Universal Landscape Keyboard

[MacVicta]

At least somebody figured it out. It's one of those great things about having an accelerometer.

Full QWERTY and SureType entry - hold the phone in landscape mode and you can take advantage of a full-qwerty keypad. Use the phone in portrait mode and you can enter data on a SureType keyboard. You will be able to choose/change your screen/keyboard orientation at anytime. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/13/blackberry-thunder-first-ever-live-pics-unearthed/

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/blackberrythunderqwerty.jpg

[icfireball]

At least somebody figured it out. It's one of those great things about having an accelerometer.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/13/blackberry-thunder-first-ever-live-pics-unearthed/

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/blackberrythunderqwerty.jpg

It's not universal yet, true, but the iPhone does have a landscape keyboard in some places (i.e. the web browser).

[mmaizecob]

Thanks for sharinf !

[MacVicta]

It's not universal yet, true....
Yep, after a year it still hasn't crossed the mind of anyone at Cupertino that it might be beneficial to use that big, comfortable keyboard outside of Safari.

[MacVicta]

Heh, when you Google "universal landscape keyboard" this is the first result that pops up.