Perl on a smartphone?

Alex Knowles alex at alixandalex.com
Wed Mar 23 14:13:07 GMT 2011


>> If only there were android smartphones with keyboards...
>
> Clearly I phrased that wrong.
>
> Given that we're talking about device roughly the size of a pack of 
> cards, they're all going to either have a tiny keyboard, or no keyboard.
>
> I know many millions of Blackberry users would disagree with me, but 
> I've yet to use a phone or PDA keyboard, in either hardware or software, 
> that didn't drive me crazy for typing anything longer than a couple of 
> sentences.
>
> On a "proper" computer, I'm generally happier typing to the thing to 
> tell it what I want to do. But on something that small, whether with a 
> touchscreen or a hardware keyboard, I'd find typing to get around to be 
> an exercise in frustration, and so am just as happy to tap on icons on a 
> touchscreen instead.

you need one of these.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/13/clove-2-typing-glove-leaves-your-other-hand-free-for-high-fives/

maybe.


>
> YMMV :-)
>
>
> -- 
> Chris Devers
>


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