Touchscreen vs. Keyboard, the Sequel

Last week’s article on touchscreen-typing spawned a number of responses and suggestions for the keyboard of the future.
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How Touchscreens Are Forcing the Reinvention of Keyboards

New technologies are making touchscreen typing easier — but is a tactile keyboard still the best solution?
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There Better Be Some Cool Stuff at CES, Because CE Holiday Sales Data Bytes!

Camcorders and MP3 players go splat!
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Razer Raises $50 Million to Design Cutting-Edge Products for Hardcore Gamers

Warning to Razer investors: Each board meeting starts with a game of Counterstrike, and the losers have to buy the coffee.
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Solid Keyboard Elevates This Tablet, Though Software Lags

The Android-based Transformer Prime tablet has a sturdy keyboard and dock, and is the first tablet to use a potent new processor called the Tegra 3. But it is weak on software and offers limited apps.
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Nuance’s Swype Bill: $102.5 Million

Nuance has spelled out its acquisition plans for Swype, the company that makes virtual keyboard software for Google’s Android handsets. Nuance will pay $102.5 million for the start-up, with $77.5 million coming upfront and the rest paid out in 18 months.

Yahoo’s Dueling Internal Memos: Board, Followed by CEO, Spam Employees in Race to Explain

Today, Yahoo leaders — all of them in two different memos — took to the keyboards today to fill their 14,000 employees in on what’s up. Reading them, Yahoos must be more confused than ever now.
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A Tablet With a Keyboard

Walt answers a reader’s question on the Asus Transformer, which has a keyboard add-on.

Typing With the Original iPad

Walt answers a reader’s question about keyboard cases for the first iPad.

How to Outfit the iPad 2 to Make Typing Easier

Walt tests four combination keyboard cases and a full-size keyboard accessory designed to make the iPad 2 more typing-friendly.
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Tablets Flying Fast and Furious at CES

Palm, Qualcomm Chiefs Weigh Wireless Future

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