-wear" is that rather than having a set of physical pressure pads, you have a thin pair of gloves with sensors in the fingers, and some kind of "flex all fingers twice to turn on keyboard mode" thing.
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