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Originally Posted by eGeezer
Actually, before the advent of touchscreen GPS units, navigating an alpha and numeric grid using a 4-way rocker arm was quite common. I still use my Garmin handheld GPS to input nav data, update/change waypoint names, etc. Its not that probematic.
Before touchscreen phones, kids were texting in their pockets using the 2=abc, 3=def, 4=ghi, etc without even having to look at the phone.
Navigating a much larger "keyboard" should be no real challenge. Finding a large title, word, whatever, shouldn't be that difficult, especially if you only need key words and don't have to type the whole title perfectly.
Of course, I dunno how it will work with the Kobo dictionary/search. But with dictionaries, you are only looking up one word at a time, anyway.
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I have a kobo, and just trying to select a menu option sometimes can get frustrating because it's so slow. So unless they made it so that when using the dpad you can move the cursor faster, I'll bet it will frustrate people.
Also, I had a regular cell phone not too long ago that I had to use for texting and I remember how I had to hit a number 6 times to get the letter I wanted because I missed it the first time. I have a blackberry curve now, and I love the qwerty keyboard.
Maybe I just don't have the patience that most people have
