Step 1. User swips thumb/finger across face Step 2. User taps for "center" Step 3. User taps as if texting.
Software looks at relative position of thumb presses to determine key presses.
I imagine a practiced txt-er would be pretty "close" most of the time and the relative positions would be easy.
Plus, you can add auditory feedback via voice or tone - and a gesture to "wipe" the last letter by dragging the finger if you misjudged the distance.
Also - a gesture that tells it the next tap is a re-center.-- bigattichouse, Nov 06 2007 Textoholics UK http://news.bbc.co....hnology/7075005.stm [xenzag, Nov 07 2007] Yea, or just buy the one from verizon that actually has a QWERTY keyboard built-in. (It runs windows CE, but this isn't an anti-mac rant)-- evilpenguin, Nov 06 2007 I, personally, don't text. The idea came from griping I overhead from someone with the spare cash to blow on a phone.-- bigattichouse, Nov 07 2007 Text is the biz - over a billion text messages sent each week in UK !-- xenzag, Nov 07 2007 "I, personally, don't text." Yeh, and I have never masturbated.-- 4whom, Nov 07 2007 I don't have a mobile phone.-- lostdog, Nov 07 2007 Grafitti?
I want to see text messaging done by voice input. You've got a device capable of doing both already. Add voice recognition software and there you go.-- Noexit, Nov 07 2007 //text messaging done by voice input// Sort of defeats the purpose (but only sort of; there's still the 'read the message and reply when you feel like it' factor).
<rant> Personally, I think the iphone is just a big advertising success (as with many Mac gadgets). Small is good, but for what it does/can do, it's almost too small. And it's hardly revolutionary - it's only slightly more advanced than my 3 year old HTC Harrier (not to mention the even older Palm Treo range). Mostly it's just cool gimmicks. </rant - sorry>-- neutrinos_shadow, Nov 07 2007 4whom, no cell phone = no txt. I don't even keep IM open on my 'puter.-- bigattichouse, Nov 09 2007 random, halfbakery