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RIM grabs the most absurd QWERTY keyboard patent
cellpassion.mobi - 12/26/2008
RIM grabs the most absurd QWERTY keyboard patent
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USPTO Patent Application 20080318617 should go down in the history of patents as the most absurd QWERTY keyboard. Okay, this is how it works -- In the original position it looks like a normal alphanumeric keypad and then there are two hinges on the left and right edges that open to ...

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Phones Review:  RIM QWERTY flip-pad patent just too silly?

RIMarkable:  RIM Patents Weirdest QWERTY Keyboard Configuration Ever

IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis:  RIM Patents Insane QWERTY Keyboard Configuration After Too Much Eggnog

Mobilewhack.com:  RIM Wants to Redesign Keypad; Has Patent for IT

Celularis:  Teclado plegable para las BlackBerry

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RIM QWERTY flip-pad patent just too silly?
Phones Review — ... for such. The concept is that the mobile phone starts off with a numeric keypad on a slimmer mobile handset, too slim we think, but anyway, when the users feel it necessary for more keys they flip out the two wings. Personally I would think this type of thing would be somewhat clumsy to use to say the least, and just where those flips actually sit when not in use simply covers up even more of the slim keypad. Really can’t see the point in this one. Source – cellpassion ...

RIM Patents Weirdest QWERTY Keyboard Configuration Ever
RIMarkable — ... come out of Waterloo in quite some time. From the diagram it looks like this a modified SureType QWWERTY keyboard that you must flip out the sides to get the full SureType Keyboard… It doesnt’ make much sense to me either.  I personally am a big fan of SureType, however, if you are going to have to reconfigure your keyboard, why not reconfigure to a full QWERTY keyboard. RIM, I am telling you…  Just come out with a BlackBerry Slider. [Via CellPassion]

RIM Patents Insane QWERTY Keyboard Configuration After Too Much Eggnog
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... full SureType keyboard. Odd. I’m sitting here scratching my head on this one. Can you imagine what a pain in the you-know-what it would be, if you had to always flip out those extra keys on your device? I couldn’t have that. My advice to RIM? Build a full-QWERTY into the device instead, or just come up with a slider of sorts. Problem solved… with no need to pull some sort of crazy McGyver button reconfiguration trick that doesn’t make sense. [Via: CellPassion] Related News from IntoMobile: ...

RIM Wants to Redesign Keypad; Has Patent for IT
Mobilewhack.com — ... or SureType keypad. When will we be able to try one of those? You know, just to see if they break or not! via cellpassion Tags: ...

Teclado plegable para las BlackBerry
Celularis — RIM acaba de lograr una patente de un teclado de 12 teclas desplegable sobre sus bordes que descubre un teclado suretype tradicional. Según lo que vemos en la patente, parece un teclado muy raro y poco práctico, veremos que resulta de este concepto de teclado plegable. Abajo se puede ver el detalle del plegado. Vía CellPassion ...

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